From dd81cba0508c4695913a35d84bd1e638e26ad82f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Goergens Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:02:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add README.markdown Based on draft by Lars Kurth. Signed-off-by: Matthias Goergens --- README.markdown | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.markdown diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..95beac623ab --- /dev/null +++ b/README.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Xen API (or xapi) is a management stack that configures and controls +Xen-enabled hosts and resource pools, and co-ordinates resources +within the pool. Xapi exposes the Xen API interface for many +languages and is a component of the Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) project. +Xen API is written mostly in [Ocaml](http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/). + +Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) is an open source enterprise-ready server +virtualization and cloud computing platform. XCP builds on the Xen +Hypervisor; and provides network and storage support, and management +tools in a single, tested installable image. + +XCP runs many guest operating systems, including Linux and Microsoft +Windows. + +Links: + +* [XCP Home](http://www.xen.org/products/cloudxen.html) + +* [XCP Downloads](http://www.xen.org/download/xcp/index.html) + +* [XCP Community](http://www.xen.org/products/xcp/community_and_support.html) + +You can usually find the developers hanging out in #xen-api on +freenode.