dmacvicar/terraform-provider-libvirt

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Terraform provider that provisions and manages virtualization resources (virtual machines, storage pools, volumes, and networks) on Linux KVM via the libvirt API. It is a rewrite built on the Terraform Plugin Framework that maps resources directly to libvirt XML schemas for full API fidelity.

Use cases

• provision KVM virtual machines with Terraform
• manage libvirt storage pools and volumes as code
• define libvirt virtual networks declaratively
• automate VM infrastructure on a Linux hypervisor
• manage remote libvirt hosts over SSH with Terraform

When to choose

• you use Terraform and want to manage KVM/libvirt VMs alongside cloud resources
• you need full access to libvirt XML features like TPM, VLANs, or encryption
• you want declarative, version-controlled VM lifecycle management on-premise

When to avoid

• you use hypervisors other than KVM/libvirt (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V)
• you need a GUI for managing virtual machines
• you rely on the legacy v0.8 provider behavior without migrating to the rewrite

Facets

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infrastructure-as-code deployment configuration-management infrastructure-as-code cloud-computing go cli self-hosted terraform-provider libvirt kvm qemu virtualization vm-management devops linux

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