# Docs

> Build, operate, and optimize your XAVS environment with our documentation. Find step-by-step walkthroughs, administrative guides, API and CLI references, release updates, and troubleshooting resources.

## Docs

- [API Authentication](https://docs.xloud.tech/api-reference/authentication.md): Authenticate with the Xloud API using password tokens, application credentials, and scoped tokens. Includes token lifecycle management and CLI examples.
- [Compute API Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/api-reference/compute-api.md): Xloud Compute API (Nova) overview, key endpoints, request/response examples, and common operations for managing virtual machine instances programmatically.
- [API Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/api-reference/index.md): REST API documentation for the Xloud Cloud Platform. Programmatically control compute, storage, networking, and identity services.
- [Networking API Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/api-reference/networking-api.md): Xloud Networking API (Neutron) overview, key endpoints, and examples for managing networks, subnets, routers, security groups, and floating IPs.
- [Storage API Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/api-reference/storage-api.md): Xloud Block Storage API (Cinder) overview, key endpoints, and examples for managing volumes, snapshots, backups, and volume types programmatically.
- [CLI Setup](https://docs.xloud.tech/cli-setup.md): Install and configure the command-line interface for managing Xloud Cloud Platform resources.
- [Advanced Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/advanced-config.md): Per-service config file editor with syntax validation and Git version control
- [Bootstrap](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/bootstrap.md): Server readiness validation and dependency installation for cloud deployment
- [Cloud Fleet](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/cloud-fleet.md): Interactive topology map for visualizing your entire cloud infrastructure
- [Cluster License](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/cluster-license.md): License your deployed cloud cluster with hardware-bound activation keys
- [Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/configuration.md): Configure networking, storage, monitoring, and security settings for your cloud deployment
- [Hosts](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/hosts.md): Build your cluster inventory, configure SSH access, and manage target nodes
- [Images](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/images.md): Manage Docker container images and local registry for cloud service deployment
- [XDeploy Platform](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/index.md): Complete deployment and lifecycle management for your Xloud cloud infrastructure
- [Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/management.md): Create administrator accounts and scale compute and API workers for your deployed cloud
- [Operations](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/operations.md): Deploy, upgrade, reconfigure, and manage your cloud infrastructure with guided playbooks
- [XDeploy Key](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/xdeploy-key.md): Activate the XDeploy management platform with a hardware-bound license key
- [XSDS Storage](https://docs.xloud.tech/deployment/xsds.md): Deploy and manage distributed storage for block, object, and file services
- [Ansible Integration](https://docs.xloud.tech/integrations/ansible.md): Automate instance configuration, patch management, compliance enforcement, and operational workflows on Xloud using Ansible modules and dynamic inventory.
- [Grafana Dashboards](https://docs.xloud.tech/integrations/grafana.md): Configure Grafana data sources for Prometheus and Xloud services, import pre-built operational dashboards, and build custom visualizations for compute, storage, and networking.
- [Integrations](https://docs.xloud.tech/integrations/index.md): Connect Xloud Cloud Platform with third-party tools for infrastructure automation, monitoring, security, and observability.
- [Prometheus Integration](https://docs.xloud.tech/integrations/prometheus.md): Configure Prometheus to scrape metrics from Xloud services and instances, set up service discovery, define alert rules, and wire Alertmanager webhooks into Orchestration scaling policies.
- [Terraform Integration](https://docs.xloud.tech/integrations/terraform.md): Use the Terraform provider for Xloud to provision and manage compute instances, networks, volumes, and stacks as infrastructure-as-code.
- [Wazuh SIEM Integration](https://docs.xloud.tech/integrations/wazuh.md): Deploy Wazuh agents on Xloud instances for real-time threat detection, file integrity monitoring, log collection, vulnerability scanning, and centralized SIEM visibility.
- [Xloud](https://docs.xloud.tech/introduction.md): User guides, admin references, CLI documentation, and resources for the Xloud Cloud Platform.
- [Xloud Products](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/index.md): Infrastructure solutions for virtualization, private cloud, and hyper-converged environments. Choose the right platform for your deployment.
- [XAVS — Advanced Virtualization Suite](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/xavs.md): Manage virtual machines and containers on a single optimized platform. Bare-metal performance, live migration, and enterprise-grade security.
- [XDR — Disaster Recovery](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/xdr.md): Protect business continuity with automated failover and replication.
- [XHCI — Hyper-Converged Infrastructure](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/xhci.md): Consolidate compute, storage, and networking into one cohesive, scalable system. Simplified operations with enterprise-grade reliability.
- [XIMP — Infrastructure Monitoring Platform](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/ximp.md): End-to-end monitoring across infrastructure, applications, and networks.
- [xInsight-AI — Intelligent Cloud Operations](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/xinsight.md): Natural language cloud management with on-premises AI inference, 42 operational tools, and role-based access control.
- [XMS — Xloud Migration Suite](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/xms.md): Agentless workload migration from multiple source platforms to Xloud with pre-migration assessment and incremental sync.
- [XNAS — NAS Storage](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/xnas.md): Network-attached storage with SMB, NFS, AFP, and FTP support.
- [XNexus — Unified Storage](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/xnexus.md): Unified storage platform — coming soon.
- [XOS — Xloud Operating System](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/xos.md): Purpose-built Linux distribution for Xloud private cloud nodes.
- [XPCI — Private Cloud Infrastructure](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/xpci.md): Full-featured private cloud platform with enterprise-grade services, multi-tenancy, and complete infrastructure automation.
- [XSDS — Software-Defined Storage](https://docs.xloud.tech/products/xsds.md): Fault-tolerant distributed storage with unified block, object, and file access.
- [API Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/api-security.md): Secure the Xloud API layer with token authentication, application credentials, rate limiting, CORS, RBAC policy enforcement, and mutual TLS between services.
- [Compliance and Auditing](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/compliance.md): Configure audit logging, log aggregation, and retention for Xloud Platform. Map platform controls to SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR frameworks.
- [Data Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/data-security.md): Encrypt block volumes with LUKS, protect object storage at rest and in transit, manage encryption keys with Xloud Key Management, and configure secure deletion.
- [Security Hardening Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/hardening-guide.md): Step-by-step pre-deployment security hardening for Xloud Platform — OS hardening, SSH configuration, service minimization, database and message queue hardening.
- [Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/index.md): Comprehensive security documentation for Xloud Platform — infrastructure hardening, VM isolation, API protection, data encryption, and compliance.
- [Infrastructure Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/infrastructure.md): Configure TLS for all Xloud platform services, manage certificates, harden service endpoints, and secure HAProxy termination for internal and external traffic.
- [Lynis](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/lynis.md): Run Lynis security audits on Xloud virtual machines and host nodes to detect misconfigurations, hardening gaps, and compliance deviations with remediation guidance.
- [Network Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/network-security.md): Enforce network security with stateful security groups, FWaaS, port security, anti-spoofing, VLAN/VXLAN segmentation, and VPN as a Service on Xloud.
- [OpenSCAP](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/openscap.md): Scan Xloud virtual machines and host nodes against CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIGs, and PCI-DSS profiles using OpenSCAP and the SCAP Security Guide.
- [Virtual Machine Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/vm-security.md): Secure virtual machines at the hypervisor level with isolation controls, vTPM, encrypted volumes, Secure Boot, anti-affinity, and live migration TLS.
- [Wazuh](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/wazuh.md): Deploy Wazuh agents across Xloud virtual machines for real-time threat detection, file integrity monitoring, vulnerability assessment, and compliance auditing.
- [Xloud SIEM](https://docs.xloud.tech/security/xloud-siem.md): Unified security operations on Xloud Platform — Wazuh, Lynis, and OpenSCAP in a single Security Posture view with live Alerts in Monitor Center.
- [Xloud Compute](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute.md): Xloud Compute provides resizable virtual machine instances running on bare-metal hypervisors in your private cloud infrastructure.
- [Compute Administration Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/admin-guide.md): Deploy, configure, and maintain Xloud Compute services across your infrastructure.
- [Advanced Compute Features](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/advanced-features.md): Configure CPU pinning, huge pages, GPU passthrough, vTPM, UEFI Secure Boot, and PCI passthrough for high-performance workloads.
