Re: [Xci-devel] Which API for VM lifecycle?

[Vincent Hanquez <vincent.hanquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andreas Sommer wrote:
> I'm currently trying to find out the basic structure of XCI and would 
> like to know which APIs are available (in general), and which of them 
> can be used for simple lifecycle tasks like:
> - Creating, starting, shutting down, ... VMs
> - List running VMs
>   
xenvm is the main thing you should look at. it's a single VM daemon
that control the lifecycle of the VM. it supports all sorts of methods 
(available conveniently through xenvm-cmd, on dbus and/or a unix 
socket), to start/shutdown/suspend/etc..
I'll suggest having a look at the xenvm.readme file for more description 
on how to use it.
From a more low-level point of view, you have the xenops binary that 
have lots of sub command; the only really useful is xenops list, but you 
should be able to chain multiple xenops command (create, build, add_vbd, 
.. ) to create a fully working VM with a shell script too. xenops help 
and xenops <subcmd> -h will get you already quite far.
--
Vincent

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