Xen Orchestra 6.1 is now available! Many improvements, both in terms of UI, REST API but also for our devops tools: Packer/Terraform providers, an official doc for Talos and much more.
It's also the opportunity to announce our tech partnership with Pure Storage!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
It's also the opportunity to announce our tech partnership with Pure Storage!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Xen Orchestra 6.1
Welcome to our first release of 2026: Pure Storage partnership, new features in XO 6, Kubernetes CCM and much more!
xen-orchestra.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Xen Orchestra 6.1 is now available! Many improvements, both in terms of UI, REST API but also for our devops tools: Packer/Terraform providers, an official doc for Talos and much more.
It's also the opportunity to announce our tech partnership with Pure Storage!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
It's also the opportunity to announce our tech partnership with Pure Storage!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
As we step into 2026, the whole Vates team thanks our customers, partners, and community for your trust and feedback.
2025 was a year of strong growth and major milestones. 2026 will be even more ambitious!
Happy New Year! Let’s keep building, together. 🚀
2025 was a year of strong growth and major milestones. 2026 will be even more ambitious!
Happy New Year! Let’s keep building, together. 🚀
January 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
As we step into 2026, the whole Vates team thanks our customers, partners, and community for your trust and feedback.
2025 was a year of strong growth and major milestones. 2026 will be even more ambitious!
Happy New Year! Let’s keep building, together. 🚀
2025 was a year of strong growth and major milestones. 2026 will be even more ambitious!
Happy New Year! Let’s keep building, together. 🚀
XO 6.0 is now live 🎉
The first version has landed in the latest release channel and is now the default UI, bringing also native OpenMetrics support and many other improvements.
And as a cherry on the cake, we’re also announcing QCOW2 reaching RC1 and a very early XCP-ng 9.0 demonstrator to test 🎅
The first version has landed in the latest release channel and is now the default UI, bringing also native OpenMetrics support and many other improvements.
And as a cherry on the cake, we’re also announcing QCOW2 reaching RC1 and a very early XCP-ng 9.0 demonstrator to test 🎅
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
XO 6.0 is now live 🎉
The first version has landed in the latest release channel and is now the default UI, bringing also native OpenMetrics support and many other improvements.
And as a cherry on the cake, we’re also announcing QCOW2 reaching RC1 and a very early XCP-ng 9.0 demonstrator to test 🎅
The first version has landed in the latest release channel and is now the default UI, bringing also native OpenMetrics support and many other improvements.
And as a cherry on the cake, we’re also announcing QCOW2 reaching RC1 and a very early XCP-ng 9.0 demonstrator to test 🎅
Xen Orchestra 5.112 is out! 🎃
Mirror backup sync merge, new XO 6 views, big REST API milestone, Lenovo IPMI, NetBox 4.4 support… And more!
Plus a recap of our recent announcements: @veeam.com beta for XCP-ng, signed Windows drivers & large disk support!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Mirror backup sync merge, new XO 6 views, big REST API milestone, Lenovo IPMI, NetBox 4.4 support… And more!
Plus a recap of our recent announcements: @veeam.com beta for XCP-ng, signed Windows drivers & large disk support!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Xen Orchestra 5.112
Trick or feature? Discover everything new in Xen Orchestra 5.112 from major improvements and REST API upgrades to the long-awaited VEEAM public beta with native XCP-ng support!
xen-orchestra.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Xen Orchestra 5.112 is out! 🎃
Mirror backup sync merge, new XO 6 views, big REST API milestone, Lenovo IPMI, NetBox 4.4 support… And more!
Plus a recap of our recent announcements: @veeam.com beta for XCP-ng, signed Windows drivers & large disk support!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Mirror backup sync merge, new XO 6 views, big REST API milestone, Lenovo IPMI, NetBox 4.4 support… And more!
Plus a recap of our recent announcements: @veeam.com beta for XCP-ng, signed Windows drivers & large disk support!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
🚀 Big news for Windows users on XCP-ng!
After years of work and collaboration with Microsoft, Vates is proud to announce that our Windows PV drivers are now officially digitally signed and ready for production use.
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/10...
After years of work and collaboration with Microsoft, Vates is proud to announce that our Windows PV drivers are now officially digitally signed and ready for production use.
