Wikipedia: -ling, an English diminutive suffix

The easy way is to use pre-built binaries:

1. Grab the archive named ling-<version>.tar.gz.

2. Extract it locally. This creates directory <path>/ling.

3. Go to your Erlang project directory and run:

	<path>/ling/bin/railing image dconf

1. This creates vmling, the Xen image file and domain_config, the Xen domain configuration file.

2. Launch the Xen domain and get the familiar Erlang shell:

	xl create -c domain_config

The recommended way to build LING from sources is to use a Docker container with the right environment already set up for you. See DOCKER.md for details.

If you are not easily daunted, then you may try to build everything yourself. See INSTALL for instructions.

To create LING-based images for your Erlang projects you need a utility called railing. Railing is in a way similar to reltool. The typical invocation of railing is:

railing image

This instructs railing to read railing.config and perform all steps necessary to build an image named vmling.

To launch a Xen image you also need a domain configuration file. You may start with a skeleton domain_config file created as follows:

railing dconf

The railing.config contains a series of options represented as Erlang terms. The following options are recongized:

{import,<path>}.

The option imports files referred to by <path> to the image. They become accessible inside the VM. The option can be repeated multiple times. Example: {import,"priv/*/*"}.

{import_lib,<std_app>}.

The option imports a standard library from the installed Erlang/OTP. Example: {import_lib,crypto}. stdlib and kernel applications are imported automatically. The option can also contain a list of libraries to import.

{build_config,<config>}}.

The option sets the build configuration for the image. Currently, the only recognized configuration is 'fastest'.