BSD Portsdevel/libvirt 12.8.0 DragonFly
Toolkit to interact with virtualization capabilities
- System
- DragonFly
- Repository
- DPorts
- Maintainer
- [email protected] (as in FreeBSD)
- License
- LGPL3
- Categories
- devel
- Package size
- 8804.5 KiB, 54191.5 KiB installed
Description
A toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux, and other OSes.
libvirt provides: * Remote management using TLS encryption and x509 certificates * Remote management authenticating with Kerberos and SASL * Local access control using PolicyKit * Zero-conf discovery using Avahi multicast-DNS * Management of virtual machines, virtual networks and storage * Portable client API for Linux, Solaris and Windows
In the other systems
The newest version among them is 12.9.0, as upstream numbers it.
| System | Port | Version | Vulnerabilities | Status | Maintainer | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DragonFly | devel/libvirt | 12.8.0 behind since 2026-11-02 | none known | - | [email protected] | - |
| FreeBSD | devel/libvirt | 12.9.0 newest | none known | - | [email protected] | 2026-11-02 |
| OpenBSD | sysutils/libvirt by name | 12.9.0 newest | no data | - | Antoine Jacoutot <[email protected]> | 2026-11-04 |
| MidnightBSD | devel/libvirt | 11.3.0_1 behind since 2026-07-02 | no data | - | [email protected] | 2026-11-04 |
| HardenedBSD | devel/libvirt | 12.8.0 behind since 2026-11-02 | no data | - | [email protected] | - |
| GhostBSD | devel/libvirt | 12.8.0 behind since 2026-11-02 | no data | - | [email protected] | - |
Version history 1
- 12.8.0
Upstream's version as each commit to the port's Makefile set it, or as this site first saw it in the system's packages; the tree's own revisions are not versions here.
Install
Binary package:
pkg install libvirtFrom DPorts:
cd /usr/dports/devel/libvirt && make install cleanDependency graph
Ports that need it on the left, what it needs to run on the right; at most 8 of each. "Dependencies" below lists them all.
Dependencies
Run dependencies 12
Configuration
No options to configure.
- Service scripts
- none
Message after installing
To enable libvirtd please add libvirtd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf. NOTE ON CONFIGURATION: The libvirt port does not come with networking configuration enabled. The 'default' network definition is available at: /usr/local/share/examples/libvirt/networks/default.xml To enable this network please do the following: cp /usr/local/share/examples/libvirt/networks/default.xml /usr/local/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks To configure this network for autostart, execute the following: ln -s ../default.xml /usr/local/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart/default.xml If you have libvirtd already running you'll need to restart it for changes to take effect.