Overview

Parallels Virtualization SDK is a development kit used to build Parallels client applications. The SDK provides cross-platform ANSI C and Python APIs. The SDK can be used to develop client applications for Parallels Server and Parallels Desktop products.

The SDK comprises the following components:

• C header files.
• Dynamic libraries.
• Python package for developing client applications in Python.
• Parallels Command-Line Tool ( prlctl ) - a sample client application that was developed using the Parallels Virtualization SDK. The C source code and the executable version is included. This is a fully functional console application that can be used to perform a full range of host and virtual machine operations.
• A collection of sample virtual machine configuration files in XML format for use with the Parallels Command-Line Tool. The configuration information contained in each file can be customized to suit a particular need.
• Parallels Virtualization SDK Programmer's Guide (this document).
• Parallels C API Reference Guide.
• Python API Reference Guide.

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