Xen Orchestra Blog (Page 12)

The future of XenServer: Dundee

Citrix just announced [http://xenserver.org/blog/entry/xenserver-dundee-beta-1-available.html] the availability of XenServer Dundee Beta 1. So we are moving toward to a release of this brand new XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xenserver?pk_campaign=blog_dundee]. What does it mean in concrete terms? Let's explore it.

Xen Orchestra 4.5

XO 4.5 is out, 2 weeks after 4.4: we're back to our high release rate! And it doesn't mean we made only few things. Check the changelog [https://github.com/vatesfr/xo-web/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#450-2015-09-11]: it's not bad at all

Track your VMs properties

Coming (very soon) in the next release, a new dataviz. This one is based on " parallel coordinates" graph. Para.. what? Despite this is not the chart you'll see everyday, it's pretty common though. The idea is to visualize various data with various dimensions at

Faster consoles in XO

Our previous console connection was done by using a component in XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xenserver], named wsproxy. It was very simple to use, opposing to make a RAW HTTP connection. But the main drawbacks were: * slow to connect (~2 seconds to display the console) * not supported by Citrix * prone

Xen Orchestra 4.4

XO 4.4 is now available! The main features are the Single Sign On mechanism (SSO) and the first data visualization page. A dashboard view is also completing this release. SSO Single sign-on (SSO) is a property of access control of multiple related, but independent software systems (Wikipedia [https://en.

XenServer Challenge

In July, we participated to an event: the Cloud Summer Camp at the ETNA School [http://www.etna-alternance.net/] (Paris). It's like a Hackathon for students. And the theme this year was XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xenserver] and Xen Orchestra [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/]. It was a perfect opportunity

Security around Xen, XenServer and QEMU

You probably heard a lot of stories lately around security concerns from QEMU flaws impacting Xen [http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/]. Let's take the time to understand what is really going on. We'll see first what about Xen project and also XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xenserver?

VDI disk usage overview

This is a follow up of my previous article about data-visualization [/blog/dashboard-and-dataviz/] for Xen Orchestra. This time, we'll explore how we use a Sunburst visualization to quickly understand your XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xenserver] storage infrastructure usage. Visualize the whole infrastructure The challenge is to be able

Dashboard and dataviz

Recently, we started to work on a new view for Xen Orchestra: a global dashboard for your whole XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xenserver] infrastructure. Because of Xen Orchestra architecture, we can be connected to all your XenServer pools at the same time. But for displaying the data, there are some

Xen Orchestra 4.3

Welcome to the "Summer" release of XO, with a powerful backup feature for XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xenserver]! You can now schedule a full export of yours VMs to a NFS share (or local filesystem), directly from the web interface! Schedule full backup After our first step toward

Backup your XenServer VMs with Xen Orchestra

> UPDATE: we are now supporting Delta Backup! (aka Incremental backup). Check our blog post about using incremental backup with XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xenserver-incremental-backup/]. > UPDATE 2: now it's time for even better: continuous incremental backup! [/blog/continuous-delta-backup/] Few days ago, we released the 4.2

Xen Orchestra 4.2

All ahead full! 2 releases per month is now our current pace, and it doesn't mean less features each release. As you will see, this one delivers some interesting new possibilities, combined with a huge performance boost. Schedule rolling snapshots The first step toward backups: you can now

Improving Xen Orchestra performances

This blog post is about how we made a leap ahead in performances for the next incoming release. It should be interesting for everyone, probably because this story will happened (or already happened) to you if you are developing software. And especially using an external API. Spoiler alert, here is

Xen Orchestra free Trial

Since the big 4.0 release [/blog/xen-orchestra-4-0], we offered the possibility of a trial for testing all the XOA features for free during 15 days. Here is how to proceed! 1. Register on https://xen-orchestra.com 2. Download the Free version 3. Deploy it 4. Request a Trial in

Xen Orchestra 4.1

2 weeks after the major 4.0 release, this is time for the 4.1. This is a small but cool release, bringing interesting features and also improving the update mechanism. And finally, solving minor bugs. > If you already have any recent XOA running, you can update right now

VM live migration with XenServer and Xen Orchestra

This week, we'll release a new version of Xen Orchestra (4.1). Only 2 weeks after the big 4.0 [/blog/xen-orchestra-4-0], it's already time for new features! Let's play with the powerful live migration system of XenServer [https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xenserver]. It works

VENOM vulnerability and XenServer

You probably heard about the VENOM attack [http://venom.crowdstrike.com/] few weeks ago. And you also probably saw the logo: Let's have some perspective on this one. 4 things to know: * it affects only HVM guests * it needs a root access on the vulnerable guest to be

XenServer 6.5 SP1

Despite that's almost one month ago [http://xenserver.org/blog/entry/xenserver-6-5-sp1-released.html], it's important to remember that XenServer 6.5 has now it's Service Pack 1! So, what's new? For us, the key points are: * Initial Docker management [/blog/xenserver-xen-orchestra-and-docker/] (hey,

Xen Orchestra 4.0

Here it comes! Announced nine months ago [https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xo-4-x-goals/], this is the first release of the 4.x branch (codename Double bass). We are even ahead in terms of features of what we expected for the 4.0. It is the biggest release ever. Let's

XenServer patches, the easy way, part 2

This post is the developments of our previous article [/blog/xenserver-patches-the-easy-way/] (video demo in it) on patching XenServer in one click with Xen Orchestra [https://xen-orchestra.com]. This feature will be available for the incoming (this week!) Xen Orchestra 4.0. Incompatible patches Yes, that's great, you got

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

XenServer, Xen Orchestra and 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)