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+virtigo: a control panel for your virtual machine cluster
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+This is an attempt to make something that should:
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+* Maintain the master list of virtual machines that should be running at all times
+* Work with a cluster of dom0 hypervisiors via libvirt and/or qemu
+* Understand the cluster and autostart droplets that have failed
+* Initiate and Handle all droplet events: start, stop, clone, migrate, etc
+* Verify consistancy on the hypervisors
+* Initiate and handle live migrations between hypervisors
+* Talk to the hypervisors using only the virtigo daemon via protobuf
+* Work in GUI mode (GTK/QT/etc) but ALSO the console (ncurses)
+* GPL'd with the intent for use with homelab and personal hobbyists
+
+Notes & Goals:
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+* Be super easy to use.
+* Automatically map access to serial and graphical consoles
+* This often uses the DO nomenclature 'droplets' instead of 'virtual machines' or 'domU'
+* When possible, use protobuf over the wire
+* Let security be handled externally at the socket layer with other tools
+* Put network, cpu, etc stats in external tools
+* Automatic live migration to decommission nodes
+* Implement iptable rules via the virtigo daemon
+
+Inspired by:
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+* kvm
+* virt-manager
+* golang
+* the simplicity of the DO droplet control panel