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.. _introduction-bb3a04279bf5:
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Introduction
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The KubeVirt system application in StarlingX includes: KubeVirt, Containerized
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Data Importer (|CDI|), and the Virtctl client tool.
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KubeVirt is an open source project that allows |VMs| to be run and managed as
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pods inside a Kubernetes cluster. This is a particularly important innovation as
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traditional |VM| workloads can be moved into Kubernetes alongside already
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containerized workloads, thereby taking advantage of Kubernetes as an
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orchestration engine. Specifically, KubeVirt |VM| workloads and containerized
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workloads can exist on the same node/host; an advantage over the OpenStack
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solution in |prod| where workloads can exist on same system/cluster but not on
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the same node/host.
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The |CDI| is an open source project that provides facilities for enabling |PVCs|
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to be used as disks for KubeVirt |VMs| by way of DataVolumes.
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The Virtctl client tool is an open source tool distributed with KubeVirt and
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required to use advanced features such as serial and graphical console access.
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It also provides convenience commands for starting/stopping |VMs|, live
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migrating |VMs|, canceling live migrations and uploading |VM| disk images.
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See https://kubevirt.io/user-guide for more details.
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