- [Compute Service Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/architecture.md): Understand how Xloud Compute components interact — API, Scheduler, Conductor, Compute Agent, and Placement — to deliver virtual machine lifecycle management.
- [Availability Zones](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/availability-zones.md): Partition your compute cluster into independent fault domains. Select availability zones during instance launch.
- [Bare Metal Provisioning](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/bare-metal.md): Provision physical servers as cloud resources using the Dashboard's 3-step wizard or CLI. Register nodes and configure IPMI.
- [Block Device Mapping](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/block-device-mapping.md): Control how storage volumes are presented to Xloud Compute instances at launch. Configure boot-from-volume, system disks, data disks, and CD-ROM devices.
- [Compute CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/cli-reference.md): CLI commands for managing Xloud Compute instances — create, list, start, stop, resize, migrate, and manage keypairs.
- [Clone an Instance](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/clone-instance.md): Create an exact copy of a running instance including disks, network, and security configuration using the Dashboard or CLI.
- [Cloud-init and Provisioning Scripts](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/cloud-init.md): Bootstrap virtual machines with Bash, PowerShell, cloud-config, or any cloud-init compatible script at first boot, and re-run scripts on running and discovered instances as part of an operational workflow.
- [Compute Hosts](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/compute-hosts.md): List, inspect, enable, and disable hypervisor hosts in Xloud Compute. Monitor real-time vCPU, memory, and instance utilization across the cluster.
- [Remote Console Access](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/console-access.md): Access instances via browser-based VNC console from the Dashboard. Use for out-of-band management and boot-time debugging.
- [Flavor Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/flavors.md): Create and manage compute flavors using the 2-step wizard. Define vCPU, RAM, disk, GPU, NUMA, and access control.
- [Hypervisor Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/hypervisor.md): Configure the native hypervisor driver for Xloud Compute. Covers image formats, CPU modes, backing storage, nested virtualization, and performance tuning.
- [Instance Rollback](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/instance-rollback.md): Restore a running or stopped instance to a previous snapshot in place. The instance UUID, IP addresses, security groups, and metadata are preserved — only disk contents change.
- [Instance Tagging](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/instance-tagging.md): Add, edit, and delete user-defined tags on Xloud Compute instances. Use tags to organize instances, drive automation, and filter inventory through the CLI and APIs.
- [Create an Instance](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/launch-instance.md): Create a virtual machine using the Dashboard's 4-step wizard or CLI. Select source, flavor, network, and login credentials.
- [Live Migration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/live-migration.md): Transfer running instances between hypervisor hosts with zero downtime. Covers cold migration, live migration, and block migration.
- [Live vCPU & RAM Scaling](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/live-resize.md): Increase or decrease vCPU and RAM on a running instance with no downtime using the Xloud Dashboard's Resource Adjustment dialog.
- [Live vCPU & RAM Scaling](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/live-resize-admin.md): Scale instance vCPU and memory in real-time without rebooting. Configure hot-add flavors and manage resource envelopes.
- [Manage IP Addresses](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/manage-ips.md): Associate and disassociate floating IPs to provide external access to Xloud Compute instances using the Dashboard or CLI.
- [Quota Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/quotas.md): Set and enforce per-project resource ceilings in Xloud Compute. Manage instance counts, vCPU allocations, RAM limits, and key pair quotas.
- [Reboot an Instance](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/reboot-instance.md): Perform hard or soft reboots on Xloud Compute instances using the Dashboard or CLI. Understand the difference between reboot types and when to use each.
- [Rescue an Instance](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/rescue-instance.md): Boot an Xloud Compute instance from a rescue image to recover from OS boot failures, corrupted filesystems, or lost SSH access.
- [Resize an Instance](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/resize-instance.md): Change the flavor of an Xloud Compute instance to adjust vCPU, RAM, and disk allocation. Confirm or revert the resize before it is finalized.
- [Compute Scheduling](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/scheduling.md): Configure host aggregates and availability zones in Xloud Compute to control how instances are placed across the cluster.
- [Security Groups](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/security-groups.md): Manage security groups on Xloud Compute instances. Add or remove security groups per network interface using the Dashboard or CLI.
- [Compute Security Hardening](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/security-hardening.md): Harden the Xloud Compute control plane with metadata protection, live migration TLS, and API rate limiting.
- [Server Groups](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/server-groups.md): Control instance placement across physical hosts using affinity and anti-affinity policies. Create and manage server groups in the Xloud Dashboard or CLI.
- [Instance Snapshots](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/snapshots.md): Create instance snapshots to capture VM state. Use snapshots as templates to launch new instances or restore configurations.
- [Compute Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/troubleshooting.md): Resolve common Xloud Compute issues — instances stuck in BUILD/ERROR, migration failures, scheduling errors, and quota issues.
- [Compute User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/user-guide.md): Create, configure, and manage virtual machine instances in your Xloud private cloud.
- [VM Templates](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/vm-templates.md): Create reusable VM templates from instances. Deploy standardized environments with captured disk, flavor, and network configuration.
- [vTPM and Secure Boot](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/compute/vtpm-secure-boot.md): Enable Virtual TPM and UEFI Secure Boot on an instance from the Create Instance wizard — for BitLocker, LUKS, measured boot, and Windows 11 workloads.
- [Dashboard Admin Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/admin-guide.md): Administer the Xloud Dashboard — manage projects, users, flavors, quotas, and platform resources through the Skyline admin view.
- [Manage Flavors](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/admin-guide/flavors.md): Create and manage compute flavors through the Xloud Dashboard admin view. Configure vCPU, RAM, GPU, NUMA, hot-add, and access control.
- [Host Aggregates](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/admin-guide/host-aggregates.md): Organize compute hosts into logical groups for workload placement and availability zones through the Xloud Dashboard.
- [Manage Images (Admin)](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/admin-guide/images.md): Admin operations for image management — set visibility, manage access, configure metadata, and control the platform image catalog.
- [Manage Projects & Users](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/admin-guide/projects-users.md): Create and manage projects, users, groups, and role assignments through the Xloud Dashboard admin view.
- [Manage Quotas](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/admin-guide/quotas.md): Set and manage per-project resource quotas through the Xloud Dashboard — control instance, vCPU, RAM, storage, and network limits.
- [Session Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/admin-guide/session-storage.md): Understand how the Xloud Dashboard manages user sessions using JWT tokens. Configure session duration and security settings.
- [Manage Volumes (Admin)](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/admin-guide/volumes.md): Administer block storage — manage volume types, QoS specs, storage backends, and cross-project volumes.
- [Xloud Dashboard](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/index.md): Browser-based management console for all Xloud cloud services — powered by Skyline with integrated monitoring, RBAC, and resource management.
- [Dashboard User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/user-guide.md): Navigate the Xloud Dashboard to manage instances, volumes, networks, images, and security. Covers the Dashboard layout and key workflows.
- [Access & Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/user-guide/access-security.md): Manage SSH key pairs, security groups, and application credentials through the Xloud Dashboard.
- [Global Search](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/user-guide/global-search.md): Find any instance, volume, network, image, or other Xloud resource from a single search bar in the Dashboard — fuzzy match, keyboard-driven, with recent searches and quick actions.
- [Manage Images](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/user-guide/images.md): Upload OS images, manage instance snapshots, and share images between projects through the Xloud Dashboard.
- [Manage Instances](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/user-guide/instances.md): Launch, monitor, scale, snapshot, and control compute instances through the Xloud Dashboard. Covers every action exposed on the Instances page.
- [Manage Networks](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/user-guide/networks.md): Create and configure virtual networks, subnets, routers, and floating IPs through the Xloud Dashboard.
- [Object Storage](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/user-guide/object-containers.md): Browse, create, and manage object storage containers and files through the Xloud Dashboard.
- [User Center](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/user-guide/user-center.md): Manage your Xloud account from the Dashboard — profile, password, two-factor authentication, sign-in activity, and application credentials.
- [Manage Volumes](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dashboard/user-guide/volumes.md): Create, attach, extend, snapshot, and back up block storage volumes through the Xloud Dashboard.
- [XDR Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/admin-guide/architecture.md): Understand the XDR component topology — control plane, agents, replication pipeline, and site deployment models.
- [DR Compliance](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/admin-guide/compliance.md): Generate audit-ready RPO/RTO compliance reports, DR test audit trails, and failover history from XDR for regulatory and internal governance requirements.
