KontrolVM - Linux KVM Management Control Panel

Why KontrolVM?

KontrolVM is designed to be a simple, yet effective replacement for more complex systems that fit well in an enterprise environment but are overkill for a homelab or private deployment. Joe decided to create KontrolVM to replace his existing VMware ESXi hosts after the recent Broadcom acquisition. Free/cheap solutions such as Proxmox, UnRAID, TrueNAS, XenServer, and even Hyper-V were considered but failed to meet some very basic needs:

Simple - No complex hosting requirements and can run almost anywhere, including a locally hosted Synology NAS or ARM device.
Free - No licensing costs that can change later or features locked behind paywalls.
Open Source - Having the ability to edit and alter the code as needed to meet my needs is important to me.
Secure - Being able to host the entire control panel on my home network without anything public facing (i.e. hosted on the nodes).

As you can see KontrolVM isn't designed to be a replacement for the many other virtualization software out there, but it fills a tiny little niche for homelabs who don't want/need the complexity of other software.

Key Features

VM Management

✅Create and delete VMs
✅Manage and edit VMs
✅Start, stop, restart VMs
✅Mount/unmount ISO images
✅Set I/O limits
✅Configure NIC speed
✅HTML5 VNC Console
✅Backup/Restore VMs

Node Management

✅Add nodes to the cluster
✅Remove nodes from the cluster
✅Edit node details
✅Get node statistics
✅Update node statistics
✅Enable/disable nodes
✅Import existing nodes

Cluster Management

✅Add clusters
✅Delete clusters
✅Enable/disable clusters
✅Load balancing

User Management

✅Create user accounts
✅Delete user accounts
✅Manage user details
✅Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA
✅Multifactor Authentication
✅User permissions/levels
✅Password reset

Other Features

✅Add ISOs
✅Get total resources
✅Manage IP addresses
✅Logging and alerting
✅Automated database backups
✅Automatic updates

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