XVM — Virtual Servers for MIT

xvm.mit.edu is a virtualization service for the MIT community. We offer virtual machines—your own complete system on which you can start from our three-minute Debian or Ubuntu install or install the operating system of your choice. The service is free to any Athena account holder.

MIT users:

Log in to XVM using MIT certificates
Log in to XVM using Kerberos Tickets

In order to log in, you'll need to obtain MIT certificates

XVM features:

XVM does not feature:

The XVM code base is a free software project under development, licensed under GPLv2+. If you're interested in using it, we'd be happy to help you set it up in your environment. Our Git repositories are publicly viewable at

http://xvm.mit.edu/gitweb

xvm.mit.edu is provided by SIPB, the student computing group at MIT, with generous funding from IS&T. Like all SIPB projects, we are independently run by our own team of volunteers, and we welcome new contributors.

Questions and feedback welcome at xvm@mit.edu.