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< p > Libvir is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of
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recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). It is free software available
under the < a href = "http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.html" > GNU
Lesser General Public License< / a > . Virtualization of the Linux Operating
System means the ability to run multiple instances of Operating Systems
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concurrently on a single hardware system where the basic resources are driven
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by a Linux instance. The library aim at providing long term stable C API
initially for the < a href = "http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/index.html" > Xen
paravirtualization< / a > but should be able to integrate other virtualization
mechanisms if needed.< / p >
< p > If you get lost searching for some specific API use, try
< a href = "http://libvirt.org/search.php" > the online search
engine< / a > hosted on < a href = "http://libvirt.org/" > libvirt.org< / a >
it indexes the project page, the APIs as well as the mailing-list archives. < / p >
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