XenServer/XenAndXenServer

Using Xen with OpenStack

There are several ways to use the Xen hypervisor with OpenStack:

• Use Xen directly through lib virt
• Use XenServer or Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) to manage Xen using xenapi

Xen and/or XenServer power some of the worlds largest clouds, including Amazon and Rackspace.

Please note:

• Xen is the Hypervisor
• XenServer is a commercial product, supported by Citrix
• XCP is an OpenSource version of XenServer
• XenServer and XCP include Xen, but also include a Dom0 VM that includes lots of management tools, including xenapi

For more details see:

• http://xen.org/files/Marketing/WhatisXen.pdf
• http://xen.org/products/cloudxen.html

Getting started Developing with XenServer

To get stated developing with XenServer:

• Install XenServer (get started by registering and downloading the free edition on XenServer)
• Get another machine (probably best with Ubuntu 11.10) on which you can build DevStack VM images
• Follow the DevStack XenServer readme: https://github.com/openstack-dev/devstack/blob/master/tools/xen/README.md

For more details see: http://wiki.openstack.org/XenServerDevelopment