The next-release will offer a better visualization for the RAM occupied, and also the number of vCPUs used on the total number of CPUs. Those charts are animated on load: Your browser does not support the video tag.But also they are changing in live, when your host memory or

A LOT of stuff in this 3.7, like VDI migration in live, SR creation, many UI improvements, display tasks in live etc. But that's not all! On the same time, we made significant progresses on the 4.x branch, which started to implement ACLs [/blog/xo-4-x-starts-to-show-up/] for

This article is about creating a Storage Repository directly in Xen Orchestra, without any CLI command or without using XenCenter. I have to say, I personally awaited this feature for my own usage. Also, that's the first one released by Fabrice [./blog/xo-team-reinforcement-have-arrived/], our new developer! Demo As

In the next-release, we display all the current task executed in all your servers. Concepts XenServer handles tasks. Basically, it's useful to track the progress of an ongoing action, like: * a migration * a VDI migration * anyg asyn task which can be long Examples Our goal is to show

ACLs, ACLs, ACLs! That's the rallying cry of our community since a long time. But we had to do a lot of work before even think on it. But yes, we take this time: our first draft [./blog/users-roles-in-xen-orchestra/] was created nearly 1 year ago! This big feature

Hi everyone! Because EsoTalk is no longer updated [http://esotalk.org/blog/faq.html], we switched to NodeBB [https://nodebb.org/]. The new forum is accessible here [https://xen-orchestra.com/forum]. The good news: you can login [https://xen-orchestra.com/forum/login] with your existing GitHub, FaceBook or Twitter accounts!

The ability to access any VM or host console is not new in Xen Orchestra. It works almost from the beginning (well, sometimes with somes glitches [https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-3-2/]). You can see an example here: Let's recap the global architecture to have a better understanding: Since

The FOSDEM is a really nice event, and this year was very successful: a BIG crowd and always an excellent atmosphere! Xen booth Thanks to the Xen Team, I've got the opportunity to present Xen Orchestra on the stand both days. I can tell you that a lot

You probably have heard of the GHOST vulnerability aka CVE-2015-0235 [http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/9]. This one impact the glibc, which is running on XenServer. But is it dangerous for your hosts? What it is all about You can read more details on this excellent

Hi everyone! If you are in Europe, come to see us at the FOSDEM [https://fosdem.org/2015/]! Xen Orchestra on Xen booth Like the previous year [https://blog.xenproject.org/2014/02/07/xen-fosdem14-an-even-report/], we'll be at the Xen booth. You'll see a live demo

Just after the fresh release [https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xenserver-6-5-is-out/] of XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xenserver?pk_campaign=blog_jessie] 6.5, and maybe an upgrade [https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/migrate-from-xenserver-6-2-to-6-5/] from 6.2, we'll start to enjoy the new possibilities! The first one is to install Debian

Since Citrix XenServer 6.5 is out [https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xenserver-6-5-is-out/], you can start to migrate your existing installations of XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xenserver?pk_campaign=blog_migrate] 6.2. You'll see, it's very easy, and you can do it without any service interruption!

Needless to say: this new version of XenServer was eagerly awaited! There is a lot of new interesting stuff, and we'll explore this in multiple articles. Let's start with an overview. The official announcement is here [http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/01/13/xenserver-6-5/] and you

Or the importance of community feedback. This is a small story about why we love to do Open Source software and to have a community. Obvious facts We believe it's impossible to imagine every features people want from a product, a this is also true for Xen Orchestra.

Happy new year! We are happy to announce the arrival of a new developer in the Xen Orchestra team! Fabrice [https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=38822478] is a passionate developer giving a strong focus on code quality. His experience and capacity to release on time will be a

We just added a useful feature in the next-release brach: the possibility to move a VDI (disk) from a storage repository to another when the VM is running. Here is how it works (remember the VM is currently running): First, click on the Edit icon in the Disk panel: As

We're back! And with a lot of new features and bugfixes. The list of new possibilities is pretty extensive (see below). We are also excited about 2015: a new developer is coming in January and we'll be fully dedicated on Xen Orchestra, thus running at full

We are proud to announce the Early Access release of Xen Orchestra Appliance "Starter" Edition! Why we release a early access version ? In fact, all the features are tested, not the whole process around the product. But: * We want to have the most feedback possible and as soon

Since this year, XO is fully capable of managing VM snapshots. But now, thanks to the VM export capability with XO 3.6, you can also export snapshots! Why export snapshots? Let's imagine you want to restore an old snapshot without rollback the curent VM. It's

In the 3.6 release, XO is able to send patches to your server. We'll see how it works, from any browser and device. Patches in XenServer You can download patches for XenServer on this page [http://www.xenserver.org/overview-xenserver-open-source-virtualization/download.html] . Every patch is a *.zip

You may have heard about Amazon or Rackspace rebooting some of their instances few days ago. It was known as a consequence of Xen Security Advisory number 108, aka XSA-108. Update: the article is updated with more details and a correction about the amount of memory that could be read

As explained in a previous article [/blog/import-and-export-vm-in-xo], we started to implement VM import and export in Xen Orchestra. Guess what? It just hits the next-release version! (meaning: we are testing it right now). Let's give you a taste of what you'll have -very- soon. Update:

> 2015 December Update: check our complete guide to use Docker with XenServer: Docker support in XenServer, the ultimate guide [https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/docker-support-in-xenserver-the-ultimate-guide/] Containers and hypervisors are often seen as competing technologies - enemies even. But in reality the two technologies are complementary and increasingly used together by

After a long period of thinking, we are pushing our pricing model! 3 plans to cover all your needs We have tried to create plans to cover all your needs and to fit every budget. The 3 plans are Starter ($70 per month), Entreprise ($200 per month) and Premium ($500