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| # XCP-ng: A turnkey open source virtualization platform | ||
| <h3 align="center"><b>XCP-ng</b></h3> | ||
| <p align="center"><b>Turnkey Open Source Virtualization Platform</b></p> | ||
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| * [What is XCP-ng?](#what-is-xcp-ng) | ||
| * [Genesis](#genesis) | ||
| * [Key points](#key-points) | ||
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| * [Documentation](#documentation) | ||
| * [Contribution & community](#contribution-and-community) | ||
| * [Pro support](#pro-support) | ||
| XCP-ng: the user-friendly, high-performance virtualization solution, developed collaboratively for unrestricted features and open-source accessibility. | ||
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| ## ⚡️ Quick start | ||
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| ## What is XCP-ng? | ||
| Download [the ISO here](https://mirrors.xcp-ng.org/isos/8.2/xcp-ng-8.2.1.iso?https=1), and [install it](https://xcp-ng.org/#easy-to-install) on your own hardware. | ||
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| XCP-ng is a virtualization platform based on **Xen Source** and **Citrix® Hypervisor** (formerly XenServer). | ||
| XCP-ng stands for **Xen Cloud Platform - New Generation** and is a *tribute* to the old Open Source project XCP, which was abandoned when XenServer was open-sourced in 2013. | ||
| ## 📚 Documentation | ||
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| ### Genesis | ||
| The official documentation is available at https://xcp-ng.org/docs | ||
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| * 2003 : Xen project birth, first open source hypervisor | ||
| * 2007 : Xen Source Inc. acquired by Citrix, birth of XenServer (closed source) | ||
| * 2010 : Citrix strategy focused on virtual desktop (XenApp/XenDesktop) instead of server virtualization | ||
| * 2011 : XCP 1.0 (Xen Cloud Platform, Open Source XenServer) | ||
| * 2013 : XenServer becomes Open (end of XCP). Birth of Xen Orchestra | ||
| * 2017 (Dec) : Citrix changes their pricing strategy regarding XenServer and removes essential features from free XenServer versions. New features developed are (mostly) no longer open source | ||
| * 2018 (Jan) : XenServer forked, birth of XCP-ng | ||
| * 2019 (Jul): XCP-ng 8.0 is released | ||
| ## 🚀 Features | ||
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| - **Powerful virtualization platform**: run, snapshot, live migrate & grow any kind of workload/Operating system on top of XCP-ng, even containers! | ||
| - **Turnkey:** no complicated setup, XCP-ng is a true appliance with everything pre-configured and ready to run your VMs! | ||
| - **Security:** based on the Xen hypervisor technology, XCP-ng is one of the most secure virtualization platform on the market, both technologically and with a really [serious security workflow](https://xcp-ng.org/docs/security.html). | ||
| - **Manageable at scale:** there's many integrated ways to manage your XCP-ng host, both locally and remotely with a CLI, GUI and API. [Xen Orchestra](https://vates.tech/xen-orchestra/) is the de facto administration & backup platform for it. | ||
| - **Fully Open Source:** no paywalls or complicated licenses, all the features are free | ||
| - **Pro supported:** want to run in production? XCP-ng is part of the [Vates VMS](https://vates.tech/) stack that got you covered from the virtualization platform to the administration & backup tools. | ||
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| ### Key points | ||
| ## 📸 Screenshots | ||
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| XCP-ng is a turnkey open source virtualization platform. | ||
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| #### Platform | ||
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| A combination of multiple components to deliver a cohesive solution | ||
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| **Compute** + **Network** + **Storage** + **API** (Xen API) = **XCP-ng** | ||
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| #### Open Source | ||
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| XCP-ng is open source (mostly GPLv2), but also, all the components, documentation, repositories and dev process are publicly available and easily accessible. | ||
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| #### Turnkey | ||
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| * XCP-ng is intended to be easy to download and easy to install | ||
| * We are aiming to have the largest possible hardware compatibility | ||
| * XCP-ng embeds a complete API and comes with a friendly web-UI: [Xen Orchestra](https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xo-home) | ||
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| ### Documentation | ||
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| We have extensive documentation for the XCP-ng project available [here](https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki) | ||
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| ### Contribution and community | ||
| ## 🧑🚀 Community | ||
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| XCP-ng has a living community that you can join on our [forum](https://xcp-ng.org/forum/). | ||
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| The project is open to [contributions](https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/Development-process-tour), [bug reports](https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/How-to-report-bugs) and you can also [host a mirror](https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/Mirrors) for XCP-ng | ||
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| ### Pro support | ||
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| For production environments and companies, we recommend obtaining pro support to cover your infrastructure. Pro support is delivered directly by the XCP-ng project dev team and pricing is per host, not per core! | ||
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| Learn more about pro support for XCP-ng on the [dedicated website](https://xcp-ng.com/). | ||
| The project is open to [contributions](https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/Development-process-tour), [bug reports](https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/How-to-report-bugs) and you can also [host a mirror](https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/Mirrors) for XCP-ng. |