NewToXen

To Do: This page needs to be spruced up and updated. Note that some links may have broken during migration. The page also would benefit from adding some trails on introductory topics.

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New To Xen

This wiki page is for people looking for introductory material to the Xen community and various Xen products (projects).

General Information

• General Overview
• Xen Frequently Asked Questions
• Information for Beginners

Xen in Action

• Examples of open source Xen running in global production environments
• Xen vs. XCP
  • Xen is a source code distribution (a bit like the Linux Kernel)
  • If you want to use binaries, use XCP and XCP on xen.org instead of Xen. XCP can be installed from either an ISO, which contains Xen, Linux binaries and the XenAPI toolstack, or as a managed package on Debian, and Ubuntu,

Xen Hypervisor

• Xen Try the Xen hypervisor without installation using the LiveCD - Note that there is no Live CD for Xen 4.x - We are looking for volunteers to put one together!
• Xen Books

Paid Support and Providers

See Vendors, Projects and Commercial Users of Xen

Downloads

• Xen Archives (these are source releases)
• XCP Archives (these are binary distributions)

Technology

• Compatibility Lists
• Dom0 distro compatibility list and appropriate links
• DomU distro compatibility list and appropriate links
• Documentation pitched at Beginners
• FAQs: The majority of these are grouped by topic, but XenCommonProblems and XenUsersQuestions contain ungrouped questions. Have a look there, if you do not find an answer to your question.
• HOW TOs: How to examples on a variety of xen instllations
• Tutorials: Tutoprials on specific topics
• Examples: Examples (a bit rough on the edges)

Community

• Links to documentation
• Links to resources where to get help
• Xen.org open source governance (also see Category:Developers
• Trademark and logos
• Jobs in the Community