- [DR Automation](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/admin-guide/dr-automation.md): Configure automatic failover triggers, recovery runbook scripts, and replication scheduling to reduce manual intervention during XDR failover events.
- [XDR Monitoring](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/admin-guide/monitoring.md): Integrate XDR with XIMP to monitor replication health, RPO adherence, site availability, and DR readiness across all protection plans.
- [Recovery Plans](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/admin-guide/recovery-plans.md): Define ordered resource groups, health check criteria, and automation hooks that govern how XDR recovers workloads during a failover event.
- [Replication Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/admin-guide/replication-config.md): Register primary and DR sites with the XDR controller, configure replication links, bandwidth policies, and verify cross-site connectivity.
- [XDR Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/admin-guide/security.md): Secure XDR deployments with replication encryption, RBAC access control, site token management, and audit logging.
- [XDR Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/admin-guide/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve XDR administrator-level issues — initial sync failures, unexpected automatic failovers, runbook script errors, and site connectivity problems.
- [Disaster Recovery](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/index.md): Automated failover, replication, and recovery orchestration with XDR — minimize RPO/RTO and ensure business continuity.
- [Failback](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/user-guide/failback.md): Return XDR-protected workloads to the primary site after it has been restored — reverse replication, synchronize changed data, and execute failback.
- [Failover](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/user-guide/failover.md): Execute XDR failover to switch protected workloads from the primary site to the DR site after a confirmed primary site failure.
- [Protection Plans](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/user-guide/protection-plans.md): Create and activate XDR protection plans that define which workloads are replicated, the replication mode, and your RPO and RTO targets.
- [DR Testing](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/user-guide/test-dr.md): Validate XDR protection plans with isolated DR tests — confirm recovery procedures and measure actual RTO without impacting production workloads.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/disaster-recovery/user-guide/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose common XDR user-facing issues — replication lag exceeding RPO targets, failover stuck states, and DR test instance access problems.
- [DNS Service](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns.md): Manage DNS zones and records for your Xloud private cloud with Xloud DNS — authoritative DNS-as-a-service for zones, record sets, and reverse DNS.
- [DNS Admin Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/admin-guide.md): Administer Xloud DNS infrastructure — configure backend drivers, manage pools, control zone transfers, enforce quotas, and secure the DNS service.
- [DNS Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/admin-troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve platform-level Xloud DNS issues — API outages, zone propagation failures, nameserver synchronization inconsistencies, and worker.
- [DNS Service Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/architecture.md): Understand the Xloud DNS service topology — API layer, central processing service, DNS worker, and backend nameserver pools with data plane separation.
- [DNS Backend Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/backend-config.md): Configure the Xloud DNS backend driver and nameserver pool targets through XDeploy. View current pool configuration, manage zone assignments, and update.
- [DNS CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack zone and recordset CLI commands for managing Xloud DNS — zones, records, PTR records, and zone transfers.
- [Create a DNS Zone](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/create-zone.md): Provision authoritative DNS zones in Xloud DNS using the Dashboard or CLI. Configure primary and secondary zone types with TTL, email, and master server.
- [External DNS Providers](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/external-providers.md): Configure Xloud DNS as a Service against external authoritative DNS backends — what's actively tested upstream, what's in tree but untested, and how to integrate enterprise DDI platforms.
- [Manage DNS Record Sets](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/manage-records.md): Create, update, and delete DNS record sets in Xloud DNS zones. Covers all 12 record types with the exact Dashboard form fields and CLI commands.
- [DNS Pool Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/pool-management.md): Manage Xloud DNS nameserver pools — configure pool attributes for zone scheduling, monitor nameserver health, and add or remove nameservers from pools.
- [DNS Quotas](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/quotas.md): Manage per-project DNS resource limits in Xloud DNS — view, set, and reset quotas for zones, record sets, records, and PTR records.
- [DNS Record Types Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/record-types.md): Complete reference for the 12 DNS record types supported by Xloud DNS — A, AAAA, CAA, CNAME, MX, NS, PTR, SOA, SPF, SRV, SSHFP, and TXT with format examples.
- [Reverse DNS Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/reverse-dns.md): Configure PTR records for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in Xloud DNS using the Dashboard or CLI. Set and unset domain name pointers for mail servers and audit.
- [DNS Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/security.md): Harden Xloud DNS infrastructure — restrict zone transfers, protect zone apex records, manage DNSSEC signing keys, and audit DNS API access.
- [DNS Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/troubleshooting.md): Troubleshoot common DNS issues in Xloud DNS — zone errors, record propagation delays, PTR failures, and CNAME conflicts.
- [DNS User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/user-guide.md): Manage DNS zones, record sets, reverse DNS, and record types in Xloud DNS. Learn to create zones, populate records, configure PTR entries, and.
- [DNS Zone Transfers](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/dns/zone-transfers.md): Manage AXFR and IXFR zone transfer requests in Xloud DNS. Create, accept, and revoke transfer requests between projects and secondary nameservers.
- [Identity Administration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/admin-guide.md): Configure authentication backends, federation, LDAP, and access policies for Xloud Identity.
- [Identity Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/admin-troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve platform-level Identity issues — token validation failures, LDAP connectivity, federation errors, and service catalog misconfigurations.
- [Application Credentials](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/application-credentials.md): Create and manage scoped application credentials for automation pipelines, CI/CD systems, and service accounts in Xloud Identity.
- [Identity Service Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/architecture.md): Understand the Xloud Identity service topology, component roles, and the authentication data flow across a distributed deployment.
- [Authentication Backends](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/auth-backends.md): Configure SQL, LDAP, SAML 2.0, and OpenID Connect authentication drivers for Xloud Identity.
- [Identity & Access CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack CLI commands for managing projects, users, roles, groups, domains, application credentials, and tokens in Xloud Identity.
- [Domain Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/domain-management.md): Create and manage organizational domains with independent user namespaces and authentication backends in Xloud Identity.
- [Extended RBAC](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/extended-rbac.md): Fine-grained role-based access control for Xloud Platform — privileges, custom roles, tag conditions, and per-action enforcement on every Dashboard action.
- [Identity Federation](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/federation.md): Configure SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect federation for enterprise single sign-on with Xloud Identity.
- [Identity & Access](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/index.md): Authentication, authorization, and access management for Xloud Cloud Platform.
- [Multi-Factor Authentication](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/multi-factor-auth.md): Enable and manage TOTP-based multi-factor authentication for Xloud Identity user accounts.
- [Policy Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/policy-management.md): Customize RBAC policies to control which roles can perform each API operation across Xloud services. Create custom roles and map them to service-level.
- [Manage Projects](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/projects.md): Create and manage resource namespaces, add members, and assign roles to teams in Xloud Identity.
- [Roles & Role Assignments](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/roles.md): Create custom roles, assign them to users and groups on projects or domains, and build role hierarchies with implied roles in Xloud Identity.
- [Identity Security Hardening](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/security.md): Enforce MFA, rotate Fernet keys, audit role assignments, and apply security best practices for Xloud Identity.
- [Service Catalog](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/service-catalog.md): Manage endpoint registration for all Xloud services across regions and interface types in Xloud Identity.
- [Token Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/token-config.md): Configure Fernet key rotation, token lifetime, and expiration policies for Xloud Identity.
- [Identity Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve authentication failures, permission errors, token scope issues, and application credential problems in Xloud Identity.
- [Identity User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/user-guide.md): Manage projects, users, roles, and authentication credentials in Xloud Cloud Platform.
- [Manage Users](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/identity/users.md): Create, configure, and manage user accounts and role assignments in Xloud Identity.
- [Image Service Administration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/admin-guide.md): Configure image storage backends, metadata schemas, caching, and access policies for Xloud Image Service.
- [Image Service Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/admin-troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve Image Service API failures, storage backend connectivity issues, and cache performance problems.
- [Image Service Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/architecture.md): Understand the Xloud Image Service topology, storage backend options, and the upload and download data flow.
- [Image Service CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack image CLI commands for managing Xloud Images — upload, download, share, set properties, and manage image metadata.
- [Convert Image Formats](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/convert-formats.md): Convert virtual machine images between QCOW2, RAW, VMDK, VHD, and VDI formats using qemu-img before uploading to Xloud.
