Re: [Xen-users] Why Xen Project need an OS for doing Virtualization?

[Olivier Lambert <lambert.olivier@xxxxxxxxx>]

XCP-ng is doing exactly this. See https://xcp-ng.org/ (open source
fork of XenServer, which is turnkey distro with Xen and API)

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Kevin Wang <kjw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Mohsen <mohsen1365b@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> How about other Virtualization platforms like ESXi? I mean is why Xen
>> Project not created its own OS?
>>
>
> You speak as if making or even building your own linux distribution was
> easy. it's not. Also, it would distract from the core mission; xen itself.
>
> I for one really like having an OS. I can run cron jobs to force reboots,
> backups, etc. Very little need be done by the developers to enable this;
> just provide a cli like 'xl' and commands like 'shutdown' and 'create'. I
> can ping my VMs and restart (destroy) them when they hang. Technically you
> could build a network/remote API to let you access all these things (e.g.
> config files, editors (e.g. vi vs emacs), stop/start console) but then only
> programmers can do any sort of automation, vs someone who knows just some
> basic shell scripting. Having an OS and a cli enables a lot more users and a
> lot more flexibility.
>
>    - Kevin
>
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