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@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ In short, it is a Free Software, scalable, redundant, self-healing, and self-man
* Node hot add/remove from service (flush/unflush/restore) for maintenance
* Automatic fencing of unresponsive node(s) and recovery of affected VMs (conditional)
* Cluster maintenance state (allows monitoring/alerting pause while performing maintenance)
* Includes Munin and CheckMK monitoring plugins
* Included Munin and CheckMK monitoring plugins
* External bootstrap system for low-touch cluster deployment
### Virtual Machine Management
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* (For supporting VMs) Serial console logging with interactive follow
* VNC console support with flexible listen directives
* Simple resource management (vCPU/memory) w/restart
* Hot attach/detach virtual NICs and block devices
* Hot attach/detach of virtual NICs and block devices
* Tag support for organization/classification
* VM hot/online backup creation, management (delete), and quick restore to external storage
* VM hot/online backup creation, with incremental image support, management (delete), and quick restore to external storage
### Network Management
* Bridged (vLAN), Managed (VXLAN), and Direct (SR-IOV) VM networks
* Consistent network view (all nodes are provisioned with all networks) for Bridged and Managed VM networks
* DHCP, DNS, NTP, and TFTP for Managed VM networks
* Bridged (vLAN), Managed (VXLAN, virtual), and Direct (SR-IOV) VM networks
* Consistent cluster view (all nodes are provisioned with all networks) for Bridged and Managed VM networks
* DHCP, DNS, NTP, and TFTP support for Managed VM networks
* Upstream BGP for route learning for Managed VM networks
### Storage Management
* Distributed & replicated storage backend (Ceph Object Store) with high availability and node-level redundancy
* Distributed & replicated self-healing storage backend (Ceph Object Store) with high availability and node-level redundancy
* Shared storage for VM storage volumes/virtual disks (Ceph RBD)
* Integrated monitoring and alerting into PVC frontend
* Zero-cost snapshots
* Flexible replication conigurations for large or complex clusters
* Flexible pool replication conigurations for large or complex clusters
* Support for arbitrary data disk sizes (with limits)
### Provisioning
* Integrated, highly flexible VM provisioning system
* Define custom install scripts or use included examples for common OSes
* Define custom Python 3 install scripts or use included examples for common OSes
* CloudInit Amazon EC2-compatible CloudInit "userdata" support
* Define dynamic VM profiles from component templates (system, network, disk), scripts, and userdata
* OVA VM package support
* Virtual disk import (raw, VMDK, qcow2, and others) support
* Volume cloning support (cloning VMs)
* Virtual disk import (raw, VMDK, qcow2, and others)
### Other
* Free, Libre and Open Source (FLOSS) software
* Written in modern Python3
* Written in modern Python 3
* Well-maintained and frequently updated
## Building Blocks