- [Create Instance Snapshots](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/create-snapshot.md): Capture running or stopped instances as reusable image snapshots for backup, cloning, and golden image workflows.
- [Get Cloud Images](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/get-images.md): Download pre-built cloud images for popular Linux distributions and Windows Server for use with Xloud Compute.
- [Image Cache](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/image-cache.md): Configure the Xloud Image Service cache to reduce instance launch times by storing frequently-used images locally on compute nodes.
- [Image Formats](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/image-formats.md): Compare QCOW2, RAW, VHD, and VMDK image formats and choose the right one for your Xloud workloads.
- [Image Import API](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/image-import.md): Use the web-download and chunked upload import methods for large-scale or automated image ingestion in Xloud.
- [Image Properties](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/image-properties.md): Set hardware requirements, OS metadata, and scheduler hints on Xloud images to control instance launch behavior.
- [Image Requirements](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/image-requirements.md): Requirements and compatibility checklist for virtual machine images to work correctly with Xloud Compute.
- [Image Service Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/image-security.md): Configure image signing, property protections, and public image access controls for Xloud Image Service.
- [Image Templates and Catalogs](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/image-templates.md): Use Xloud images as VM templates, manage image catalogs, share community images, export images, and track versions across projects.
- [Image Service](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/index.md): Upload, manage, and share virtual machine images for Xloud Cloud Platform.
- [Metadata Definitions](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/metadata.md): Define structured metadata namespaces for consistent, validated image property schemas across your Xloud image catalog.
- [Modify Images](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/modify-images.md): Customize existing cloud images offline using virt-customize, guestfish, and guestmount before uploading to Xloud.
- [Image Service Quotas](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/quotas.md): Configure per-project image count and storage size limits to prevent catalog storage exhaustion in Xloud.
- [Share Images](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/share-images.md): Share private images with specific projects in Xloud without making them globally public.
- [Image Storage Backends](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/storage-backends.md): Configure Xloud Distributed Storage (RBD), file store, Swift, S3, VMware datastore, Cinder, or HTTP as the Xloud Image Service backend.
- [Image Service Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve image upload failures, stuck images, shared image visibility issues, and launch errors in Xloud Image Service.
- [Upload an Image](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/upload-image.md): Upload virtual machine disk images to the Xloud Image Service from a local file or URL using the Dashboard or CLI.
- [Image Service User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/images/user-guide.md): Upload, discover, and manage virtual machine images and snapshots in Xloud Cloud Platform.
- [Instance HA Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/admin-guide/architecture.md): Instance HA architecture — component roles, communication flows, deployment topology, and service integration.
- [Engine Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/admin-guide/engine-config.md): Tune the Xloud Instance HA recovery engine — configure detection timeouts, retry intervals, instance failure behaviour, and service endpoints.
- [Failover Segments](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/admin-guide/failover-segments.md): Create and manage Xloud Instance HA failover segments — configure recovery methods, register compute hosts, and designate reserved standby nodes.
- [Host Monitors](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/admin-guide/host-monitors.md): Configure Xloud Instance HA host monitors — IPMI out-of-band and SSH in-band monitoring for compute hosts, with timing parameters and credential management.
- [Instance Monitors](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/admin-guide/instance-monitors.md): Configure Xloud Instance HA instance-level monitors — guest heartbeat detection, notification types, and per-instance fault handling independent of host state.
- [Notification Drivers](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/admin-guide/notification-drivers.md): Configure Instance HA notification drivers — Nova driver, TaskFlow driver, and custom webhook integration.
- [Recovery Methods](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/admin-guide/recovery-methods.md): Configure Xloud Instance HA recovery methods per segment — auto, reserved_host, and rh_priority evacuation strategies with capacity planning guidance.
- [Instance HA Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/admin-guide/security.md): Secure Xloud Instance HA deployments — RBAC policy enforcement, service account credential management, IPMI credential handling, and audit logging.
- [Instance HA Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/admin-guide/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose Instance HA platform issues — engine failures, monitor connectivity, and notification delivery problems.
- [Instance HA CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack ha CLI commands for managing failover segments, hosts, and notifications in Xloud Instance HA.
- [Instance High Availability](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/index.md): Automatically detect and recover failed instances and compute hosts with Xloud Instance HA — zero-touch failover for mission-critical workloads.
- [How Instance HA Works](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/user-guide/how-it-works.md): Understand Instance HA detection and recovery — host monitors, notifications, and the recovery engine.
- [Monitoring Recovery Status](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/user-guide/monitoring-status.md): Track Instance HA recovery events, review notification history, manage hosts, and monitor VM evacuations from the Xloud Dashboard and CLI.
- [Protection Segments](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/user-guide/protection-segments.md): View and manage failover segments in Instance HA. Create segments, add hosts, and configure recovery methods.
- [Recovery Workflows](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/user-guide/recovery-workflows.md): Understand Instance HA recovery workflows — real-time VM evacuations, VM Moves, and recovery progress.
- [Instance HA Troubleshooting — User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/user-guide/troubleshooting.md): Resolve Instance HA issues — stuck notifications, failed recoveries, and manual evacuation procedures.
- [VM Moves](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/instance-ha/user-guide/vm-moves.md): Track VM evacuations across recovery events. View source/destination hosts, status, timing, and error details.
- [Key Manager](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager.md): Securely store and manage secrets, certificates, and encryption keys in your Xloud private cloud with Xloud Key Manager — enterprise key management as a.
- [Secret Access Control (ACL)](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/acl.md): Configure ACLs on secrets and containers in Xloud Key Manager to grant per-user and per-project access without sharing credentials.
- [Key Manager Admin Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/admin-guide.md): Administer Xloud Key Manager — configure secret store backends, manage transport keys, enforce quotas, apply security hardening, and troubleshoot platform.
- [Key Manager Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/admin-troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve platform-level Xloud Key Manager issues — backend connectivity failures, pending certificate orders, ACL propagation delays, and.
- [Key Manager Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/architecture.md): Understand the Xloud Key Manager service topology — API layer, worker service, metadata database, secret store backends, and CA plugin integration.
- [Key Manager Backend Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/backend-config.md): Configure Barbican secret store backends for Xloud Key Manager — Simple Crypto, PKCS#11 HSM, KMIP, HashiCorp Vault, Dogtag KRA, and multi-backend deployments.
- [Certificate Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/certificates.md): Store externally issued TLS certificates and order new certificates through CA plugins in Xloud Key Manager. Manage the full certificate lifecycle from.
- [Key Manager CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack secret CLI commands for managing secrets, containers, certificates, and ACLs in Xloud Key Manager.
- [Secret Containers](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/containers.md): Create and manage secret containers in Xloud Key Manager. Bundle certificates, keys, and secrets into named groups for use with Load Balancer TLS and.
- [Key Manager Quotas](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/quotas.md): Manage per-project Key Manager resource limits in Xloud — view and set quotas for secrets, containers, certificate orders, consumers, and CA configurations.
- [Secret Store Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/secret-stores.md): Manage multiple secret store backends in Xloud Key Manager. List available stores, assign preferred stores to projects, and manage tiered security levels.
- [Key Manager Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/security.md): Harden Xloud Key Manager — protect master encryption keys, configure HSM access controls, audit secret access logs, enforce expiration policies, and.
- [Store Secrets](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/store-secrets.md): Create, retrieve, and manage secrets in Xloud Key Manager using the Dashboard or CLI.
- [Transport Keys](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/transport-keys.md): Manage the RSA transport key in Xloud Key Manager for client-side encryption. View the current transport key and understand the rotation process.
- [Key Manager Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/troubleshooting.md): Resolve common Xloud Key Manager issues — 403 Forbidden errors, secret payload retrieval failures, Load Balancer TLS container rejections, and expired secrets.
- [Key Manager User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/key-manager/user-guide.md): Manage secrets, containers, certificates, and ACLs in Xloud Key Manager. Securely store credentials, private keys, and TLS certificates for your cloud.
- [Kubernetes (K8SaaS) Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/admin-guide/architecture.md): Understand the Xloud K8SaaS architecture — component roles, provisioning flow, infrastructure dependencies, and Conductor lifecycle management.
- [Certificate Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/admin-guide/certificates.md): Manage Xloud K8SaaS cluster certificate authorities — view cluster CAs, rotate certificates, and handle post-rotation kubeconfig refresh for project users.
