An easy way to identify virtualization technology

An easy way to identify virtualization technology dmidecode -s system-product-name Virtualization technology VMware Workstation root@router:~# dmidecode -s system-product-name VMware Virtual Platform VirtualBox root@router:~# dmidecode -s system-product-name VirtualBox QEMU and KVM root@router:~# dmidecode -s system-product-name KVM QEMU (emulation) root@router:~# dmidecode -s system-product-name Bochs Microsoft Virtual PC root@router:~# dmidecode | egrep -i 'manufacturer|product' Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation Product Name: Virtual Machine Virtuozzo root@router:~# dmidecode /dev/mem: Permission denied en root@router:~# dmidecode | grep -i domU Product Name: HVM domU /dev/disk/by-id If you do not have permission to run dmidecode, you can use: ls -1 /dev/disk/by-id/