Qemantra
Qemantra is a tool for creating and running QEMU Virtual Machines.
QEMU is better and sometimes faster than VirtualBox , but does not have any
command-line central managing solution. This tool does not run your virtual machines.
It simply aims to configure and run Virtual Machines using QEMU.
Features
- Create , list and run virtual machines.
- Create configurations to run on demand.
- Use features of QEMU like KVM , multiple architecture support etc.
Examples
Running a Virtual Machine
Run a machine with boot menu
Create a Machine
Create a Machine with Disk
Create a Image
Documentation
Currently documentation only exists as a --help flag.
Motivation ?
Virtualbox is good, but it has a QT interface and it’s command line inteface is hectic at best. QEMU has no official (or good) frontend , the command line interface is mature , but has no central managing solution.
Qemantra aims to become a simple and convinient way to manage Virtual Machines. It is designed for the casual Virtualizer.
Installation ?
Currently you can only build from source.
- Qemantra is built in golang , you must have golang installed.
- Clone the repository.
make buildto build the binary.- Move the binary to a folder in your $PATH variable.
Or use
make installto install in default$GOBIN
Contributing
Anybody is welcome to contribute!
Qemantra is written in Golang , so Golang developers can contribute in the technical aspect. If you want to contribute non-technically , then too you are welcome! There are lot’s of work in documentation and other aspects! For bugs and feature requests , open a issue.
