ssvirt

SSVirt - Self Service Virt

SSVirt is an OpenShift-native implementation of standard APIs, providing self-service virtual machine provisioning using OpenShift Virtualization and OpenShift Advanced Cluster Management.

Overview

This project re-implements the basic capabilities of VMware Cloud Director using OpenShift technologies:

• Organizations → OpenShift Namespaces with RBAC
• Virtual Data Centers (VDCs) → Resource Quotas + Network Policies
• VMs → OpenShift Virtualization VirtualMachines
• vApp Templates → PostgreSQL metadata + VirtualMachineClusterInstanceTypes
• Catalogs → PostgreSQL catalog and template metadata store

Project Structure

ssvirt/
├── cmd/
│   ├── api-server/           # Main API server entry point
│   └── controller/           # Controller manager entry point
├── pkg/
│   ├── api/                  # HTTP handlers and API types
│   ├── controllers/          # Kubernetes controllers
│   ├── database/             # PostgreSQL models and migrations
│   ├── k8s/                  # Kubernetes client wrapper
│   ├── auth/                 # Authentication and authorization
│   └── config/               # Configuration management
├── internal/
│   ├── translator/           # VCD ↔ OpenShift resource translation
│   └── validator/            # Request validation logic
├── manifests/                # Kubernetes deployment manifests
├── test/                     # Unit, integration and e2e tests
└── scripts/                  # Setup and utility scripts

Development

Prerequisites

• Go 1.24+
• PostgreSQL 13+
• OpenShift 4.19+ with OpenShift Virtualization

Building

# Build binaries
make build

# Run tests
make test

# Build container image
make container-build

# Format code
make fmt

# Run linter
make lint

Configuration

Configuration is handled via environment variables with SSVIRT_ prefix or YAML config files:

database:
  url: "postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/ssvirt"
  max_connections: 25
api:
  port: 8080
  tls_cert: "/etc/certs/tls.crt"
  tls_key: "/etc/certs/tls.key"
auth:
  jwt_secret: "your-secret-key"
  token_expiry: "24h"
kubernetes:
  namespace: "ssvirt-system"
log:
  level: "info"
  format: "json"

API Compatibility

SSVirt implements the VMware Cloud Director OpenAPI specification for:

• Authentication: Session-based authentication with JWT tokens
• User Management: Complete CRUD operations for user accounts
• Organization Management: Complete CRUD operations for organizations
• Role Management: Role assignment and management
• VDC Operations: Virtual Data Center management and operations
• Catalog Management: Catalog and vApp template browsing and management
• vApp Lifecycle: vApp instantiation, management, and deletion
• Virtual Machine Operations: Complete VM CRUD operations and power management

CloudAPI Endpoints

The following VMware Cloud Director compatible endpoints are available:

Core Management:

• /cloudapi/1.0.0/sessions - Authentication and session management
• /cloudapi/1.0.0/users - User account management (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• /cloudapi/1.0.0/orgs - Organization management (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• /cloudapi/1.0.0/roles - Role and permissions management

Infrastructure:

• /cloudapi/1.0.0/vdcs - Virtual Data Center operations
• /cloudapi/1.0.0/catalogs - Catalog and template management
• /cloudapi/1.0.0/vapps - vApp lifecycle management
• /cloudapi/1.0.0/vms - Virtual machine operations

See docs/api-reference.md for complete API documentation.

Development Status

This project is under active development. See plan.md for detailed implementation roadmap.

License

See LICENSE file for details.