Xen Orchestra responsive design Some people complains (understandably) about the malformed display of Xen Orchestra on smaller devices. That's why we introduced three mechanisms to allow a better user experience (UX) on small screens: * use "..." (ellipsis) avoiding large multi-lines in our tables. Now, even a long description won't
Docker XenServer, Xen Orchestra and Docker > 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/] Yes, XO 4.0 is not far [/blog/4-reasons-why-xen-orchestra-4-will-be-huge/]. But in parallel, we made a nice step further for Docker [https://www.docker.com/] integration
XenServer patches, the easy way That's another reason why Xen Orchestra 4 will be huge [https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/4-reasons-why-xen-orchestra-4-will-be-huge/]. It was not planned, but we managed to have this exciting feature: easy patch management! Yesterday, to be sure your XenServer was up-to-date, you have to check for updates manually. Then, we you
4 reasons why Xen Orchestra 4 will be huge Our release rate is now nominal: one release per month. Despite this shorter cycle, we never released so much features each time! Various factors are behind this: * 100% of our focus on XO since 2015 * one new dev in January * a better organization (Kanban) And progressively, we checked every step
XenServer Dundee available in pre-release After XenServer Creedence (6.5), here comes Dundee (7.0? I don't know!). So what's new for this first Alpha? Dom0 changes The BIG news in this first Alpha is all about having a Dom0 running on CentOS 7 (Creedence uses CentOS 5.10, much older)
New features in our website Our objective with the Xen Orchestra's project, is to release a full and turnkey solution, not just the software (Xen Orchestra). XOA is a part of this: having pro support AND a virtual appliance at the same time, plus other nice possibilities. That's why we extended
Xen Orchestra 3.9 Another month, another release! On the menu: charts, network creation, VM autoboot, AD support, local LVM SR, handling server connection/disconnection etc. > TL;DR: rendezvous in your member zone to get the latest appliance. Or just update your current installation [https://github.com/vatesfr/xo/blob/master/doc/installation/
XenServer metrics in real examples After the first introduction of how we displayed XenServer metrics in Xen Orchestra [/blog/vm-live-metrics-in-xenserver-with-xen-orchestra/], here is some real examples and why it's really important to have an eyes on this kind of information. That's one of the powerful feature of the virtualization: because everything goes
VM live metrics in XenServer with Xen Orchestra Because this is really important, we'll release this feature next week! As a result, this post is also about announcing Xen Orchestra 3.9. Let's see it immediately in action: Your browser does not support the video tag.Why performance metrics matter The goal of live
Creating a local ISO repository in XenServer Use a local ISO repository to install your XenServer VMs.
Xen Orchestra 3.8 Release often, release faster: that's our motto this year. And we spent some time do give you a smoother experience when upgrading, with those objectives: * Avoid appliance re-download for each new version * Avoid any manual data migration on your side * Ability to rollback to a previous release if
Add a network interface to a VM on XenServer with Xen Orchestra The title is pretty much explanatory, isn't it? You'll see, that's very easy, in your VM view, you'll see it instantly, just click on "Create Interface" button: After clicking on "Create Interface", you'll have to fill
Disk management in Xen Orchestra 3.8 is coming soon. And we got new features we wanted for a long time! Overview The new disk panel in the VM view now gives you all this stuff: * Add a new disk to your VM * Attaching an existing disk * Mount CD from the VM view * Change disk
XO live charts for host view 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
Xen Orchestra 3.7 is out, ACLs in Early Access! 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
Create a Storage Repository with Xen Orchestra 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
Task management in XO 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
XO 4.x starts to show up 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
XO Forum switched to NodeBB 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!
XO Console from everywhere! 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
XO at FOSDEM15: summary 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
GHOST Vulnerability 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
XO team at FOSDEM 15 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
Debian 8 Jessie on XenServer 6.5 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
Migrate from XenServer 6.2 to 6.5 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!
