🚀 [Release] GLKVM-Cloud: A Lightweight Self-Hosted KVM Remote Cloud Platform

We’re excited to introduce GLKVM-Cloud, an open-source project designed for individuals and small businesses who want a fast, secure, and private way to access their KVM devices remotely.

Key Features

  • Device Management – Monitor online KVM devices in real time

  • Script Deployment – Add devices conveniently via scripts

  • Remote SSH – Web-based SSH connections from your browser

  • Remote Control – Remote desktop control over the web

  • Batch Operations – Execute commands on multiple devices at once

  • Rapid Deployment – One-line installation, no complex setup

  • Data Security – Fully self-hosted, you own your data

  • Dedicated Bandwidth – Self-deployment means no shared bandwidth, performance is under your control

  • Lightweight Design – Optimized for small businesses and individual users

Supported Platforms

  • Debian Family: Ubuntu 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04, Debian 11 / 12

  • Red Hat Family: AlmaLinux 8 / 9, Rocky Linux 8 / 9, CentOS Stream 9

System Requirements

  • CPU: 1 core or above

  • Memory: ≥ 1 GB

  • Storage: ≥ 40 GB

  • Bandwidth: ≥ 3 Mbps

  • KVM Device Firmware: ≥ v1.5.0

Supported KVM Devices

  • GL-RM1 Comet

  • GL-RM1PE Comet PoE

  • GL-RM10 Comet Pro

  • Future models from the GLKVM series will also be supported

:high_voltage: Quick Start

Install with a single command:

( command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 && curl -fsSL https://kvm-cloud.gl-inet.com/selfhost/install.sh || wget -qO- https://kvm-cloud.gl-inet.com/selfhost/install.sh ) | sudo bash

Learn More

GitHub repo: https://github.com/gl-inet/glkvm-cloud

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This just made these devices a little more interesting to me - thanks for the work here!

Nice! Any thoughts about supporting an official docker image for it?

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As long as your devices are above firmware version of 1.5. This function can be use and you can please refer to the link for guidance.

We currently provide an installation script that deploys everything via Docker in a one-step process, with CDN support for faster downloads. At this stage, we haven’t published an official image to Docker Hub, since the existing method is already quite straightforward. That said, if there’s strong demand for an official Docker Hub image, we’re happy to add it to our roadmap.

It makes things easier to add it to my current Docker Compose setup, but I tend to use SOCKS over SSH rather than needing a web interface. That said, I may need to play with it for software update management.

Maintaining an official Docker image is indeed a good idea, and we will consider doing so to better meet different customer needs. That said, I think there may be a slight misunderstanding: the main focus of GLKVM Cloud is not just providing remote access to the GLKVM device itself, but enabling remote control and display of the host connected to the KVM device. For this reason, the solution relies heavily on a web interface.

That’s what I figured (although I haven’t had time to play myself), popping that into my NGINX setup would let me easily enable some of my security frameworks like MTLS to make it accessible from the outside world. That said, my setup is pretty trivial.

Commenting to show support for official docker images, this would align with my self-hosted setup!

We are currently collecting user feedback and plan to release an official Docker image in the near future. Stay tuned.

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We’ve now published an official Docker image on Docker Hub to support manual installation. You’re welcome to try it out, and we’d greatly appreciate any feedback to help us improve. For detailed usage instructions, please refer to the documentation here: docker-compose/README.md.

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