pivirtd Daemon
Completed: QEMU QMP control, VM lifecycle, memory/CPU allocation.
In Progress: Cloud Hypervisor VMM driver support.
Implementation Roadmap
Phase 1: CompletedPhase 2: In ProgressPhase 3-5: Planned
This document details the architectural milestones, feature progress, and future implementation roadmap for all PiVirt stack components.
Interactive Development Milestones
Section titled “Interactive Development Milestones”Overall Implementation Progress
Tracking development milestones across 5 project phases
37%Completed
8
Completed Tasks
3
In Progress
15
Planned Tasks
Phase 1✓ Completed
Q1 2024Core Hypervisor Foundation
Establishes core virtualization capabilities and basic VM lifecycle management.
Phase Progress
100%pivirtd gRPC APIDirect QEMU/KVM QMP management daemon
VM Lifecycle EngineCreation, power, reset, and teardown workflows
Local Storage PoolsLocal directory pools with qcow2 and raw support
Linux Bridge NetworkingTAP device binding and virbr0 integration
pvcli CLI EngineCommand-line tool with tab completion and YAML output
Phase 2⚡ In Progress
Q2 2024Service Mesh & Security Infrastructure
Introduces zero-trust communication, identity management, and API gateway routing.
Phase Progress
60%agent ConnectRPC GatewayUnified HTTP/2 and gRPC-Web API endpoint
PiTrust PKI & OperatorHierarchical CA, CRD secret provisioning & auto-renewal
mTLS CommunicationMutual TLS across all inter-service channels
OIDC Single Sign-OnKeycloak & Dex OAuth2/OIDC integration
RBAC AuthorizationRole-based access policies and namespace scoping
Audit Logging PipelineStructured JSON audit log dispatcher
Phase 3⚡ In Progress
Q3 2024High-Performance Cluster Storage
Delivers shared block storage, cluster locking, and container storage interfaces.
Phase Progress
20%iscsiman Target ManagerAutomated iSCSI LIO target and LUN allocation
OCFS2 Cluster FilesystemShared block storage with DLM lock manager
DM-Multipath IntegrationAutomated multipath I/O failover
CoW Volume SnapshotsStorage pool snapshots and restoration
Kubernetes CSI DriverCSI driver for persistent volume provisioning
Phase 4📌 Planned
Q4 2024Automation & Operations
Automates host provisioning, cloud image management, and observability.
Phase Progress
0%deployer Bare Metal PXEIPMI/Redfish bare-metal automated setup
deployer Multi-CloudVMware vSphere, Proxmox, and AWS drivers
osinfodb Image ServiceOS image discovery and GPG verification
Prometheus & Grafana StackMetrics exporters and prebuilt dashboards
Backup & Restore FrameworkAutomated etcd and VM snapshot backups
Phase 5📌 Planned
2025Advanced Cluster Features
Enables zero-downtime operations, HA automation, and infrastructure-as-code.
Phase Progress
0%Live Migration EngineShared storage & shared-nothing live migration
HA & SBD FencingAutomated node fencing & cross-site DR
Custom Image BuilderAutomated image customization pipeline
Official Terraform Providerterraform-provider-pivirt plugin
Ansible CollectionAnsible modules for cluster management
Detailed Progress by Category
Section titled “Detailed Progress by Category”Live Migration
Planned: Memory state streaming, block-mirroring, atomic pivoting.
PiTrust PKI & Operator
Completed: Hierarchical Root/Intermediate CA, CRD automated secret provisioning.
RBAC & Auth
In Progress: OIDC token validation, role-based resource permissions.
Local & QCOW2
Completed: Local directory pools, thin provisioning, raw images.
iSCSI & OCFS2
Planned: LIO target manager, OCFS2 cluster locking, DM-Multipath.
Related Documentation
Section titled “Related Documentation”System ArchitectureReview high-level component design and communication topology.
YAML Config SchemaInspect specifications for VMs, storage pools, and network interfaces.
Getting StartedInstall pvcli and deploy your first virtual machine.