Provider Capabilities Matrix This document provides a comprehensive overview of VirtRigaud provider capabilities as of v0.2.3.
Overview VirtRigaud supports multiple hypervisor platforms through a provider architecture. Each provider implements the core VirtRigaud API while supporting platform-specific features and capabilities.
Core Provider Interface All providers implement these core operations:
Validate : Test provider connectivity and credentialsCreate : Create new virtual machinesDelete : Remove virtual machines and cleanup resourcesPower : Control VM power state (On/Off/Reboot)Describe : Query VM state and propertiesGetCapabilities : Report provider-specific capabilities Provider Status Provider Status Implementation Maturity vSphere ✅ Production Ready govmomi-based Stable Libvirt/KVM ✅ Production Ready virsh-based Stable Proxmox VE ✅ Production Ready REST API-based Beta Mock ✅ Complete In-memory simulation Testing
Comprehensive Capability Matrix Core Operations Capability vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Notes VM Create ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ All providers support VM creation VM Delete ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ With resource cleanup Power On/Off ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Basic power management Reboot ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Graceful and forced restart Suspend ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Memory state preservation Describe ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ VM state and properties Reconfigure ✅ ⚠️ ✅ ✅ CPU/Memory/Disk changes (Libvirt requires restart) TaskStatus ✅ N/A ✅ ✅ Async operation tracking ConsoleURL ✅ ✅ ⚠️ ✅ Remote console access (Proxmox planned)
Resource Management Capability vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Notes CPU Configuration ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Cores, sockets, threading Memory Allocation ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Static memory sizing Hot CPU Add ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Online CPU expansion Hot Memory Add ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Online memory expansion Resource Reservations ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Guaranteed resources Resource Limits ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Resource capping
Storage Operations Capability vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Notes Disk Creation ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Virtual disk provisioning Disk Expansion ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Online disk growth Multiple Disks ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Multi-disk VMs Thin Provisioning ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Space-efficient disks Thick Provisioning ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Pre-allocated storage Storage Policies ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Policy-based placement Storage Pools ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Organized storage management
Network Configuration Capability vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Notes Basic Networking ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Single network interface Multiple NICs ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Multi-interface VMs VLAN Support ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Network segmentation Static IP ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Fixed IP assignment DHCP ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Dynamic IP assignment Bridge Networks ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ Direct host bridging Distributed Switches ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ Advanced vSphere networking
VM Lifecycle Capability vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Notes Template Deployment ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Deploy from templates Clone Operations ✅ Complete ✅ ✅ ✅ Full VM duplication with snapshot support Linked Clones ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ COW-based clones with automatic snapshot creation Full Clones ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Independent copies VM Reconfiguration ✅ Complete ⚠️ Restart Required ✅ ✅ Online resource modification
Snapshot Operations Capability vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Notes Create Snapshots ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Point-in-time captures Delete Snapshots ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Snapshot cleanup Revert Snapshots ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Restore VM state Memory Snapshots ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Include RAM state Quiesced Snapshots ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Consistent filesystem Snapshot Trees ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Hierarchical snapshots
Image Management Capability vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Notes OVA/OVF Import ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Standard VM formats Cloud Image Download ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ Remote image fetch Content Libraries ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ Centralized image management Image Conversion ❌ ✅ ✅ ✅ Format transformation Image Caching ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Performance optimization
Guest Operating System Capability vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Notes Cloud-Init ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Guest initialization Guest Tools ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Enhanced guest integration Guest Agent ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Runtime guest communication Guest Customization ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ OS-specific customization Guest Monitoring ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Resource usage tracking
