Xen Orchestra

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On the record

Authentication

Xen Orchestra supports LDAP or SSO authentication plugins, role-based access controls and API scoping.vates.tech · read 1 Oct 2026

Automation integrations

The platform provides Ansible inventory, Packer and Terraform providers, Kubernetes recipes and webhooks.vates.tech · read 1 Oct 2026

Backups

The product supports full, incremental, chained, mirrored and replicated backups, backup encryption, recovery checks and file-level restore.vates.tech · read 1 Oct 2026

Deployment

The Xen Orchestra Appliance is a pre-built virtual machine that is deployed on a host, while Xen Orchestra can also be installed from source.docs.xen-orchestra.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Free operation

When the 30-day trial ends, the appliance continues working with the Free feature set and retains data and configuration.docs.xen-orchestra.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Host limits

The plan comparison lists a maximum of three hosts per pool for Essential and Essential+ and 64 hosts per pool for Pro and Enterprise.vates.tech · read 1 Oct 2026

Purpose

Xen Orchestra visualizes, manages, backs up and delegates XCP-ng or XenServer infrastructure across any number of pools and sites without requiring an agent.docs.xen-orchestra.com · read 1 Oct 2026

REST API

The public supported automation interface is Xen Orchestra's REST API, documented with a live OpenAPI reference.docs.xen-orchestra.com · read 1 Oct 2026

Security advisory

Vates reported a Xen Orchestra privilege-escalation vulnerability affecting versions before 6.9.0 and stated that version 6.9.0 released on 2026-09-30 fixes it.docs.vates.tech · read 1 Oct 2026

Security model

Vates describes XCP-ng and Xen Orchestra as fully open and auditable, and says security updates are not gated behind paid support.docs.vates.tech · read 1 Oct 2026

Storage integration

Amazon S3 and other S3-compatible storage can be used as backup destinations.vates.tech · read 1 Oct 2026

Support limits

Essential includes six support tickets per year, while Enterprise includes 24/7 support and a one-hour severity-1 response time.vates.tech · read 1 Oct 2026

Web interfaces

XO 6 and XO 5 run as two web interfaces on the same server and use the same data.docs.xen-orchestra.com · read 1 Oct 2026

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