Cloudmin is a web-based system for managing virtual machines and host resources. It is built around the Webmin administration framework and is aimed at people who want to create and control virtual systems through a browser rather than managing every task directly from the shell.
Cloudmin is supplied in two editions. The edition covered here is limited to managing a single Xen or KVM host. The commercial Pro edition adds broader virtualisation support, multi-host management, public-cloud integration, replication and other capabilities.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Browser-based management interface built on Webmin.
- Manage virtual systems hosted by a single Xen or KVM server.
- Create and administer virtual machines from a central web interface.
- Start, stop and otherwise control virtual systems without working directly with hypervisor command-line tools.
- Resize and restrict virtual systems within the capabilities exposed by the selected virtualisation platform.
- Command-line API for scripting administrative tasks.
- HTTP-accessible API for integrating Cloudmin operations with other management tools.
- System-owner accounts can be used to delegate access to selected virtual systems.
- Apply resource limits covering disk space, memory and CPU usage for delegated owners.
- Designed for Xen and KVM virtualisation on supported Linux hosts.
- Uses the same underlying codebase as the commercial edition while exposing a more limited feature set.
Website: webmin.com/cloudmin
Support:
Developer: Webmin
License: GNU General Public License
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