> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xloud.tech/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Xloud Compute

> Xloud Compute provides resizable virtual machine instances running on bare-metal hypervisors in your private cloud infrastructure.

Resizable virtual machine instances running on bare-metal hypervisors in your private cloud.

<Note>
  Compute is included in [XAVS](/products/xavs), [XPCI](/products/xpci), and [XHCI](/products/xhci). See product pages on [xloud.tech](https://xloud.tech/xavs) for specifications and datasheets.
</Note>

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<p style={{ fontSize: '1.25rem', fontWeight: 700, marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>Guides & References</p>

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  <Card title="User Guide" icon="book-open" href="/services/compute/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Instances, flavors, images, key pairs, security groups — launch, manage, and scale VMs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Admin Guide" icon="shield" href="/services/compute/admin-guide" color="#197560">
    Compute hosts, hypervisors, quotas, scheduling, and cluster maintenance.
  </Card>

  <Card title="CLI Reference" icon="terminal" href="/services/compute/cli-reference" color="#197560">
    `openstack server` commands for instance management from the command line.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Hypervisor (KVM)" icon="cpu" href="/services/compute/hypervisor" color="#197560">
    KVM configuration, CPU modes, backing storage, nested virtualization.
  </Card>
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<p style={{ fontSize: '1.25rem', fontWeight: 700, marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>Key Features</p>

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  <Card title="Bare-Metal Hypervisor" icon="cpu" href="/services/compute/hypervisor" color="#197560">
    Runs directly on physical hardware — maximum performance for enterprise workloads.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Live Migration" icon="arrow-right-left" href="/services/compute/live-migration" color="#197560">
    Move running workloads between hosts with zero downtime.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Live vCPU/RAM Scaling" icon="move-vertical" href="/services/compute/live-resize" color="#197560">
    Add or reduce vCPU and RAM on a running instance — no reboot, no downtime.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Snapshots & Backup" icon="copy" href="/services/compute/snapshots" color="#197560">
    Automated snapshots and restore points with minimal overhead.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Security" icon="shield" href="/services/compute/security-hardening" color="#197560">
    VM encryption, distributed firewalls, TPM 2.0 support.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Disaster Recovery" icon="rotate-ccw" href="/services/disaster-recovery/index" color="#197560">
    One-click failover/failback with application-aware recovery.
  </Card>
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<p style={{ fontSize: '1.25rem', fontWeight: 700, marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>Compute Components</p>

| Component            | Description                                                                            |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Hypervisor**       | Bare-metal virtualization layer on physical hardware                                   |
| **Scheduler**        | Places instances on optimal hosts based on resources, affinity, and availability zones |
| **Conductor**        | Mediates database interactions and long-running operations                             |
| **API**              | RESTful endpoint for instance lifecycle, flavors, key pairs, server groups             |
| **Metadata Service** | Provides instance config (hostname, SSH keys, user data) at boot                       |
| **Console (VNC)**    | Browser-based console access to running instances                                      |

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<p style={{ fontSize: '1.25rem', fontWeight: 700, marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>Related Services</p>

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  <Card title="Block Storage" icon="hard-drive" href="/services/storage/index" color="#197560">
    Persistent volumes for compute instances
  </Card>

  <Card title="Networking" icon="network" href="/services/networking/index" color="#197560">
    Virtual networks, floating IPs, security groups
  </Card>

  <Card title="Image Service" icon="disc" href="/services/images/index" color="#197560">
    OS images and snapshots for launching instances
  </Card>

  <Card title="Identity & Access" icon="fingerprint" href="/services/identity/index" color="#197560">
    Authentication and RBAC for compute operations
  </Card>

  <Card title="Load Balancer" icon="combine" href="/services/load-balancer" color="#197560">
    Distribute traffic across instances
  </Card>

  <Card title="Instance HA" icon="heart-pulse" href="/services/instance-ha/index" color="#197560">
    Automatic failover on host failure
  </Card>
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