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This guide assumes you already have a running Ubuntu 15.10 system on which you want to configure Xen Orchestra, everything else is documented below.

TL;DR: Run this command as root on Ubuntu 15.10...

sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scottalanmiller/xenorchestra_installer/master/xo_install.sh | bash

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During the installation of your OS, you'll want to create a user outside of root, I made my user account xoadmin

How to Install Xen Orchestra Source on Ubuntu 15.10 (self compiled) AKA MANUAL installation

sudo apt-get install --yes nfs-common
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install --yes nodejs
curl -o /usr/local/bin/n https://raw.githubusercontent.com/visionmedia/n/master/bin/n
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/n
n stable
node -v
npm -v
sudo apt-get install --yes build-essential redis-server libpng-dev git python-minimal
git clone -b stable https://github.com/vatesfr/xo-server
git clone -b stable https://github.com/vatesfr/xo-web
cd xo-server
sudo npm install && npm run build
cp sample.config.yaml .xo-server.yaml
nano .xo-server.yaml

#Edit and uncomment it to have the right path to XO-Web, because XO-Server embeds an HTTP server (we assume that XO-Server and XO-Web are on the same directory). It's near the end of the file:
#  mounts: '/': '../home/xoadmin/xo-web/dist/
#  save and exit

cd ~
cd ../xo-web
sudo npm i [email protected]
sudo npm install
sudo npm run build
cd ../xo-server
sudo npm start

The scripted installation thanks to @scottalanmiller

Github Repo

Below is the preferred Installation method. It includes the systemctl xo-server.service written by @Danp

sudo bash
<password>
sudo curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scottalanmiller/xenorchestra_installer/master/xo_install.sh | bash
<password>

In your favorite web-browser go to this VM's IP Address, login with the default user: [email protected] and "admin" for the password. Update your Login Details!!

Add your Xen Server(s) and go to town.

Automatically Start XO at Boot - See this Post by @Danp Also copied below.

Create a file in /etc/systemd/system/xo-server.service and enter the below into it.

# systemd service for XO-Server.

 [Unit]
 Description= XO Server
 After=network-online.target

 [Service]
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/xo-server/
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node ./bin/xo-server
 Restart=always
 SyslogIdentifier=xo-server

 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save the file, and then run to enable the service at start up.

sudo systemctl enable xo-server.service

To monitor the service you can then run

journalctl -u xo-server -f -n 50

For everyone on the newer releases of the "stable build" at least as of April-8-2016 there appears to be a bug when attempting to mount an NFS share; to resolve this follow the short process below

• Login to your XO web console
• Go to Backup
• Select Remote Stores
• Add your NFS Share, it'll likely fail out(unless it's been fixed since this posting)
• Back on your XO console go to /tmp/xo-server/mounts
• Run "ls" to see what mount is listed on your server
• Next run "mount -t nfs nfs-server-ip-address:/path/to-share remote-#"

Replacing nfs-server-ip-address with the actual IP of the remote server and the remote-# with whatever is listed on your console.

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@nerdydad said in Fake Wall or Wall Closet?:

Any suggestions?

Tell your CFO to stop giving tours of your server room and focus on saving money for more important things.

Messing with @Minion-Queen

I'm wondering why I don't have a tank!

Since Scott is our resident expert on said topic, I figure here would be as good a place as any to post SW articles regarding IT people who are in a position where they are unknowingly building an IPOD.

@BradfromxByte thank you for dealing with all of the back and forth and kick ass servers.

@wrcombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Seeing my check pending for tomorrow and internally crying.

Isn't that every paycheck (it is for me)

Grabbing lunch, probably a beer too.

@gros96 if you've been using a nas and just purchased a server without any plan on how you're going to use it you need to take a step back and get a better understanding of what your business needs.

While anyone could recommend a Linux distro or Windows, more details would be needed.

@scottalanmiller said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nbc-slip-n-slide-diarrhea_n_60c4ca39e4b0daf882b7ecac

I think the show would've been more entertaining to watch someone have ED on the first run and then see which contestants complete the challenge without clearing the Slip-n-slide...

Those who refuse get kicked off first.

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://news.itsfoss.com/linus-torvalds-get-vaccinated/

While I agree with him, why is this "news"? I have a coworker that believes the vaccine is something nefarious, but ignores the billions of people who have/are getting vaccinated as proof and only takes these random articles as proof that something is amiss.

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Teams vulnerability exposed user data.

https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/vulnerability-in-microsoft-teams-granted-attackers-access-to-emails-messages-and-personal-files

Tons of vulnerabilities expose user data.

Key here in my mind is

Limitations

However, Grant pointed out, the malicious actor would have to be a member of the Microsoft Teams organization that they are attacking, meaning it would only work in the context of an insider threat attack.

This concept is fundamentally flawed as an attacker could easily setup an account within the tenant, and makes it seem as though this is only vulnerable to bad actors with the organization who otherwise are supposed to "be there".

@wirestyle22 just a thought, but can you remove the out of date version and leave just the current 1.0.1?

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Teams vulnerability exposed user data.

https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/vulnerability-in-microsoft-teams-granted-attackers-access-to-emails-messages-and-personal-files

Who would use teams on a personal computer.... eww the hackers can have my company data

@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

D***** Ohio, municipal broadband are the only outstanding options in the state. You better not ban it!

https://www.govtech.com/policy/ohio-senate-republicans-move-to-bar-municipal-broadband

Of course they'll try and ban it, anything to help suppress the vote. Register to vote by online registration, nah... you can go to the DMV and wait in line for hours etc.

From here though

This format should work

Date value types can also be compared with relational operators like greater than or less than, or specified as a range with the range operator ... For example, received:>11/30/2013, sent:>=yesterday, and received:12/1/2013..today are all valid query strings.