--- title: The next 10 years of KubeVirt | daily.dev description: KubeVirt, founded by Red Hat in 2016 to run VMs alongside containers on Kubernetes, is now a CNCF incubating project with contributors from Nvidia, Microsoft,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-next-10-years-of-kubevirt-clsrn1cph twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The next 10 years of KubeVirt | daily.dev og:description: KubeVirt, founded by Red Hat in 2016 to run VMs alongside containers on Kubernetes, is now a CNCF incubating project with contributors from Nvidia, Microsoft,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-next-10-years-of-kubevirt-clsrn1cph og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/clSRN1cPH.png og:image:alt: The next 10 years of KubeVirt og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The next 10 years of KubeVirt **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary KubeVirt, founded by Red Hat in 2016 to run VMs alongside containers on Kubernetes, is now a CNCF incubating project with contributors from Nvidia, Microsoft, AMD, Intel, SUSE, and others. Its enhancement queue grew from a small set of items at v1.6 to more than a hundred by v1.10. Upcoming work includes GPU and device allocation via Kubernetes Dynamic Resource Allocation (beta in v1.9), confidential VM support across Intel TDX, AMD SEV, and IBM Secure Execution, a structured plugin system for extending the core (alpha in v1.9), and a pluggable virtualization stack that could support backends like Cloud Hypervisor, OpenVMM, and Firecracker alongside the default libvirt/QEMU/KVM stack. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is KubeVirt Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) support for GPUs and when did it reach beta? KubeVirt GPU allocation through Kubernetes Dynamic Resource Allocation reached beta status in version 1.9, replacing the older device-plugin approach. The same claim model is being extended to generic host devices, SR-IOV network devices, and CPUs, so a VM can eventually request a GPU, NIC, and CPUs as one coordinated set allocated by Kubernetes. _Teams planning GPU-backed VM workloads can track DRA rollout details like this on daily.dev._ ### Which confidential computing technologies does KubeVirt support for confidential VMs? KubeVirt supports Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX), AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV and SEV-SNP), and IBM Secure Execution, with Arm Confidential Compute Architecture under development. As of version 1.9, AMD SEV/SEV-SNP is beta, Intel TDX is alpha, and IBM Secure Execution reached general availability. _Engineers evaluating confidential VM options for sensitive or AI workloads can follow maturity updates like these on daily.dev._ ### What alternative hypervisors is KubeVirt working to support besides QEMU/KVM? KubeVirt is building a pluggable virtualization framework to support Cloud Hypervisor, OpenVMM, and Firecracker as out-of-tree backends without forking the project. Version 1.8 already added an in-tree Hypervisor Abstraction Layer and an alpha MSHV (Microsoft Hypervisor) backend, with KubeVirt Enhancement Proposal #82 outlining the full pluggability design. _Architects weighing hypervisor flexibility for Kubernetes VM workloads can watch this pluggability work on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [KubeVirt’s Architecture: CRDs, Controllers and Daemons](https://daily.dev/posts/kubevirt-s-architecture-crds-controllers-and-daemons-j0u8ybmwi) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Confidential Containers becomes a CNCF incubating project](https://daily.dev/posts/confidential-containers-becomes-a-cncf-incubating-project-hnrjn518d) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Migrating VMs to Kubernetes: A Roadmap for Cloud Native Enterprises](https://daily.dev/posts/migrating-vms-to-kubernetes-a-roadmap-for-cloud-native-enterprises-25nizv4dh) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Broadcom Extends Reach and Scope of Kubernetes Platform](https://daily.dev/posts/broadcom-extends-reach-and-scope-of-kubernetes-platform-giaifcsgr) · Cloud Native Now · 9 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-next-10-years-of-kubevirt-clsrn1cph) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The next 10 years of KubeVirt","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-next-10-years-of-kubevirt-clsrn1cph","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-next-10-years-of-kubevirt-clsrn1cph"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T14:04:32.179Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T14:05:07.832Z","description":"KubeVirt, founded by Red Hat in 2016 to run VMs alongside containers on Kubernetes, is now a CNCF incubating project with contributors from Nvidia, Microsoft,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/425a600531ea590a80a42722203858ea?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/425a600531ea590a80a42722203858ea?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-next-10-years-of-kubevirt-clsrn1cph","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"kubernetes,infrastructure","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The next 10 years of KubeVirt"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-next-10-years-of-kubevirt-clsrn1cph#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is KubeVirt Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) support for GPUs and when did it reach beta?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"KubeVirt GPU allocation through Kubernetes Dynamic Resource Allocation reached beta status in version 1.9, replacing the older device-plugin approach. 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