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/10...
Signed Windows PV drivers now available
After years of work and collaboration with Microsoft, we are proud to announce that the XCP-ng Windows PV drivers are now officially signed and ready for production, marking a major milestone in our j...
xcp-ng.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚀 Big news for Windows users on XCP-ng!
After years of work and collaboration with Microsoft, Vates is proud to announce that our Windows PV drivers are now officially digitally signed and ready for production use.
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/10...
After years of work and collaboration with Microsoft, Vates is proud to announce that our Windows PV drivers are now officially digitally signed and ready for production use.
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/10...
🛰️ XO 5.111 is out!
New features, improvements, announcements, from our first Vates Security Advisories to EasyVirt integration, Core UI updates, backup refinements, REST API progress, and more.
Full release notes 👉 xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
New features, improvements, announcements, from our first Vates Security Advisories to EasyVirt integration, Core UI updates, backup refinements, REST API progress, and more.
Full release notes 👉 xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Xen Orchestra 5.111
Xen Orchestra 5.111 is out! This release brings key security improvements, smoother backup and UI experiences, deeper XOA integrations, and new DevOps tools to keep your infrastructure efficient and s...
xen-orchestra.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🛰️ XO 5.111 is out!
New features, improvements, announcements, from our first Vates Security Advisories to EasyVirt integration, Core UI updates, backup refinements, REST API progress, and more.
Full release notes 👉 xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
New features, improvements, announcements, from our first Vates Security Advisories to EasyVirt integration, Core UI updates, backup refinements, REST API progress, and more.
Full release notes 👉 xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Reposted by Vates
2 weeks ago, ETH Zürich revealed VMScape, a new CPU side-channel attack.
KVM and VMware are affected, Xen isn’t.
Not because Xen is flawless, but because its microkernel-like design puts security first.
virtualize.sh/blog/vmscape...
KVM and VMware are affected, Xen isn’t.
Not because Xen is flawless, but because its microkernel-like design puts security first.
virtualize.sh/blog/vmscape...
VMScape and why Xen dodged it
ETH Zürich’s new VMScape attack hit KVM and VMware, but Xen’s microkernel-like design kept it out of reach.
virtualize.sh
September 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
2 weeks ago, ETH Zürich revealed VMScape, a new CPU side-channel attack.
KVM and VMware are affected, Xen isn’t.
Not because Xen is flawless, but because its microkernel-like design puts security first.
virtualize.sh/blog/vmscape...
KVM and VMware are affected, Xen isn’t.
Not because Xen is flawless, but because its microkernel-like design puts security first.
virtualize.sh/blog/vmscape...
We reviewed the recent NPM supply chain attack: Xen Orchestra production users (XOA or from source) are not affected: only dev environments could be at risk if yarn.lock was ignored.
More details at: docs.vates.tech/security/adv...
More details at: docs.vates.tech/security/adv...
VSA-2025-001: npm supply chain attack | Vates VMS Documentation
| Date published | Last updated | Severity | CVSS 4.0 score | Affected products |
docs.vates.tech
September 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We reviewed the recent NPM supply chain attack: Xen Orchestra production users (XOA or from source) are not affected: only dev environments could be at risk if yarn.lock was ignored.
More details at: docs.vates.tech/security/adv...
More details at: docs.vates.tech/security/adv...
🛰️ XO 5.110 is here!
10–20x faster VMware migrations ⚡
VEEAM closed beta with native XCP-ng ✅
First redesigned backup UI in XO 6 🎨
…and plenty more improvements!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
10–20x faster VMware migrations ⚡
VEEAM closed beta with native XCP-ng ✅
First redesigned backup UI in XO 6 🎨
…and plenty more improvements!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Xen Orchestra 5.110
Migration, storage, and backup take a big step forward this month.
xen-orchestra.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🛰️ XO 5.110 is here!
10–20x faster VMware migrations ⚡
VEEAM closed beta with native XCP-ng ✅
First redesigned backup UI in XO 6 🎨
…and plenty more improvements!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
10–20x faster VMware migrations ⚡
VEEAM closed beta with native XCP-ng ✅
First redesigned backup UI in XO 6 🎨
…and plenty more improvements!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Reposted by Vates
Great news for those relying on @veeam.com 🎉
If you’re part of the Veeam 100 Program, you can already test the brand-new XCP-ng plugin, bringing native compatibility between the Vates stack and Veeam products!
