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author | Kevdog | 2019-11-20 10:50:16 -0600 |
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f6cc4986f608..b1db4196f665 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ # xe-guest-utilities-git -###Purpose +### Purpose xe-guest-utilities is an add-on package for the [Xen](https://xenproject.org/developers/teams/xen-hypervisor/) and [xcp-ng](https://xcp-ng.org/) hypervisors. As per [documentation](https://xenproject.org/developers/teams/xen-hypervisor/) these tools: - Report extra VM info (that only the Operating system can know, not your underlying hypervisor), like VM IP address, kernel version etc. - Communicate with the OS in case of quiesce snapshots (Windows and its VSS) - Allow sending signals to the OS (clean reboot, hotplug hardware etc.) This package provides a service file which can be activated/enabled by systemd to provide these features to your VM running with Xen/xcp-ng. -###Source Code +### Source Code xe-guest-utilities pulls its sourcecode from the [Xenserver](https://github.com/xenserver/xe-guest-utilities) github repository. The source code requires a [Go development environment](https://golang.org/doc/install) in order to successfully compile the code. This script should automatically download the go-pie package, compile and install the script. -###Installation +### Installation The following files are installed by the package: (Listed here in case manual removal is necessary) - /usr/share/licenses/xe-guest-utilities-git/LICENSE - /usr/share/oem/xs/xe-daemon @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ The following files are installed by the package: (Listed here in case manual re - /usr/bin/xenstore-write -###Activation +### Activation Once xe-guest-utilities-git is installed, the service can be started (as root): ``` systemctl start xe-guest-utilities.service |