It is possible to call libmicrovmi functions from C code.

• cmake
• cbindgen tool
• libmicrovmi compiled

This requires the cbindgen tool which can be installed via the following command:

cargo install --force cbindgen

Then go back to the root directory and compile the crate adding the drivers you want:

cd ..
cargo build --features xen,virtualbox,kvm

target/debug/libmicrovmi.so has been generated.

To compile the examples:

cmake -B build .
cmake --build build

This will generate the examples in the build directory.

Note: by default the examples will link with the debug cargo build (target/debug/libmicrovmi.so) To use the release build, specify cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release.

You need to adjust your LD_LIBRARY_PATH

cd build
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:../../target/debug" <example> <vm_name>