Nowadays there are several virtualization tools for Linux systems (XEN, VMware, VirtualBox, Qemu/KVM), among which the last begins to push forward. For virtual machine (VM) management there is package libvirt and his applications (virt-manager, etc). Unfortunately libvirt due to proclaimed virtualization tool independence, struggles with several disadvantages which reduce its usability with Qemu/KVM. For example, it has clumsy access via SSH and netcat program; inability to work with serial console or CD drive of virtual machines when using remote access; authentication mechanism based on "all or nothing" principle, etc.

Review existing tools and either design your own virtual hosting administration and management tool, or modify the existing one in order to make virtual machine hosting on Qemu/KVM more usable.

Focus on hosting-like or cloud-like environments, where there can be several virtual machine owners, which should have access only to their own VMs. Discuss and implement the CPU, RAM, and disk space quotas.

Try to re-think the libvirt's approach to VM network setup in order to allow VMs to be connected either to NATed or bridged networks, to dynamically assign the IP/IPv6 addresses, and to make the addressing information accessible to the VM owners.

Discuss problems like VM live migration, administration of VMs running on multiple hosts using a single administrative interface, permanently running and temporary/testing VMs, etc.