Advanced Features Capability vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Notes High Availability ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Automatic failover DRS/Load Balancing ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ Resource optimization Fault Tolerance ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ Zero-downtime protection vMotion/Migration ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Live VM migration Resource Pools ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Hierarchical resource mgmt Affinity Rules ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ VM placement policies
Monitoring & Observability Capability vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Notes Performance Metrics ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ CPU, memory, disk, network Event Logging ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ Operation audit trail Health Checks ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ VM and guest health Alerting ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Threshold-based notifications Historical Data ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅ Performance history Console URL Generation ✅ ✅ ⚠️ ✅ Web/VNC console access (Proxmox planned) Guest Agent Integration ✅ ✅ ✅ Complete ✅ IP detection and guest info
Provider-Specific Features vSphere Exclusive vCenter Integration : Full vCenter Server and ESXi supportContent Library : Centralized template and ISO managementDistributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) : Automatic load balancingvMotion : Live migration between hostsHigh Availability (HA) : Automatic VM restart on host failureFault Tolerance : Zero-downtime VM protectionStorage vMotion : Live storage migrationvSAN Integration : Hyper-converged storageNSX Integration : Software-defined networkingHot Reconfiguration : Online CPU/memory/disk changes with hot-add supportTaskStatus Tracking : Real-time async operation monitoring via govmomiClone Operations : Full and linked clones with automatic snapshot handlingWeb Console URLs : Direct vSphere web client console access Libvirt/KVM Exclusive Virsh Integration : Command-line managementQEMU Guest Agent : Advanced guest OS integrationKVM Optimization : Native Linux virtualizationBridge Networking : Direct host network bridgingStorage Pool Flexibility : Multiple storage backend supportCloud Image Support : Direct cloud image deploymentHost Device Passthrough : Hardware device assignmentReconfiguration Support : CPU/memory/disk changes via virsh (restart required)VNC Console Access : Direct VNC console URL generation for remote viewers Proxmox VE Exclusive Web UI Integration : Built-in management interfaceContainer Support : LXC container managementBackup Integration : Built-in backup and restoreCluster Management : Multi-node cluster supportZFS Integration : Advanced filesystem featuresCeph Integration : Distributed storageGuest Agent IP Detection : Accurate IP address extraction via QEMU guest agentHot-plug Reconfiguration : Online CPU/memory/disk modificationsComplete CRD Integration : Full Kubernetes custom resource support Mock Provider Features Testing Scenarios : Configurable failure modesPerformance Simulation : Controllable operation delaysSample Data : Pre-populated demonstration VMsDevelopment Support : Full API coverage for testing Supported Disk Types Provider Disk Formats Notes vSphere thin, thick, eagerZeroedThick vSphere native formats Libvirt qcow2, raw, vmdk QEMU-supported formats Proxmox qcow2, raw, vmdk Proxmox storage formats Mock thin, thick, raw, qcow2 Simulated formats
Supported Network Types Provider Network Types Notes vSphere distributed, standard, vlan vSphere networking Libvirt virtio, e1000, rtl8139 QEMU network adapters Proxmox virtio, e1000, rtl8139 Proxmox network models Mock bridge, nat, distributed Simulated network types
Provider Images All provider images are available from the GitHub Container Registry:
vSphere : ghcr.io/projectbeskar/virtrigaud/provider-vsphere:v0.2.3Libvirt : ghcr.io/projectbeskar/virtrigaud/provider-libvirt:v0.2.3Proxmox : ghcr.io/projectbeskar/virtrigaud/provider-proxmox:v0.2.3Mock : ghcr.io/projectbeskar/virtrigaud/provider-mock:v0.2.3 Choosing a Provider Use vSphere When: You have existing VMware infrastructure You need enterprise features (HA, DRS, vMotion) You require advanced networking (NSX, distributed switches) You need centralized management (vCenter) Use Libvirt/KVM When: You want open-source virtualization You're running on Linux hosts You need cost-effective virtualization You want direct host integration Use Proxmox VE When: You need both VMs and containers You want integrated backup solutions You need cluster management You want web-based management Use Mock Provider When: You're developing or testing VirtRigaud You need to simulate VM operations You're creating demos or training materials You're testing VirtRigaud without hypervisors vSphere Best for : Large-scale enterprise deploymentsScalability : Hundreds to thousands of VMsOverhead : Higher due to feature richnessResource Efficiency : Excellent with DRS Libvirt/KVM Best for : Linux-based deploymentsScalability : Moderate to large deploymentsOverhead : Low, near-native performanceResource Efficiency : Good with proper tuning Proxmox VE Best for : SMB and mixed workloadsScalability : Small to medium deploymentsOverhead : ModerateResource Efficiency : Good with clustering Future Roadmap Planned Enhancements vSphere vSphere 8.0 support Enhanced NSX integration GPU passthrough support vSAN policy automation Libvirt Live migration support SR-IOV networking NUMA topology optimization Enhanced performance monitoring Proxmox HA configuration Storage replication Advanced networking Performance optimizations Support Matrix Feature Category vSphere Libvirt Proxmox Mock Production Ready ✅ ✅ ✅ Beta ✅ Testing Documentation Complete Complete Complete Complete Community Support Active Active Growing N/A Enterprise Support Available Available Available N/A
Version History v0.2.3 : Provider feature parity - Reconfigure, Clone, TaskStatus, ConsoleURLv0.2.2 : Nested virtualization, TPM support, comprehensive snapshot managementv0.2.1 : Critical fixes, documentation updates, VMClass disk settingsv0.2.0 : Production-ready vSphere and Libvirt providersv0.1.0 : Initial provider framework and mock implementation This document reflects VirtRigaud v0.2.3 capabilities. For the latest updates, see the VirtRigaud documentation .