- [Cluster Drivers](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/admin-guide/cluster-drivers.md): Configure and manage Xloud K8SaaS cluster drivers — the provisioning engine that templates and deploys Kubernetes clusters on the platform infrastructure.
- [Container Runtime](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/admin-guide/container-runtime.md): Configure the container runtime for Xloud K8SaaS cluster templates — containerd recommendations, deprecated Docker support, and runtime configuration labels.
- [Monitoring Clusters](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/admin-guide/monitoring.md): Monitor Xloud K8SaaS cluster health, resource usage, and lifecycle status across all projects — admin-level cluster observability and health auditing.
- [Network Drivers](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/admin-guide/network-drivers.md): Configure Xloud K8SaaS network drivers (CNI plugins) — choose between Calico and Flannel, understand NetworkPolicy support, and plan for production.
- [Kubernetes Quotas](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/admin-guide/quotas.md): Manage Xloud K8SaaS per-project cluster quotas — set cluster count limits, monitor usage, and coordinate with compute quotas for node capacity planning.
- [Kubernetes Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/admin-guide/security.md): Secure Xloud K8SaaS deployments — TLS configuration, Kubernetes RBAC enforcement, node security groups, and hardened node image practices.
- [Template Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/admin-guide/template-management.md): Create and manage Xloud K8SaaS public cluster templates — publish standardized Kubernetes configurations for project teams, and enforce platform-wide defaults.
- [Kubernetes Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/admin-guide/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve Xloud K8SaaS platform issues — Conductor failures, Heat stack errors, certificate problems, and cross-project cluster failures.
- [Kubernetes (K8SaaS) CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack coe cluster CLI commands for managing Xloud Kubernetes clusters — create, scale, upgrade, and manage cluster templates.
- [Kubernetes as a Service](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/index.md): Deploy and manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters on Xloud infrastructure — automated provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management for.
- [Access Your Kubernetes Cluster](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/user-guide/access-cluster.md): Download kubeconfig, configure kubectl, and verify access to your Xloud K8SaaS cluster — connect to the API server and validate node readiness.
- [Cluster Templates](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/user-guide/cluster-templates.md): Create and manage Xloud K8SaaS cluster templates — define Kubernetes version, node flavor, network driver, and container runtime for reusable cluster.
- [Cluster Upgrades](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/user-guide/cluster-upgrades.md): Upgrade Xloud K8SaaS clusters to newer Kubernetes versions — rolling upgrades, sequential version progression, and post-upgrade validation.
- [Deploy a Kubernetes Cluster](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/user-guide/deploy-cluster.md): Provision a production-grade Kubernetes cluster on Xloud infrastructure — select a template, configure master and worker node counts, and monitor.
- [Node Groups](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/user-guide/node-groups.md): Create and manage Xloud K8SaaS node groups — add heterogeneous worker pools to a cluster, configure autoscaling, and scale individual groups independently.
- [Scale a Kubernetes Cluster](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/user-guide/scale-cluster.md): Scale Xloud K8SaaS cluster node counts up or down — resize the default node group, monitor scale progress, and apply best practices for safe scale-down.
- [Kubernetes Troubleshooting — User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/kubernetes/user-guide/troubleshooting.md): Resolve common Xloud K8SaaS issues — clusters stuck in CREATE_IN_PROGRESS, kubectl connection failures, nodes in NotReady state, and upgrade failures.
- [Load Balancer](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer.md): Distribute application traffic across multiple instances with Xloud Load Balancer — layer 4/7 balancing, health monitoring, and TLS termination for.
- [Load Balancer Admin Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/admin-guide.md): Administer Xloud Load Balancer infrastructure — configure provider drivers, flavor profiles, project quotas, monitoring, and platform security.
- [Load Balancer CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack loadbalancer CLI commands for creating and managing load balancers, listeners, pools, members, and health monitors.
- [Create a Load Balancer](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/create-lb.md): Provision a new Xloud Load Balancer with a listener, pool, members, and health monitor in a single guided workflow.
- [Load Balancer Flavor Profiles](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/flavor-profiles.md): Create and manage capacity tier definitions that users select when provisioning Xloud Load Balancer instances.
- [Floating IP Assignment](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/floating-ip.md): Expose your Xloud Load Balancer VIP on a public network by associating a floating IP for external client access.
- [Health Monitors](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/health-monitors.md): Configure TCP, HTTP, and HTTPS health checks to automatically remove unhealthy backend members from Xloud Load Balancer pools.
- [Load Balancer Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/lb-architecture.md): Understand the Xloud Load Balancer controller-appliance topology, data plane routing, and management plane components.
- [Load Balancer Monitoring](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/lb-monitoring.md): Monitor Xloud Load Balancer appliance health, connection statistics, and service component status for platform observability.
- [Load Balancer Quotas](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/lb-quotas.md): Configure per-project resource limits for Xloud Load Balancer instances, listeners, pools, and members.
- [Load Balancer Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/lb-security.md): Restrict management plane access, manage TLS certificate lifecycle, and audit quota usage for Xloud Load Balancer security hardening.
- [Load Balancer Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/lb-troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve platform-level Xloud Load Balancer issues — service outages, appliance provisioning failures, and performance degradation.
- [Load Balancer Listeners](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/listeners.md): Add and configure HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, and UDP listeners on Xloud Load Balancers for multi-protocol traffic handling.
- [Load Balancer Pools](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/pools.md): Create and manage backend member pools, configure traffic distribution algorithms, and handle session persistence in Xloud Load Balancer.
- [Load Balancer Provider Drivers](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/provider-drivers.md): View and configure load balancing provider drivers in Xloud to control the underlying appliance implementation.
- [Load Balancer Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve common Xloud Load Balancer issues — provisioning failures, member health problems, and TLS errors.
- [Load Balancer User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/load-balancer/user-guide.md): Create and manage load balancers, listeners, pools, health monitors, and floating IP assignments in Xloud.
- [XMS Admin Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/admin-guide.md): Operator-facing reference for running the Xloud Migration Suite — architecture, prerequisites, credentials, network ports, storage back-ends, and capacity planning.
- [XMS Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/admin-guide/architecture.md): How the Xloud Migration Suite is structured — control plane, migration workers, disk transport libraries, and integration with Xloud platform services.
- [Capacity Planning](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/admin-guide/capacity-planning.md): Sizing XMS for concurrent migrations, incremental sync throughput, and multi-wave campaigns.
- [Network Ports](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/admin-guide/network-ports.md): Network paths and ports that must be reachable between XMS, source environments, Xloud services, and target guests.
- [Prerequisites](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/admin-guide/prerequisites.md): Platform, identity, project, quota, and source-side prerequisites operators must satisfy before onboarding a VMware source to XMS.
- [Source Credentials](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/admin-guide/source-credentials.md): Design, store, rotate, and scope credentials for VMware sources registered to XMS — including the recommended least-privilege vSphere role.
- [Storage Back-ends](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/admin-guide/storage-backends.md): How XMS writes migrated disk data into Xloud Block Storage and the supported back-end configurations.
- [Operator Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/admin-guide/troubleshooting.md): Operator-side diagnostics for XMS — platform health, worker availability, and service-level recovery.
- [CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/cli-reference.md): Complete command-line reference for the xms CLI — sources, discovery, preflight, migration jobs, cutover, and events.
- [Migration Suite (XMS)](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/index.md): Agentless workload migration from VMware vSphere and ESXi to Xloud with incremental sync, automatic driver injection, and minimal cutover downtime.
- [Migration User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/user-guide.md): Register a VMware source, discover workloads, run preflight checks, execute cold and warm migrations, and finish with cutover using the Xloud Dashboard.
- [Cold Migration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/user-guide/cold-migration.md): Power off a source VMware virtual machine and migrate it to Xloud in a single pass — the simplest migration path for workloads that tolerate a maintenance window.
- [Cutover](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/user-guide/cutover.md): Execute the final sync of a warm migration, power off the source, run guest conversion, and bring the migrated workload up on Xloud.
- [Discover Workloads](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/user-guide/discover-workloads.md): Inventory virtual machines, disks, networks, and guest metadata from a registered VMware source so they can be selected for migration.
