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Xen Cloud Platform Project
Open source software to build private and public clouds
The Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) is an open source enterprise-ready server virtualization and cloud computing platform,
delivering the Xen Hypervisor with support for a range of guest operating systems
including Windows® and Linux® network and storage support, management tools in a single, tested installable image,
which is also called XCP appliance.
XCP addresses the needs of cloud providers, hosting services and data centers by combining the isolation and multi-tenancy
capabilities of the Xen hypervisor with enhanced security, storage and network virtualization technologies to offer a rich set
of virtual infrastructure cloud services. The platform also address user requirements for security, availability, performance
and isolation across both private and public clouds.
XCP consolidates server workloads, enables savings in power, cooling, and management costs and thus contributing to environmentally
sustainable computing, an increased ability to adapt to ever-changing IT environments, an optimized use of existing hardware, and
an improved level of IT reliability. See case studies for detailed Xen user studies or our
eco-system map for vendors, products, projects, services and research.
XCP Packages in Linux
XCP traditionally comes as an ISO that is installed on a bare metal server. Hoqwever XCP, packages are available in Debian and
Ubuntu. For more information see:
- XCP toolstack on a Debian-based distribution
- XCP in Debian Wheezy
- XCP in Ubuntu Server LTS 12.04
- Project Zeus: XCP on Fedora and CentOS
License
XCP was originally derived from Citrix XenServer.
Today, the XCP code is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL2) and
is available at no charge in both source and binary format. XCP is, and always will be,
open sourced, uniting the industry and the Xen ecosystem to speed the adoption of virtualization and cloud technologies and actively
works with open source and open standards to help solve challenges in cloud
mobility.
XCP in detail
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XAPI or XenAPI is a management stack implemented in OCaml that configures and controls Xen-enabled hosts
and resource pools and co-ordinates resources within the pool. XAPI exposes the XenAPI interface.
XAPI Lib: is a set of libraries and utilities implemented in OCaml.
Control Interfaces: XCP contains the XE command line tool to control
Xen virtual machines and resource pools. A wide range of graphical user interfaces that work with XCP have been created by
open source projects and commercial vendors.
Xen Hypervisor: XCP contains the Xen Hypervisor.
Dom0 privileged domain including support for network, storage and drivers: XCP contains the Dom0 Linux kernel including drivers, rich virtual networking
capabilities via Open vSwitch and support for cloud storage infrastructures.
Guest Operating Systems: the XCP binary distribution is delivered with a wide range of Linux and Windows guests. Check out the
release notes for a complete list.
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