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Citrix XenServer includes a XML-RPC based API, providing programmatic access
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to the extensive set of XenServer management features and tools. The
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XenServer API can be called from a remote system as well as local to the
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XenServer host. Remote calls are generally made securely over HTTPS, using
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port 443.
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There are five SDKs available, one for each of C, C#, Java, PowerShell, and
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Python. These are provided under an open-source license (LGPL or GPL with
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the common linking exception). This allows use (unmodified) in both
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closed-and open-source applications.
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There are also several example code samples also provided for download. Some
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of the code samples demonstrate creating a VM, running VM power operations,
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and watching for events.
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The XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1 SDKs are suitable not just for 5.6 FP1
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servers, but for use with all versions of XenServer from 4.0 to 5.6 FP1,
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making it possible to address multiple XenServer versions with a single
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binary. There are, of course, features missing on the older versions, and
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client programs are expected to check host.software_version["product_version"]
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to gracefully fall back when appropriate.
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