XAPI

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Overview

The Xen Management API or XAPI is

  • A Toolstack implementing the XAPI interface
  • An interface for remotely configuring and controlling virtualised guests running on a Xen-enabled host

It is the core component of XCP and XenServer. XAPI adds additional functionality compared to other Xen toolstacks, for example (but not limited to)

  • Extends Xen to cover multiple hosts
  • VM lifecycle: live snapshots, checkpoint, migration 
  • Resource pools: live migration, auto configuration, disaster recovery 
  • Flexible storage and networking
  • Event tracking: progress, notification 
  • Upgrade and patching capabilities 
  • Real-time performance monitoring and alerting

Further Information

3rd party Integrations and tools

Tutorials and presentations