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This chapter describes the main principles and architecture choices behind the libvirt API and the Python libvirt module. These include the object model, the driver model, and management options. The details of these models and options are described in this chapter.

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Ashley, W.D. (2019). Architecture. In: Foundations of Libvirt Development . Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4862-1_2

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