# Releases
Xen Orchestra is distributed in 2 ways:
- Through XOA
- "as is" from GitHub
XOA (Xen Orchestra virtual Appliance) is the pre-installed VM with:
- everything ready to work
- complete QA (tested) to guarantee it will work
- a web updater
- bundled remote support capabilities
- extra services (XO Hub, XO Recipies, Advanced metrics, XOSAN…)
- secured system (sudo, firewall)
It's really trivial to deploy it, as you can see in the XOA install section.
TIP
In any case, we suggest that you try XOA first, regardless your future usage. It's the easiest way to test everything!
# XOA updates
See the updates dedicated section to learn how to keep your XOA up to date.
# Github updates
If you decide to install it from the sources, please always try to stick to master
as possible. Before opening any bug report or topic on the forum, update to the latest commit.
Because you cloned the repository on master
, just git pull
!
WARNING
There's no community support on XO installations that aren't up to date to master
.