- [Post-Migration Validation](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/user-guide/post-migration.md): Verify a migrated workload boots, networks, stores, and behaves correctly on Xloud before retiring the source VM.
- [Preflight Assessment](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/user-guide/preflight.md): Validate a discovered workload against the Xloud compatibility rules before submitting a migration — OS support, firmware, disk layout, and driver readiness.
- [Register a VMware Source](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/user-guide/register-source.md): Add a vCenter Server or standalone ESXi host to XMS as a migration source so its virtual machines become discoverable from the Xloud Dashboard.
- [Migration Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/user-guide/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and recover from common failures across source registration, discovery, preflight, migration, cutover, and post-migration.
- [Warm Migration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/migration/user-guide/warm-migration.md): Replicate a running VMware virtual machine to Xloud with a full sync followed by continuous incremental block-level replication — minimal downtime at cutover.
- [Agent Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/admin-guide/agent-config.md): Deploy XIMP monitoring agents via XDeploy or manually, configure custom scrape targets, and manage per-node agent authentication tokens.
- [Alert Channels](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/admin-guide/alert-channels.md): Configure XIMP notification channels — email, webhook, PagerDuty, and Slack — and set up multi-tier escalation policies for critical infrastructure alerts.
- [XIMP Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/admin-guide/architecture.md): Understand the XIMP service layers — collection, storage, and serving — and how metrics, logs, and flow data move from infrastructure sources to operators.
- [DDoS Protection](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/admin-guide/ddos-protection.md): Configure XIMP DDoS detection thresholds, mitigation policies, whitelist exemptions, and review attack events and false-positive unblocking procedures.
- [Log Collection](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/admin-guide/log-collection.md): Configure XIMP log source paths, syslog forwarding, and log format parsers for centralized log ingestion across all managed infrastructure nodes.
- [Metric Endpoints](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/admin-guide/metric-endpoints.md): Configure XIMP metric scrape targets, manage endpoint discovery, and organize metrics by namespace for alert rules and dashboards.
- [Retention Policies](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/admin-guide/retention.md): Configure XIMP metric and log retention periods to balance historical depth against storage costs for raw, downsampled, and log data.
- [Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/admin-guide/security.md): Secure XIMP with agent token management, dashboard role-based access control via Xloud identity, and TLS certificate lifecycle management.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/admin-guide/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose XIMP administrative issues — high cardinality metric performance problems, log ingestion backlogs, missing dashboard data, and scrape target failures.
- [Infrastructure Monitoring](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/index.md): End-to-end observability for infrastructure, applications, networks, and security with the Xloud Infrastructure Monitoring Platform (XIMP).
- [Activity Log](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/user-guide/activity-log.md): See every action taken across your Xloud Platform — who did what, when, and with what outcome — from a single searchable timeline in Monitor Center.
- [Alert Rules](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/user-guide/alert-rules.md): Advanced XIMP alert rule configuration — compound conditions, silences, inhibition rules, on-call escalation, and GitOps-based rule management.
- [Dashboards](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/user-guide/dashboards.md): Navigate XIMP infrastructure dashboards, create custom views, and drill down into compute, storage, and network metrics.
- [Log Analytics](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/user-guide/log-analytics.md): Search, filter, and analyze centralized log streams in XIMP. Create log-based alert rules for real-time event detection across your infrastructure.
- [Metrics & Alerts](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/user-guide/metrics-alerts.md): Create and manage XIMP alert rules, define notification channels, and monitor alert history for your infrastructure and applications.
- [Network Monitoring](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/user-guide/network-monitoring.md): Analyze traffic flows, detect anomalous patterns, and monitor protocol distribution across virtual and physical networks.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/monitoring/user-guide/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose common XIMP user-facing issues — alerts not firing, missing metrics, log ingestion delays, and dashboard data problems.
- [Networking Administration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/admin-guide.md): Configure SDN agents, provider networks, VLAN and VXLAN segmentation, QoS policies, network quotas, and security hardening for Xloud Networking.
- [Networking Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/admin-troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve Xloud Networking infrastructure issues — downed agents, VXLAN tunnel failures, HA router failover problems, and MTU mismatches.
- [Networking Service Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/architecture.md): Understand the distributed SDN agent model powering Xloud Networking. API server, message bus, L2/L3 agents, DHCP, and metadata service components.
- [Networking CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack network CLI commands for managing Xloud Networking — networks, subnets, routers, floating IPs, security groups, and ports.
- [Create a Network](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/create-network.md): Provision an isolated tenant network and subnet in Xloud. Configure IP space, DHCP, DNS, and port security using the Dashboard or CLI.
- [DHCP Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/dhcp.md): Manage DHCP agents and network assignments in Xloud Networking. Configure high-availability DHCP and control IP address assignment for tenant subnets.
- [DNS Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/dns-config.md): Configure DNS name servers and hostname resolution for Xloud tenant subnets. Push resolvers to instances via DHCP for private and public name resolution.
- [Floating IP Addresses](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/floating-ips.md): Allocate, associate, and release floating IPs for external access to Xloud Compute instances using the Dashboard or CLI.
- [Networking](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/index.md): Software-defined networking for Xloud Cloud Platform. Virtual networks, subnets, routers, floating IPs, security groups, and advanced SDN policies.
- [IP Address Management (IPAM)](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/ipam.md): Configure built-in and external IPAM drivers for automated IP allocation. Integrates with Infoblox, Bluecat, and NetBox.
- [L3 Router Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/l3-routing.md): Configure HA routers and distributed virtual routing. Enable VRRP failover and DVR for scalable traffic.
- [Network Agent Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/network-agents.md): Monitor and manage Xloud SDN agents across your cluster. Check agent health, enable or disable agents for maintenance, and schedule networks to DHCP agents.
- [Network Topologies](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/network-topology.md): Design and visualize multi-tier network topologies in Xloud Cloud Platform. Reference architectures for web, app, and database tier isolation with SDN.
- [Provider Networks](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/provider-networks.md): Configure VLAN, flat, and VXLAN provider networks in Xloud. Map physical network interfaces to tenant segmentation types for data center integration.
- [Network Quality of Service](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/qos.md): Apply bandwidth limits, DSCP marking, and minimum bandwidth guarantees to network ports. Define and manage QoS policies.
- [Network Quotas](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/quotas.md): Manage networking resource quotas per project in Xloud Cloud Platform. Set limits for networks, subnets, routers, floating IPs, and security groups.
- [Routers and Gateways](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/routers.md): Create L3 routers to connect subnets and provide external gateway access. Manage interfaces, SNAT, and floating IP routing.
- [Network Security Hardening](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/security.md): Harden Xloud Networking with port security, anti-spoofing, allowed address pairs, and default security group hardening for production environments.
- [Network Security Groups](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/security-groups.md): Create and manage stateful firewall rules for Xloud instances. Control ingress and egress traffic by protocol, port, and CIDR with security groups.
- [Create and Manage Subnets](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/subnets.md): Add, configure, and manage subnets within Xloud tenant networks. Control DHCP, allocation pools, DNS, and host routes from the Dashboard or CLI.
- [Networking Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve common networking issues in Xloud Cloud Platform — connectivity failures, floating IP problems, DHCP errors, and MTU mismatches.
- [Networking User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/user-guide.md): Configure networks, subnets, routers, floating IPs, and security groups in Xloud Cloud Platform. Step-by-step workflows for the Dashboard and CLI.
- [VPN as a Service](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/networking/vpn.md): Create IPsec site-to-site VPN tunnels for secure inter-site connectivity between your Xloud environment and remote networks.
- [Object Storage](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage.md): Scalable, durable object storage for Xloud private cloud — store and retrieve data at any scale with container-based organization, ACL controls, and large.
- [Object Storage Access Control](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/access-control.md): Configure read and write ACLs on Xloud Object Storage containers to control cross-project access and enable public or restricted sharing.
- [Object Storage Admin Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/admin-guide.md): Administer Xloud Object Storage — configure storage policies, manage rings, control replication, enforce quotas, secure the cluster, and monitor storage health.
- [Object Storage Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/admin-troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve platform-level Xloud Object Storage issues — 507 storage errors, proxy latency, ring inconsistencies, and slow replication.
