SETUP-XEN-DOM0(8)

💜 setup-xen-dom0(8) — like, the Xen dom0 glow-up guide

okay so bestie, this is a page from the System Manager's Manual and it's literally all about setup-xen-dom0 — the little script that turns your box into a Xen dom0 host. yes queen, we're virtualizing today 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

setup-xen-dom0 — configure a Xen dom0 host 🧚

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

setup-xen-dom0 [PKG ...]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so setup-xen-dom0 prepares the system as a Xen dom0 host. that's the whole vibe. it does three main-character things:

1. loads kernel modules for Xen backend drivers
2. installs the xen package (plus any extra packages you pass as arguments, iykyk)
3. enables and starts the Xen management services

🎀 the kernel modules

these get loaded, and they're also persisted to /etc/modules so they come back after a reboot (consistent queen behavior ✨):

• xen_netback
• xen_blkback
• xenfs
• xen_pciback
• xen_wdt
• tun

🔥 the services

these get enabled in the default runlevel and started, no cap:

• xenstored
• xenconsoled
• xenqemu

⭐ EXIT STATUS ⭐

• 0 — success, we ate and left no crumbs 💖
• non-zero — an error occurred 😭 something went sideways

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, bestie, they're iconic:

• xl(1)
• xen(1)
• setup-alpine(8)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> and others 🫶

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and that's the page, fr fr 💀 this beauty ships with Alpine Linux, dated 2026-06-09 — go forth and dom0 responsibly, bestie 🎀🦋✨