If you’re part of the Veeam 100 Program, you can already test the brand-new XCP-ng plugin, bringing native compatibility between the Vates stack and Veeam products!
August 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Great news for those relying on @veeam.com 🎉
If you’re part of the Veeam 100 Program, you can already test the brand-new XCP-ng plugin, bringing native compatibility between the Vates stack and Veeam products!
If you’re part of the Veeam 100 Program, you can already test the brand-new XCP-ng plugin, bringing native compatibility between the Vates stack and Veeam products!
Reposted by Vates
We’re now upstream maintainers of the Windows PV drivers 🥳 It’s the result of months of work to improve things where it really matters.
Along the way, we found a vuln, one that led the biggest cloud provider to patch millions of VMs 🤯
That’s what involvement looks like!
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/07...
Along the way, we found a vuln, one that led the biggest cloud provider to patch millions of VMs 🤯
That’s what involvement looks like!
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/07...
Windows PV drivers: update and roadmap
From downstream fixes to upstream collaboration, here's where we stand with Windows PV drivers. And where we're headed next!
xcp-ng.org
August 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We’re now upstream maintainers of the Windows PV drivers 🥳 It’s the result of months of work to improve things where it really matters.
Along the way, we found a vuln, one that led the biggest cloud provider to patch millions of VMs 🤯
That’s what involvement looks like!
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/07...
Along the way, we found a vuln, one that led the biggest cloud provider to patch millions of VMs 🤯
That’s what involvement looks like!
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/07...
Xen Orchestra 5.108 just landed. So far, likely the biggest release of the year! Tons of new endpoints for the REST API, Qcow2 backup, Azure Storage, many new views in XO 6 & XO Lite and so on. DevOps side is also well packed with a CCM for XO among other things.
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Xen Orchestra 5.108
June’s XO 5.108 release is packed with major updates, reflecting our current focus areas: backups, REST API, UI evolution, and DevOps tooling.
xen-orchestra.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Xen Orchestra 5.108 just landed. So far, likely the biggest release of the year! Tons of new endpoints for the REST API, Qcow2 backup, Azure Storage, many new views in XO 6 & XO Lite and so on. DevOps side is also well packed with a CCM for XO among other things.
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Reposted by Vates
Just after XCP-ng 8.3 became LTS, we kicked off the journey to 9.0. Things are getting real: we're moving from early exploration to a first concrete target.
XO 6.0 as the default UI + XCP-ng 9.0 pre-pre-pre-alpha in 2025?
Maybe 👀 Stay tuned!
XO 6.0 as the default UI + XCP-ng 9.0 pre-pre-pre-alpha in 2025?
Maybe 👀 Stay tuned!
June 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Just after XCP-ng 8.3 became LTS, we kicked off the journey to 9.0. Things are getting real: we're moving from early exploration to a first concrete target.
XO 6.0 as the default UI + XCP-ng 9.0 pre-pre-pre-alpha in 2025?
Maybe 👀 Stay tuned!
XO 6.0 as the default UI + XCP-ng 9.0 pre-pre-pre-alpha in 2025?
Maybe 👀 Stay tuned!
✅ XCP-ng 8.3 is now LTS!
– Long Term Support status
– XOSTOR now supported
– Refreshed ISOs with latest updates & security fixes
No new version to install if you're already on 8.3: just keep updating!
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/06...
– Long Term Support status
– XOSTOR now supported
– Refreshed ISOs with latest updates & security fixes
No new version to install if you're already on 8.3: just keep updating!
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/06...
XCP-ng 8.3 is now LTS
Today, XCP-ng 8.3 becomes LTS, including new ISOs and XOSTOR officially available with it.
xcp-ng.org
June 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
✅ XCP-ng 8.3 is now LTS!
– Long Term Support status
– XOSTOR now supported
– Refreshed ISOs with latest updates & security fixes
No new version to install if you're already on 8.3: just keep updating!
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/06...
