This is a documentation about Xen hypervisor, here you will see how to install and configurate your computer to create a NAT Networking and virtuals machines.

• PlatformLinux/Debian

What is Xen?

Xen is a virtualization tool that runs under the operating system and acts as a hypervisor for it. That is, if the operating system acts as a supervisor for the programs that run on it, Xen supervises the supervisor and is therefore at a lower layer. Xen works on 32-bit and 64-bit x86 architectures. Xen also calls virtual machines domains.

Install Xen

Make sure you have Debian or a Linux distribution that supports Xen installed. To install the Xen package insert write the following line in the terminal and vim.

Configuration

Configure the default network architecture when creating the virtual machines. Uncomment or add the following lines to the /etc/xen/xl.conf file:

Edit /etc/network/interfaces: