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Parallels Desktop DevOps Service

This is the Parallels Desktop DevOps Service, a service that will allow you to manage and orchestrate multiple Parallels Desktop hosts and virtual machines. It will allow you to create, start, stop and delete virtual machines and will also allow you to manage the hosts that are running the virtual machines.

Licensing

You can use the service for free with up to 10 users, without needing any Parallels Desktop Business license. However, if you want to continue using the service beyond 10 users, you will need to purchase a Parallels Desktop Business license. The good news is that no extra license is required for this service once you have purchased the Parallels Desktop Business license.

Architecture

The Parallels Desktop DevOps is a service that is written in Go and it is a very light height designed to provide some of the missing remote management tools for virtual machines running remotely in Parallels Desktop. It uses rest api to execute the necessary steps. It also has RBAC (Role Based Access Control) to allow for a secure way of managing virtual machines. You can manage most of the operations for a Virtual Machine Lifecycle.