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Something I've Been Cooking Up - sticksdev - Oct 12, 2022
Debating if I want to release this to the public, however I've made something quite cool.
I've wrote my own virtualization manger (dubbed virtd) that I use for all of my household VMs (home assistant, ect)
Here's a sample log: https://pastebin.com/RVq6tUnj
Whatcha think? Release? Sell?
RE: Something I've Been Cooking Up - SecureOp - Oct 12, 2022
No idea what I'm looking at tbh - could you explain it to me like I was 5?
RE: Something I've Been Cooking Up - sticksdev - Oct 12, 2022
(Oct 12, 2022 08:26 AM)Houseā¦ Wrote: No idea what I'm looking at tbh - could you explain it to me like I was 5?
Sure. Usually, common software's such as VMware, Virtual Box (ect) use something called a hypervisor. A hypervisor is sort of a "manager" in this case, so it manages things like the state of the machine, creation, deletion, ect. VMware has a super good article about hypervisors here - it can tell you more then I can.
Basically, what virtd is doing is it's piggybacking off of the hypervisor or "manager" and improving what it does by redirecting it's calls to its self. It's sort of a man in the middle for efficiency's sake; and it can improve call time, add features, ect. It's really a cool thing to tinker with.
RE: Something I've Been Cooking Up - SecureOp - Oct 12, 2022
(Oct 12, 2022 08:34 AM)sticksdev Wrote: Sure. Usually, common software's such as VMware, Virtual Box (ect) use something called a hypervisor. A hypervisor is sort of a "manager" in this case, so it manages things like the state of the machine, creation, deletion, ect. VMware has a super good article about hypervisors here - it can tell you more then I can.
Basically, what virtd is doing is it's piggybacking off of the hypervisor or "manager" and improving what it does by redirecting it's calls to its self. It's sort of a man in the middle for efficiency's sake; and it can improve call time, add features, ect. It's really a cool thing to tinker with.
Okay gotcha - thank you for explaining that. Essentially a back-end task manager for virtual machines. Good stuff bud.
RE: Something I've Been Cooking Up - zerocool - Oct 12, 2022
(Oct 12, 2022 08:23 AM)sticksdev Wrote: Debating if I want to release this to the public, however I've made something quite cool.
I've wrote my own virtualization manger (dubbed virtd) that I use for all of my household VMs (home assistant, ect)
Here's a sample log: https://pastebin.com/RVq6tUnj
Whatcha think? Release? Sell?
Is this something along the smae lines as vSphere?
If so cool job and good luck, keep us updated on the progress.