I was tinkering in my lab recently, and installing (or trying to) Xen Orchestra, whcih is a VMware vCenter server alternative as a management of XCP-NG hypervisors. I have already reported about XCP-NG on several blog posts, but in reality, I haven't really did a blog post about Xen Orchestra which is the main piece, as you need it to manage multiple XCP-NG hosts from a single UI.
Xen Orchestra (XO) is a complete, open-source solution for managing, visualizing, backing up, and delegating control over XCP-ng and XenServer virtualization infrastructures. It serves as the official web-based management interface for XCP-ng, offering a centralized, agentless platform accessible via a browser.
Xen Orchestra is an Open Source software developped and maintained by Vates, which, when you want to use it in production, you have much easier way to install it (via pre-built virtual appliance) than I show you today, via script. Also, the installation via script from Roni Väyrynen I'm showing today is good for labs only as it is not officially supported by Vates. XOA (Xen Orchestra Appliance) is a fullblown, prebuilt VM image (recommended for production) with professional support, automatic updates, and a trial for premium features.
But let's get back to our lab installation, via script. There is no GUI-based installation process for Xen Orchestra from sources on any Linux distro. So for users not familiar with Linux it might be an issue. The installation must be performed via the command line, but then, as each distro is different and many dependencies required, the script is graat help as it is able to gather the dependencies right and left whiel recognizing the distro that it is running on. (note only the supported distros works!). So yes, the XenOrchestraInstallerUpdater script greatly simplifies the manual steps and handles dependencies, compilation, and service setup.
The script is maintained by Roni Väyrynen and it's freely available on github. (if you like it, support the author – via PayPal!) The script can also do updates or rollbacks. It supports many Linux distributions or even containers. In my case, I picked up Rocky Linux 10. (there is CentOS 10 Stream, CentOS 9 Stream, AlmaLinux 10, AlmaLinux 9, AlmaLinux 8, Rocky Linux 10, Rocky Linux 9, Rocky Linux 8, Debian 13, Debian 12, Debian 11, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04.
Steps to Install Xen Orchestra from Sources on Rocky Linux 10 (Using Script)
Update System
sudo dnf -y update
sudo systemctl reboot
Install Required Tools
sudo dnf install -y git curl wget vim
Download the Installer Script
git clone https://github.com/ronivay/XenOrchestraInstallerUpdater.git
cd XenOrchestraInstallerUpdater
cp sample.xo-install.cfg xo-install.cfg
Edit Configuration (Optional)
Open xo-install.cfg with vim or nano.
Set PORT=”443″ (or another port).
Set PRESERVE=”15″ to keep 15 backup configurations.
Save and exit.
Run the Installer
sudo ./xo-install.sh
Select Option 1 for a fresh install.
The script will install Node.js, Yarn, dependencies, build Xen Orchestra, and set up the service.
And then, simply go to the main page of Xen Orchestra
Default credentials
User: [email protected]
Password: admin
The new Xen Orchestra 6 is the default. (note: you can go back to XO5 via link showing within the UI).
More about XCP-NG
- Veeam Backup and Replication Plug-in for XCP-NG Enters Public Beta: Powering Up Xen Hypervisor Backups
- VMware to Vates – Migration tool for XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra
- Agentless Backup Solutions for XCP-ng Hypervisor: External Vendor Options
- XCP-NG FREE Hypervisor and XO Lite to deploy XOA
- XCP-NG Virtualization Platform with management by Xen Orchestra
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