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virt-what

Detect if we are running in a virtual machine

About virt-what

Detect if we are running in a virtual machine

This project links 2 native package records across 2 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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Project pictures and package coverage

Fedora 43: 1 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.virt-what: recorded package coverageFedora 431 recordsFedora 441 records
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Project identity

Project
virt-what
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
2
Operating systems
fedora-43, fedora-44
License expression
GPL-2.0-or-later
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

virt-what is a shell script which can be used to detect if the program is running in a virtual machine. The program prints out a list of "facts" about the virtual machine, derived from heuristics. One fact is printed per line. If nothing is printed and the script exits with code 0 (no error), then it can mean either that the program is running on bare-metal or the program is running inside a type of virtual machine which we don't know about or can't detect. Current types of virtualization detected: - alibaba_cloud Alibaba cloud - alibaba_cloud-ebm - aws Amazon Web Services - bhyve FreeBSD hypervisor - docker Docker container - google_cloud Google cloud - hyperv Microsoft Hyper-V - ibm_power-kvm IBM POWER KVM - ibm_power-lpar_shared IBM POWER LPAR (hardware partition) - ibm_power-lpar_dedicated - ibm_systemz-* IBM SystemZ Direct / LPAR / z/VM / KVM - illumos-lx Illumos with Linux syscall emulation - ldoms Oracle VM Server for SPARC Logical Domains - linux_vserver Linux VServer container - lxc Linux LXC container - kvm Linux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) - lkvm LKVM / kvmtool - nutanix_ahv Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) - openvz OpenVZ or Virtuozzo - ovirt oVirt node - parallels Parallels Virtual Platform - podman Podman container - powervm_lx86 IBM PowerVM Lx86 Linux/x86 emulator - qemu QEMU (unaccelerated) - redhat Red Hat hypervisor - rhev Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization - uml User-Mode Linux (UML) - virtage Hitachi Virtualization Manager (HVM) Virtage LPAR - virtualbox VirtualBox - virtualpc Microsoft VirtualPC - vmm vmm OpenBSD hypervisor - vmware VMware - xen Xen - xen-dom0 Xen dom0 (privileged domain) - xen-domU Xen domU (paravirtualized guest domain) - xen-hvm Xen guest fully virtualized (HVM)

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Packages by operating system

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Fedora 43

  1. virt-what

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source virt-what

    1.27-4.fc43

    Detect if we are running in a virtual machine

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. virt-what

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source virt-what

    1.27-5.fc44

    Detect if we are running in a virtual machine

    aarch64x86_6444

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Mapping provenance

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