- [Object Storage Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/architecture.md): Understand the Xloud Object Storage cluster topology — proxy tier, storage tier, consistent hash ring mechanics, S3 API middleware, and data flow for all.
- [Object Storage CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack container and object CLI commands for managing Xloud Object Storage — containers, objects, access control, and large objects.
- [Create an Object Storage Container](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/create-container.md): Provision object storage containers in Xloud Object Storage using the Dashboard or CLI. Configure container name, access policy, and storage policy.
- [Large Object Uploads](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/large-objects.md): Upload files larger than 5 GB in Xloud Object Storage using Static Large Objects (SLO) or Dynamic Large Objects (DLO) for multi-part segment management.
- [Object Storage Monitoring](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/monitoring.md): Monitor Xloud Object Storage cluster health — track capacity utilization, proxy request metrics, replication latency, and quarantined object counts.
- [Object Storage Quotas](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/quotas.md): Enforce per-account and per-container storage quotas in Xloud Object Storage — set byte limits, object count limits, and monitor usage.
- [Object Storage Replication](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/replication.md): Monitor replication health in Xloud Object Storage — check replica consistency, manage quarantined objects, and verify data durability across storage nodes.
- [Ring Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/ring-management.md): Manage Xloud Object Storage consistent hash rings — add and remove devices, adjust weights, rebalance rings, and distribute updated ring files to all nodes.
- [Object Storage Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/security.md): Harden Xloud Object Storage — enforce TLS on proxy nodes, rotate temp URL keys, configure audit logging, and govern cross-project container access.
- [Object Storage Policies](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/storage-policies.md): Configure storage policies for replication, erasure coding, and tiered object placement.
- [Temporary URLs](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/temp-urls.md): Generate time-limited, cryptographically signed URLs for sharing Xloud Object Storage objects without granting permanent access.
- [Object Storage Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/troubleshooting.md): Resolve common Xloud Object Storage issues — 403 access errors, upload timeouts, versioning failures, and temporary URL authorization problems.
- [Upload and Manage Objects](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/upload-objects.md): Upload, download, list, update, and delete objects in Xloud Object Storage containers using the Dashboard and CLI. Includes metadata and bulk operations.
- [Object Storage User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/user-guide.md): Create containers, upload objects, configure access control, enable versioning, and work with large objects in Xloud Object Storage.
- [Object Versioning](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/object-storage/versioning.md): Enable object version retention on Xloud Object Storage containers to preserve previous versions when objects are overwritten or deleted.
- [Action Plan Policies](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/admin-guide/action-policies.md): Configure Xloud Optimization action plan execution policies — manual approval workflows, automatic execution for trusted strategies, and plan expiry controls.
- [Optimization Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/admin-guide/architecture.md): Understand the Xloud Optimization architecture — Decision Engine, strategy plugins, data collectors, Planner, and Applier component roles and.
- [Compute Integration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/admin-guide/compute-integration.md): Configure Xloud Compute for Optimization compatibility — verify shared storage, live migration capability, and host state for optimization action execution.
- [Custom Strategies](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/admin-guide/custom-strategies.md): Implement and deploy custom Xloud Optimization strategy plugins — extend the Decision Engine with proprietary optimization algorithms for specialized.
- [Data Sources](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/admin-guide/data-sources.md): Configure Xloud Optimization data sources — connect Prometheus, Telemetry, and the Compute API to enable metric-backed optimization strategies.
- [Scheduling Audits](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/admin-guide/scheduling.md): Automate Xloud Optimization audits with audit templates and schedules — configure recurring optimization runs and manage the audit template lifecycle.
- [Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/admin-guide/security.md): Secure the Xloud Optimization — configure the Applier service account, restrict RBAC execution policies, enable API audit logging, and protect the.
- [Strategy Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/admin-guide/strategy-config.md): Configure Xloud Optimization strategy plugins — tune thresholds, periods, and metrics for each optimization strategy to match your cluster topology.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/admin-guide/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve Xloud Optimization failures — audit errors, action plan execution failures, live migration issues, data source connectivity, and.
- [Optimization CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/cli-reference.md): Complete watcher CLI commands for running audits, reviewing action plans, and executing optimization actions on Xloud Compute clusters.
- [Cluster Optimization](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/index.md): Automated resource optimization for Xloud — workload placement, consolidation, and dynamic scaling.
- [Action Plans](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/user-guide/action-plans.md): Review Xloud Optimization action plans — understand recommended migrations, inspect individual actions, and approve or reject plans before execution.
- [Audit History](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/user-guide/audit-history.md): Review Xloud Optimization audit history — track optimization trends, view past action plan outcomes, and validate ongoing cluster efficiency improvements.
- [Execute Actions](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/user-guide/execute-actions.md): Execute approved Xloud Optimization action plans — trigger live migrations, monitor execution progress, and verify optimization outcomes.
- [Optimization Goals](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/user-guide/optimization-goals.md): Understand Xloud Optimization goals — server consolidation, thermal optimization, workload stabilization, energy savings, and noisy neighbor mitigation.
- [Run an Optimization Audit](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/user-guide/run-audit.md): Create and execute Optimization audits in Xloud — select a goal, configure scope, submit the audit, and monitor progress to action plan generation.
- [Optimization Troubleshooting — User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/optimization/user-guide/troubleshooting.md): Resolve common Xloud Optimization issues — empty action plans, stuck audits, failed migrations, and cancelled action plans.
- [Orchestration Administration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/admin-guide.md): Administer the Xloud Orchestration service — configure the engine, manage the stack domain, tune performance, and secure template-based deployments.
- [Orchestration Admin Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/admin-troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve Xloud Orchestration service-level issues — engine failures, API errors, stack domain problems, and resource plugin faults.
- [Orchestration Service Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/architecture.md): Understand the Xloud Orchestration service components — API, Engine, and resource plugins — and how they process templates to provision cloud infrastructure.
- [Auto-Scaling with Xloud Orchestration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/autoscaling.md): Configure auto-scaling groups with Heat templates. Scale instances based on Prometheus metrics and webhooks.
- [Orchestration CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack stack CLI commands for managing Xloud Orchestration — create, update, delete, and inspect stacks, resources, events, and outputs.
- [Orchestration Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/configuration.md): Configure the Xloud Orchestration service — key settings, stack domain setup, default quotas, and XDeploy integration for production deployments.
- [Create Your First Stack](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/getting-started.md): Learn how to define an orchestration template, deploy a stack on Xloud, and manage the stack lifecycle using the Dashboard and CLI.
- [Orchestration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/index.md): Template-based infrastructure orchestration for Xloud Cloud Platform. Define, deploy, and manage cloud resources as code using declarative orchestration.
- [Resource Types](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/resources.md): Reference for all Xloud Orchestration resource types — compute, networking, storage, identity, and orchestration primitives with definition examples.
- [Scaling the Orchestration Service](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/scaling.md): Deploy multiple Xloud Orchestration engine workers, configure convergence mode, and tune performance settings for high-throughput template deployments.
- [Orchestration Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/security.md): Secure the Xloud Orchestration service — stack domain users, trust-based authorization, policy configuration, and template injection prevention.
- [Manage Stacks](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/stacks.md): Create, update, suspend, resume, and delete Xloud Orchestration stacks. Covers stack outputs, nested stacks, and update behavior through the Dashboard and CLI.
- [Orchestration Template Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/template-guide.md): Write Heat templates to define cloud infrastructure as code. Covers resource types, parameters, and outputs.
- [Orchestration Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/troubleshooting.md): Resolve common orchestration issues — stuck stacks, template errors, and resource creation failures.
- [Orchestration User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/orchestration/user-guide.md): Create and manage infrastructure stacks using Xloud Orchestration templates. Covers getting started, template authoring, resource types, auto-scaling, and.
- [XSDS Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/admin-guide/architecture.md): Understand the distributed storage cluster components — MON, MGR, OSD, MDS, and RGW — and how they work together to deliver block, object, and file storage.
- [Capacity Planning](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/admin-guide/capacity-planning.md): Monitor XSDS cluster utilization, maintain safe capacity headroom, and plan storage expansion before capacity constraints impact performance or availability.
- [Cluster Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/admin-guide/cluster-management.md): Monitor XSDS cluster health, manage service placement, add and remove OSDs, and perform day-to-day operational procedures.
