{"id":316,"date":"2023-03-10T15:26:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T14:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/?p=316"},"modified":"2024-05-21T11:36:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:36:58","slug":"hype-rvisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/en\/computer\/316\/","title":{"rendered":"Hype-rvisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-header-gradient-color\">This software had been upgrade on new version, you should take a look <a href=\"https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/en\/computer\/395\/\">here<\/a><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During my studies, I installed an VMWare on an old PC to keep me update about how to use, install and manage tools, programs&#8230;as an own lab. The problem was that it took a lot of time to build a server, and use resources for only testing an installation or a soft for few days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&rsquo;s why some years ago, I moved everything to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proxmox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proxmox<\/a>, which enable to create fast disposables containers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem with a Lab, is that step by step, I kept software (mails, webservers, domotics&#8230;) and finally, the lab turn into Production, and it starts to be more and more difficult to play as a Lab when you fear to destroy everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main issue with hypervisor is that you have to dedicate your server to play this role. That why I decide to create my own hypervisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brainstorming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I start to list what was needed for me :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The possibility to create VMs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The possibility to create Containers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not to be linked to hadware<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The possibility to do snapshot to revert quickly <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A short monitoring and logs view<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A terminal to install and configure new server\/containers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A web management, to be accessible from everywhere)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As light as possible to be install on every PC even a container<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And the list of what was not needed to me :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No Windows OS compliance (I don&rsquo;t use Windows VM because it uses too much ressources for me)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Cluster need, it&rsquo;s only for testing or Lab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No VNC or grafical view, it consumes ressources and not use for 99% of my usage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Libvirt, Qemu and LXC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After searching on internet, I found Libvirt, which seems to be the library use by most virtualization tool. And (nice point for me) can me manage using python ! I start to look around, and I found that LXC and Qemu (also use by Proxmox) are manageable by Libvirt !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I could start somewhere, I will use python and Libvirt and use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qemu.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qemu <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxcontainers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LXC <\/a>to manage the servers\/containers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the interface, my choice turn directly to Flask. I tried Django and Flask, but for me Django is too much. Useful if you plan to do an API, interact with a lot of libraries&#8230;etc., but I wanted to keep as light and simple as possible and Flask seems more in agreement with this idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By chance, Libvirt is well documented :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libvirt-python.readthedocs.io\/\">https:\/\/libvirt-python.readthedocs.io\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Flask have a lot of nice libraries to fast code some graphical or option (pam auth, menu&#8230;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So step by step, I could do my tool:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_state-1-1024x467.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_state-1-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_state-1-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_state-1-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_state-1-1536x701.png 1536w, https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_state-1-18x8.png 18w, https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_state-1.png 1916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Quick view on VM\/Containers state<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_build-1024x506.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_build-1024x506.png 1024w, https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_build-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_build-768x380.png 768w, https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_build-1536x760.png 1536w, https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_build-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/pierre.porcheret.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hype_build.png 1901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Build page to create VM\/Containers and ISOs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the moment I could do a version which I personally find enough, but may be involved it if my needs increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find my sources here :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s>https:\/\/git.nerkdesign.com\/pporcheret\/Hype<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please check : <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pyhype2\/Hype2\">https:\/\/github.com\/pyhype2\/Hype2<\/a> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This software had been upgrade on new version, you should take a look here History During my studies, I installed an VMWare on an old PC to keep me update about how to use, install and manage tools, programs&#8230;as an own lab. 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