Managing different locations from one XO?

[Pete.S]

We're refreshing our hardware and looking at different options how to manage our xcp-ng hosts.

Is there a problem having XO manage xcp-ng hosts in different datacenters over VPN links?

What data traffic is passing through the XO instance except actual commands? Backups? VM migration?

[olivierlambert]

Hi!

1. No problem. If you don't want to use a VPN, you can rely on XO Proxy to act as a "host" proxy in each site.
2. That's also why using XO proxy is great because it mean backup traffic will stay on the same network/site where your proxies are.
3. Only backup/export/replication traffic will flow through XO or a proxy, not VM migration nor anything else.

[Pete.S]

@olivierlambert said in Managing different locations from one XO?:

Hi!

1. No problem. If you don't want to use a VPN, you can rely on XO Proxy to act as a "host" proxy in each site.
2. That's also why using XO proxy is great because it mean backup traffic will stay on the same network/site where your proxies are.
3. Only backup/export/replication traffic will flow through XO or a proxy, not VM migration nor anything else.

Thanks! Is the proxy open source as well?
Is it a standalone appliance or how is it deployed in each location?

OK, it looks like it's a VM and it's deployed remotely from XO - if you have a license.
https://xen-orchestra.com/docs/proxy.html#architecture

[olivierlambert]

The code is open source but you need to install it and configure it yourself (if you are using XO from Github)

[Pete.S]

@olivierlambert said in Managing different locations from one XO?:

The code is open source but you need to install it and configure it yourself (if you are using XO from Github)

OK, that makes sense.