How to deploy XO on ESXi
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I need to deploy Xen Orchestra on ESXi.
When I download Xen Orchestra, the downloaded file is in XVA format and it is impossible to import it to ESXi directly.
Now, I will try to convert using VMware Converter but I am looking for easier way to deploy XO on ESXi (if there is any)
(I know XO is based on Xen but I wish there was a OVA template for XO to deploy it on ESXi. Or ISO would work too.)
Thank you.
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Hi,
It's not a recommended setup but we have some users doing it already. I'm not aware of any specific issue doing it, and yes, it requires a conversion. It's not bundled "as is" because it's not supported "by default" (since we don't have any xenstore on ESXi, we cannot use our quick deploy tool, so it's a lot more manual work).
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@yzgulec said in How to deploy XO on ESXi:
I need to deploy Xen Orchestra on ESXi.
When I download Xen Orchestra, the downloaded file is in XVA format and it is impossible to import it to ESXi directly.
Now, I will try to convert using VMware Converter but I am looking for easier way to deploy XO on ESXi (if there is any)
(I know XO is based on Xen but I wish there was a OVA template for XO to deploy it on ESXi. Or ISO would work too.)
Thank you.
Just create a Debian VM and then follow the Built from Source or XOCE installation process.
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Thank you for replies.
I just used VMware Converter for V2V (seems more practical for me)
The trick was to enable Root user and enable SSH connection for Root user so that VMware Converter can start the conversion process.
There were some errors about registration and updater service, so I applied the following guide (although I am not sure if this solved the issue):
https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/5990/register-instance-of-xo-running-on-hyper-v/4?_=1742821441300
Now everything is working as expected.
Thank you.
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@yzgulec said in How to deploy XO on ESXi:
I just used VMware Converter for V2V (seems more practical for me)
Installing from Source or using an installation script from the community is also very straight-forwards.
Maybe 10 minutes worth of setup for the OS and then for at least my github it's a single line installation.
