Overview

Parallels Virtualization SDK is a development kit used to create and integrate custom software solutions with Parallels virtualization products. The SDK provides cross-platform ANSI C and Python APIs. The SDK can be used to develop software for any hypervisor-based Parallels virtualization product such as Parallels Server, Parallels Workstation, and Parallels Desktop.

The SDK comprises the following components:

• C header files.
• Dynamic libraries.
• Python package for developing client applications in Python.
• Parallels command line tools (prlctl, prlsrvctl) -- a command line utility that can be used to perform a full range of host and virtual machine operations.
• Parallels Virtualization SDK Programmer's Guide (this document).
• Parallels C API Reference Guide.
• Parallels Python API Reference Guide.
• Parallels Command Line Reference Guide.