ravada

Remote Virtual Desktops Manager

Ravada is an open-source project that provides a web-based user interface for managing and accessing virtual machines (VMs) based on the QEMU/KVM virtualization technology. Ravada aims to simplify the management of virtual machines by offering a user-friendly interface accessible through a web browser.Ravada is meant for sysadmins who have some background in GNU/Linux, and want to deploy a VDI project.

Users can use Ravada to create, configure, and manage virtual machines without the need for a dedicated desktop client. It provides features such as remote console access, snapshot management, and the ability to manage multiple VMs from a central interface. Ravada's back-end has been designed and implemented in order to allow future hypervisors to be added to the framework.

The client only requirements are: a web-browser and a remote viewer supporting the spice protocol.

In the current release we use the KVM Hypervisors: KVM as the backend for the Virtual Machines.

Features

• KVM backend for Windows and Linux Virtual machines
• LDAP and SQL authentication
• Kiosk mode
• Remote Access with Spice for Windows and Linux
• Light and fast virtual machine clones for each user
• Instant clone creation
• USB redirection
• Easy and customizable end users interface
• Administration from a web browser

Install

Read INSTALL.

Install Ravada in Ubuntu Install Ravada in Debian Install Ravada on Fedora Install Ravada on Rocky Linux 9 or RHEL9 Install Ravada - Ubuntu Xenial

Production

See production for production fine-tuning guidelines.

Operation

See operation.

• Create users
• Import KVM virtual machines
• View all rvd_back options
• Admin Operations

API Documentation

Ravada provides a REST API for programmatic access to its functionality. The API is documented using OpenAPI 3.0 specification:

• OpenAPI Specification - Complete API documentation for the Ravada frontend endpoints

You can view and interact with the API documentation using tools like:

• Swagger Editor - Paste the contents of openapi.yaml
• Redoc - For a cleaner documentation view
• Swagger UI - For interactive API testing

Update

See update.