XCP-ng project

matteo nunziati

@olivier may I suggest to adjust the payload from "XenServer build from the sources" in "XenServer built from the sources"?!

olivier

@scottalanmiller said in XCP-ng project:

I just want to toot my own horn and say that I first suggested this or something like it fourteen months ago to @olivier .... it just took Citrix' decline for another year to invoke some action

Yeah, but without enough incentive to do so, XenServer was more appealing. Now they removed some features, they raised the common interested to do so. And therefore people are more eager to try it now.

scottalanmiller

@olivier said in XCP-ng project:

@scottalanmiller said in XCP-ng project:

I just want to toot my own horn and say that I first suggested this or something like it fourteen months ago to @olivier .... it just took Citrix' decline for another year to invoke some action

Yeah, but without enough incentive to do so, XenServer was more appealing. Now they removed some features, they raised the common interested to do so. And therefore people are more eager to try it now.

Or maybe some of us just say this coming

olivier

@scottalanmiller To be right too early can be a mistake too You just can't invest resources without good reasons.

scottalanmiller

@olivier said in XCP-ng project:

@scottalanmiller To be right too early can be a mistake too You just can't invest resources without good reasons.

That’s why I consider myself a futurist more than anything else.

DustinB3403

Very interesting...

olivier

First PoC is here: https://xcp-ng.github.io/news/2018/01/22/xcp-ng-on-tracks.html

scottalanmiller

@olivier said in XCP-ng project:

First PoC is here: https://xcp-ng.github.io/news/2018/01/22/xcp-ng-on-tracks.html

Awesome, congrats!

travisdh1

@olivier said in XCP-ng project:

First PoC is here: https://xcp-ng.github.io/news/2018/01/22/xcp-ng-on-tracks.html

Great work!

momurda

Good news, and quickly at that!
Question, is your build using the same versions of perl(5 year old release in XS7) and python(nearly 5 years old) as XS7.2?
Is the plan to use more modern versions of these eventually?

DustinB3403

@momurda said in XCP-ng project:

Good news, and quickly at that!
Question, is your build using the same versions of perl(5 year old release in XS7) and python(nearly 5 years old) as XS7.2?
Is the plan to use more modern versions of these eventually?

At the moment, this was directly from 7.2 and just disable the restrictions.

That may come down the pipe based on what I read.

olivier

The short term goal is to have:

the latest XS version with "XenServer" name replaced by XCP-ng
removal of all feature restriction
easy upgrade path from XS to XCP-ng

Mid-term goal:

rely on RPM repo for all operations
validate/authorize more vanilla packages to be used on Dom0 for more integrations within Xen and XAPI

Long-term goal:

contribute directly to mainline (XAPI/drivers)
re-unite XAPI into a mainline without license check

warren.stanley

Seriously - this is fantastic stuff !!

dafyre

The one thing that kept me from using XenServer at my current server provider is that I couldn't get XAPI to listen on custom ports.

PLEASE make that something easily done!

NB: I haven't used XenServer since 7.0.

DustinB3403

Once there is an ISO I'd be happy to test, I'd be interesting in helping the upgrade process as well.

hobbit666

@dustinb3403 said in XCP-ng project:

Once there is an ISO I'd be happy to test, I'd be interesting in helping the upgrade process as well.

^^ Same, happy to test

brandon220

Congratulations on the new endeavor!

Danp

There's now a Kickstarter campaign where we can pledge to support this project. I've already made my pledge. How about you?

momurda

@danp I have as well.

Dashrender

Tossed some dollars that way.