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!

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.
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.
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!

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.

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.

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.