EOL: XCP-ng Center has come to an end (New Maintainer!)

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Aleksander

YES PLEASE make 2024.11 realise of XCP-ng Center for 8.3 version of XCP-ng.
If I can help (and if I know how to do it) please let's me know.

michael.manley

Hello Everyone,

I put a release out of vNext Build 24308 as a normal release. Although its a vNext build, its pretty stable and works with 8.3.

I plan to do some changes before 24.11 comes out in GA but I just wanted to get something out now so you all have a version that is 8.3 compatible.

Please test and report any bugs you may notice. I will mention also 24.11 will change how settings are done which will allow for a portable version of XCP-ng Center. More to come later.

Aleksander

@michael-manley
Thank you for new realize.
I install it on my PC and connect to my pools.
First impressions are good, works fine, after 1/2 usage I don't get any error of found bug.
I will use this version and report any issues if I found any.

Seneken

@michael-manley Thank so yo much Mr. Manley

faciulula

Thank you @michael-manley

I have waiting for update for XCP-ng Center for so many years. Now adding new disks to VM when you have a lot of LUN connected to pool works very fast ans smooth.

faciulula

I have found a bug which occurs in latest version and also in nightly versions of XCP-ng Center. We you have server list with few connection it takes about 20-25 after inputing master password when they will appear.

Missing connections list after inputing master password:

Connection list appears after 20-25 seconds of waiting:

e32sp

Thanks a lot for the good work. Came right in time. Never finding anything fast in XOA.

michael.manley

Hello Everyone!

Thought I'd get peoples views on this. Since XCP-ng Center is Windows only and basically stuck on .NET Framework 4.8, I am considering switching the UI over to Avalonia, rewriting the whole UI for that change, and upgrade to .NET 8.0. This will also allow Linux users to use XCP-ng Center as well.

bnerickson

@michael-manley Speaking as a recent Linux desktop convert, I approve

laurentm

I still keep a Windows 10 VM just to be able to run XCP-NG Center.

Despite XOA is a great powerfull tool to perform backups and warm migrations, XCP-NG Center
is much moreuser-friendly when you want to check more than one server at once.

Having it on a Linux Desktop could be the most welcome improvement.

Thanks.

markr

@michael-manley sounds like a plan.