February 9, 201412 yr Anyone have this running on there server? Seems like an amazing way to manage all of your VM's in a turn key solution. https://xen-orchestra.com/install-and-update-xo-from-git/
February 9, 201412 yr it would be if it supported anything but xenserver/XAPI https://xen-orchestra.com/faq/ Which Xen versions are supported? XenServer 6 (maybe 5) and XAPI enabled hosts are supported. XO is working only with XAPI so far. [\quote]
February 9, 201412 yr Last time I tried it... It didn't work in work Xen 4.2 / 4.3. That was 6+ months ago. There have only been 25 commits since the project started so I wouldn't get your hopes up.
February 9, 201412 yr Last time I tried it... It didn't work in work Xen 4.2 / 4.3. That was 6+ months ago. There have only been 25 commits since the project started so I wouldn't get your hopes up. Hi, I'm XO project leader You get numbers wrong: XO is split in two repository on GitHub: xo-web for the interface and xo-server for the backend, with 486 and 309 commits respectively. So almost 800 commits. It works with XAPI, hypervisor version is not the issue here (Xen 4.2 or 4.3). You have 3 different ways to communicate with Xen: - xend daemon (old stuff, few features and deprecated): first draft of XO (2009!) worked with this - libvirt (very non-mature, so few features and a LOT of bugs): that's why OpenStack people didn't choose it. Maybe it will be better in 2015. - XAPI (expose ALL features and get a nice event system, backed by Citrix, work out of the box with XenServer, free, and can be installed on other distro like Debian or CentOS). As you can see, there is not a lot of options If you have other questions, go on!
February 9, 201412 yr Welcome xo, you have a very captive audience here. It would be great if you'd post a skeleton guide for installation (unless that already exists and you can link us to it, forgive me I haven't googled for that). As you say it works with xapi, which I thought was open sourced recently and was therefore a bit behind? Tell us a bit about your project too. Maybe some screenshots to get our buy in I would love to be able to point the users here toward XO as the first xen webgui that is simple enough for the likes of us to install. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
February 9, 201412 yr Hi Install If you have a XenServer or a Xen install + XAPI, you just have to download our appliance* and follow these steps: [*] Download it here [*] Import it in your XenServer installation by doing “xe vm-import filename=xoa3.xva” or import it with XenCenter [*] Start it (“xe vm-start vm=XOA” or with XenCenter). Remember this VM uses DHCP. [*]Then you can go on http://your-vm-ip in your browser. *: a Debian VM with all the stuff installed + update/restart script
February 9, 201412 yr The Project First: we love Open Source, and we are totally transparent about our situation, because we that's how we got trust from our clients. About the project: started in 2009 in my spare time, but I was studying, not very compatible with a project like this. But in the end of 2012, I decided to restart the project with my own startup (we are 3, website here). Not created for XO at the beginning, but now it's our main activity + Xen and Open Source support for companies. Due to the warm welcoming of the Xen community manager, we got opportunity to go to FOSDEM13 to present our plans. Then we've got a Hackathon at Google HQ Europe, and the LinuxCon 2013 in New-Orleans: we saw a lot of interest for this interface each time. We also re-design entirely the project 3 times and change technologies too (each time we got faster, last time 10^3 faster! maybe at this rate we've got close to c ). But now, we've got a nice mix of performance, maintenance and usability, with only one language used (AngularJS + nodeJS = all in "modern" javascript). We got in time for FOSDEM14 and we presented to project on Xen Booth with a live demo. Again, a lot of people were interested! This project is entirely Open Source and self-financed. We spent 6 months and 500 commits for this last release. That's why we try to get support from companies and community, with services around it, because we need resources to continue to work actively on it (we need to get money to pay our bills!). It's not really easy to live on a Open Source project, but we love it. We like to share and we hope you enjoy this interface You can decide to support us or not, it's your call! Here a video of myself during LinuxCon/Xen User Summit, presenting the project: Screenshots available here: https://xen-orchestra.com/screenshots/
February 9, 201412 yr I thought xapi had not made it to xen 4.3 yet, certainly I couldn't find anything saying it had and the Debian package depend on 4.1. Is this correct? Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
February 9, 201412 yr I thought xapi had not made it to xen 4.3 yet, certainly I couldn't find anything saying it had and the Debian package depend on 4.1. Is this correct? Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/XCP_toolstack_on_a_Debian-based_distribution http://packages.debian.org/fr/sid/xcp-xapi Indeed, in Debian, XAPI is packaged with Xen 4.1. I know it's possible to do it with Xen 4.2 by compiling it. Otherwise, I know that Citrix want to be up to date with XAPI/Xen 4.3 and they will (or they already are) work on it (see https://github.com/xapi-project/ocaml-xen-lowlevel-libs/pull/37 ) As XenServer is their main product for server virt, I think Citrix will develop compatible XAPI+new version of Xen for next version (I'm not working for them, so I can't be sure, but it will be logical: their previous work was like that). After all, XenServer is a packaged distro with Xen and XAPI. edit: now (since June 2013) XenServer is free, it's my main distro for my servers. It just works. No more long install for my stuff, I only focus on VM.
