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<h1>Internal drivers</h1>
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<a href="#hypervisor">Hypervisor drivers</a>
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<li>
<a href="#storage">Storage drivers</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="drvnodedev.html">Node device driver</a>
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<p>
The libvirt public API delegates its implementation to one or
more internal drivers, depending on the <a href="uri.html">connection URI</a>
passed when initializing the library. There is always a hypervisor driver
active, and if the libvirt daemon is available there will usually be a
network and storage driver active.
</p>
<h2>
<a id="hypervisor">Hypervisor drivers</a>
<a class="headerlink" href="#hypervisor" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a>
</h2>
<p>
The hypervisor drivers currently supported by libvirt are:
</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="drvlxc.html">LXC</a></strong> - Linux Containers</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="drvopenvz.html">OpenVZ</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="drvqemu.html">QEMU</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li><strong><a href="drvtest.html">Test</a></strong> - Used for testing</li>
<li><strong><a href="drvuml.html">UML</a></strong> - User Mode Linux</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="drvvbox.html">VirtualBox</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="drvesx.html">VMware ESX</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="drvvmware.html">VMware Workstation/Player</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="drvxen.html">Xen</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="drvhyperv.html">Microsoft Hyper-V</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="drvphyp.html">IBM PowerVM (phyp)</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="drvvirtuozzo.html">Virtuozzo</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li><strong><a href="drvbhyve.html">Bhyve</a></strong> - The BSD Hypervisor</li>
</ul>
<h2>
<a id="storage">Storage drivers</a>
<a class="headerlink" href="#storage" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a>
</h2>
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<li>
<strong>
<a href="storage.html#StorageBackendDir">Directory backend</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="storage.html#StorageBackendFS">Local filesystem backend</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="storage.html#StorageBackendNetFS">Network filesystem backend</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="storage.html#StorageBackendLogical">Logical Volume Manager (LVM) backend</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="storage.html#StorageBackendDisk">Disk backend</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="storage.html#StorageBackendISCSI">iSCSI backend</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="storage.html#StorageBackendSCSI">SCSI backend</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="storage.html#StorageBackendMultipath">Multipath backend</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="storage.html#StorageBackendRBD">RBD (RADOS Block Device) backend</a>
</strong>
</li>
<li>
<strong>
<a href="storage.html#StorageBackendSheepdog">Sheepdog backend</a>
</strong>
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