- [CRUSH Maps](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/admin-guide/crush-maps.md): Configure the XSDS CRUSH map to define failure domains, device class rules, and data placement topology across nodes, racks, and data center rooms.
- [Monitoring](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/admin-guide/monitoring.md): Monitor XSDS cluster health, OSD status, and I/O performance through XIMP integration — key metrics, alert thresholds, and observability configuration.
- [Pool Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/admin-guide/pool-management.md): Create and configure replicated and erasure-coded storage pools, set application types, and manage pool settings in XSDS.
- [Security](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/admin-guide/security.md): Secure XSDS deployments with encryption at rest, cluster authentication (cephx), key rotation, and network isolation for production environments.
- [Storage Tiers](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/admin-guide/storage-tiers.md): Configure multi-tier storage in XSDS by mapping device class pools to Cinder volume types, enabling workload-appropriate media selection for NVMe, SSD, and HDD tiers.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/admin-guide/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve XSDS cluster-level issues — HEALTH_WARN states, OSD failures, slow requests, PG inconsistencies, and capacity emergencies.
- [Software-Defined Storage CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/cli-reference.md): Complete ceph CLI commands for managing Xloud XSDS — pools, OSDs, health, CRUSH maps, RBD images, and object gateway.
- [Software-Defined Storage](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/index.md): Unified block, object, and file storage on commodity hardware — petabyte-scale, self-healing, and multi-protocol with XSDS.
- [Access Methods](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/user-guide/access-methods.md): Connect to XSDS block, object, and file storage through the Dashboard, CLI, S3-compatible API, and native mount protocols.
- [Data Protection](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/user-guide/data-protection.md): Configure replication and erasure coding in XSDS to protect your data against hardware failures with the right balance of durability and storage efficiency.
- [Performance](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/user-guide/performance.md): Optimize XSDS storage performance using storage tiering, deduplication, compression, and read caching for your workload's I/O profile.
- [Snapshots](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/user-guide/snapshots.md): Create, manage, and restore XSDS volume snapshots for point-in-time recovery, data cloning, and pre-maintenance protection.
- [Storage Types](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/user-guide/storage-types.md): Understand block, object, and shared file storage in XSDS — capabilities, use cases, and how to choose the right interface for your workload.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/sds/user-guide/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and resolve common XSDS user-facing issues — stuck volumes, snapshot failures, object storage performance, and access errors.
- [Block Storage Administration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/admin-guide.md): Configure and operate Xloud Block Storage — backends, volume types, storage tiers, quotas, encryption, and migration.
- [Block Storage Troubleshooting (Admin)](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/admin-troubleshooting.md): Diagnose block storage service issues — volume service failures, backend connectivity, stuck migrations, and encryption errors.
- [Block Storage Service Architecture](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/architecture.md): Understand the Xloud Block Storage service architecture, principal components, message flow, and backend driver model for production deployments.
- [Attach and Detach Volumes](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/attach-volume.md): Connect block storage volumes to compute instances, mount filesystems, and safely detach volumes. Includes formatting, mounting, and fstab persistence guidance.
- [Backup Backends](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/backup-backends.md): Configure Cinder backup backends including Ceph, Swift, NFS, S3, Google Cloud Storage, and TSM for volume data protection.
- [Backup Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/backup-config.md): Configure the block storage backup service with Ceph, Swift, NFS, or S3 targets. Enable and validate backups for production.
- [Volume Backups](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/backups.md): Create full and incremental backups of block storage volumes. Covers backup creation, incremental strategy, and restore.
- [Block Storage CLI Reference](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/cli-reference.md): Complete openstack volume CLI commands for managing Xloud Block Storage — create, attach, extend, snapshot, backup, and manage volume types.
- [Create a Volume](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/create-volume.md): Provision persistent block storage volumes in your Xloud project. Choose a data source, storage tier, and capacity using the Dashboard or CLI.
- [Volume Encryption](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/encryption.md): Configure at-rest encryption for Xloud Block Storage volume types. Enable LUKS-based transparent encryption backed by the Xloud Key Management service.
- [Extend a Volume](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/extend-volume.md): Increase the capacity of an Xloud Block Storage volume online or offline. Covers resizing the block device and expanding the filesystem after extension.
- [External Storage Integration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/external-storage.md): Connect Xloud Block Storage to enterprise storage backends including NetApp, Pure Storage, Dell, HPE, Hitachi, IBM, and Ceph RBD.
- [File-Level Restore](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/file-level-restore.md): Recover individual files from a volume or instance snapshot without restoring the whole volume — download the files you need directly.
- [Block Storage](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/index.md): Persistent block storage volumes for Xloud Compute instances.
- [Volume Migration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/migration.md): Migrate block storage volumes between backends for capacity rebalancing, hardware retirement, or tier changes.
- [Storage Quality of Service](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/qos.md): Define IOPS limits, throughput caps, and burst allowances for block storage volumes. Create and associate QoS specifications.
- [Quota Management](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/quotas.md): Configure and manage Xloud Block Storage quotas per project. Set global defaults, override per-project limits, and monitor quota usage across your deployment.
- [Block Storage Security Hardening](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/security.md): Harden Xloud Block Storage with volume type access controls, minimum volume size policies, snapshot visibility management, and audit logging configuration.
- [Volume Snapshots](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/snapshots.md): Create, restore, and manage point-in-time snapshots of Xloud Block Storage volumes. Use snapshots for fast recovery, volume cloning, and pre-change checkpoints.
- [Storage Backend Configuration](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/storage-backends.md): Configure block storage backends including RBD, LVM, and NFS. Manage backend registration and status verification.
- [Storage Tiers](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/storage-tiers.md): Configure NVMe, SSD, and HDD storage tiers in Xloud Block Storage. Map hardware device classes to volume types and set the default tier for your deployment.
- [Thin and Thick Provisioning](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/thin-provisioning.md): Configure thin and thick provisioning for Xloud Block Storage backends. Understand overcommit ratios, backend-specific settings, and capacity monitoring.
- [Third-Party Backup Support](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/third-party-backup.md): Use enterprise backup vendors alongside the native Xloud backup — agentless and agent-based options for compliance and application-aware protection.
- [Block Storage Troubleshooting](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose common block storage issues — volumes stuck in error, attachment failures, snapshot errors, and quota limits.
- [Block Storage User Guide](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/user-guide.md): Create, attach, snapshot, backup, and manage persistent block storage volumes in your Xloud project. Find guides for every volume lifecycle operation.
- [Volume Transfers Between Projects](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/volume-transfers.md): Transfer ownership of Xloud Block Storage volumes between projects using a token-based mechanism. No data is copied — ownership changes instantly.
- [Volume Types and Storage Tiers](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/volume-types.md): Understand Xloud Block Storage volume types, storage performance tiers, and how to select the right tier for your workload requirements.
- [Volume Types and QoS (Admin)](https://docs.xloud.tech/services/storage/volume-types-admin.md): Create and manage Xloud Block Storage volume types, set backend associations via extra specs, and configure QoS policies to enforce I/O limits per storage tier.
- [Compute Videos](https://docs.xloud.tech/videos/compute.md): Video tutorials for creating, migrating, and tagging compute instances on the Xloud Dashboard.
- [Video Tutorials](https://docs.xloud.tech/videos/index.md): Step-by-step video walkthroughs for deploying and managing the Xloud Platform — XDEPLOY, instances, storage, networking, security, and more.
- [Monitoring Videos](https://docs.xloud.tech/videos/monitoring.md): Video tutorials for observability and activity auditing on the Xloud Platform — XIMP dashboards, alerts, and Activity Log.
- [Networking & DNS Videos](https://docs.xloud.tech/videos/networking.md): Video tutorials for DNS zone management and record sets on the Xloud Dashboard.
- [Security & Identity Videos](https://docs.xloud.tech/videos/security.md): Video tutorials for Xloud SIEM, RBAC, secrets, image uploads, User Center, and 2FA on the Xloud Dashboard.
- [Storage Videos](https://docs.xloud.tech/videos/storage.md): Video tutorials for volume backups, restores, and file-level recovery on the Xloud Dashboard.

## OpenAPI Specs

- [openapi](https://docs.xloud.tech/api-reference/openapi.json)

## Optional

- [Manage License](https://license.xloud.tech)