February 9, 201412 yr Install If you have a XenServer or a Xen install + XAPI, you just have to download our appliance* and follow these steps: [*] Download it here [*] Import it in your XenServer installation by doing “xe vm-import filename=xoa3.xva” or import it with XenCenter [*] Start it (“xe vm-start vm=XOA” or with XenCenter). Remember this VM uses DHCP. [*]Then you can go on http://your-vm-ip in your browser. *: a Debian VM with all the stuff installed + update/restart script -bash: xe: command not found
February 9, 201412 yr Install If you have a XenServer or a Xen install + XAPI, you just have to download our appliance* and follow these steps: [*] Download it here [*] Import it in your XenServer installation by doing “xe vm-import filename=xoa3.xva” or import it with XenCenter [*] Start it (“xe vm-start vm=XOA” or with XenCenter). Remember this VM uses DHCP. [*]Then you can go on http://your-vm-ip in your browser. *: a Debian VM with all the stuff installed + update/restart script -bash: xe: command not found Well, you haven't the adapted Xen backend. You need XAPI, not libxl/xend/libvirt. Check my previous post explaining how you can "talk" to Xen.
February 9, 201412 yr A little confused I think? Basically we install the Debian VM appliance and then that appliance runs XO which talks to our Xen 4.3 host (unraid?).
February 9, 201412 yr Here is how it works: XO Appliance contain all XO code (xo-server and xo-web). xo-server is a daemon, ready to communicate with every XAPI enabled host. xo-web is executed in your browser and communicate with xo-server. So quickly: XAPI Host (let's say XenServer for example) <----> VM "XOA" with xo-server <-----> client with web browser running xo-web I don't know where unRAID is running (in a VM or bare metal?). If it's a VM, you can see it in the list of VM with XO. edit: check this: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=30719.0 edit : global XO architecture here: http://fr.slideshare.net/xen_com_mgr/xpus13-lambert
February 9, 201412 yr Ah. We are talking, in this forum at least, about using unRAID as the HOST, with Xen 4.3 which doesn't support XAPI. So, this won't work for us yet how I was hoping. Looking forward to the XAPI stack being supported by Xen and not just XenServer.
February 9, 201412 yr Ah. We are talking, in this forum at least, about using unRAID as the HOST, with Xen 4.3 which doesn't support XAPI. So, this won't work for us yet how I was hoping. Looking forward to the XAPI stack being supported by Xen and not just XenServer. You mean XAPI supported by Xen 4.3? I think it can be the case but not packaged so far.
February 9, 201412 yr Are there any hope for XAPI being included in the upcoming Xen 4.4? Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
February 9, 201412 yr Are there any hope for XAPI being included in the upcoming Xen 4.4? Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk I think the best way is to ask on XAPI devel list: [email protected]
February 9, 201412 yr Maybe someone should ping/PM Tom on this to figure out what can be done or what his plans were. Sent from my LG-VS980 using Tapatalk
February 9, 201412 yr From what he has said in a previous post, he will be building a simple plugin to start stop VMs.
February 9, 201412 yr Author From what he has said in a previous post, he will be building a simple plugin to start stop VMs. He did, this is alot more than a simple plugin though.
February 9, 201412 yr Here is a recap of toolstacks: http://wiki.xen.org/mediawiki/images/c/c5/ToolStacks.png[/img] As you can see, it's technically possible to run XAPI+"any" Xen on XAPI. I'll take a look if I find anything with Xen 4.3 and XAPI. Which distro is your host OS for unRaid? edit: if it's Debian testing, I think it's possible to build XAPI on it (or get/build packages somewhere)
February 9, 201412 yr xo: its built off of Slackware 14.1 x64. If you do find a way, PM LimeLight to see if he will include it in the next beta then either create a plugin based installer. Sent from my LG-VS980 using Tapatalk
February 9, 201412 yr If have no idea for Slackware. I found that Ubuntu package XAPI and Xen 4.3, so at least we know it's possible (http://packages.ubuntu.com/fr/saucy/xcp-xapi). It maybe requires source install for Slack, but I don't know how many changes did you made in the base distro for unRaid. Maybe the easiest way is to use PCI Pass-through for unRaid in a VM in XenServer (I saw a topic in this very forum about it) . But I can't say as I don't know a lot of thing about it At least, you know what is required for Xen Orchestra. Libvirt version would eventually be built, but nothing before 2015 as I said. If you need other information about Xen project or Xen Orchestra, ask me!
February 9, 201412 yr Following this with interest... Here's a starting point: http://xenproject.org/developers/teams/xapi.html
February 9, 201412 yr This isn't possible for us until xapi catches up so to speak. Thanks though xo Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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