– Long Term Support status
– XOSTOR now supported
– Refreshed ISOs with latest updates & security fixes
No new version to install if you're already on 8.3: just keep updating!
xcp-ng.org/blog/2025/06...
Reposted by Vates
Europe doesn’t need to build everything. But it does need to stop outsourcing its future.
My thoughts after many many years in deep tech.
virtualize.sh/blog/the-rig...
My thoughts after many many years in deep tech.
virtualize.sh/blog/the-rig...
The right time for Europe
In a world where resilience depends on more than supply chains, Europe must decide where it wants control—and where it’s willing to depend on others.
virtualize.sh
May 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Europe doesn’t need to build everything. But it does need to stop outsourcing its future.
My thoughts after many many years in deep tech.
virtualize.sh/blog/the-rig...
My thoughts after many many years in deep tech.
virtualize.sh/blog/the-rig...
Reposted by Vates
"They came up with a creative workaround: abusing our 30-day trial (initially 15 days until recently), over and over again.
It all started back in April 2015 — yes, a full decade ago."
What the actual f?
(From @vates.bsky.social)
virtualize.sh/blog/ground-...
It all started back in April 2015 — yes, a full decade ago."
What the actual f?
(From @vates.bsky.social)
virtualize.sh/blog/ground-...
Ground control to Major Trial
When a $130M aerospace company chooses to endlessly abuse free trials instead of typing git pull, you start to question gravity, or at least common sense.
virtualize.sh
May 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"They came up with a creative workaround: abusing our 30-day trial (initially 15 days until recently), over and over again.
It all started back in April 2015 — yes, a full decade ago."
What the actual f?
(From @vates.bsky.social)
virtualize.sh/blog/ground-...
It all started back in April 2015 — yes, a full decade ago."
What the actual f?
(From @vates.bsky.social)
virtualize.sh/blog/ground-...
Xen Orchestra 5.106 is out!
Packed with features:
✅ MicroK8s-powered Pyrgos
✅ MS Teams notifications
✅ Audit log continuity
✅ REST API & UI upgrades
✅ Better VMware → Vates migration
…and more!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Packed with features:
✅ MicroK8s-powered Pyrgos
✅ MS Teams notifications
✅ Audit log continuity
✅ REST API & UI upgrades
✅ Better VMware → Vates migration
…and more!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Xen Orchestra 5.106
Big improvements are coming to Xen Orchestra: a new universal backup engine, a smarter SDN controller, and more under the hood. Discover what’s next!
xen-orchestra.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Xen Orchestra 5.106 is out!
Packed with features:
✅ MicroK8s-powered Pyrgos
✅ MS Teams notifications
✅ Audit log continuity
✅ REST API & UI upgrades
✅ Better VMware → Vates migration
…and more!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Packed with features:
✅ MicroK8s-powered Pyrgos
✅ MS Teams notifications
✅ Audit log continuity
✅ REST API & UI upgrades
✅ Better VMware → Vates migration
…and more!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
We’re excited to partner with EasyVirt, to bring capacity planning, infrastructure insights, and sustainable IT to XCP-ng/XO users — including energy & CO₂ impact analysis across your entire stack! 🌱📊
vates.tech/blog/vates-e...
vates.tech/blog/vates-e...
Vates & Easyvirt: a new alliance strengthening the Cloud technology ecosystem
DC Scope brings advanced monitoring, optimization, and sustainability features to XCP-ng environments, offering a powerful, turnkey alternative to VMware Aria.
vates.tech
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We’re excited to partner with EasyVirt, to bring capacity planning, infrastructure insights, and sustainable IT to XCP-ng/XO users — including energy & CO₂ impact analysis across your entire stack! 🌱📊
vates.tech/blog/vates-e...
vates.tech/blog/vates-e...
Can you scale a company to more than 100 people while staying fully self-hosted and using only open source tools?
Check out our updated 2025 stack: what we use, what we replaced, and what’s next!
vates.tech/blog/the-ope...
Check out our updated 2025 stack: what we use, what we replaced, and what’s next!
vates.tech/blog/the-ope...
The Open Source we use at Vates: 2025 edition
How do you scale from 3 to 100 people while staying fully self-hosted and open source? Here's our 2025 update on the tools we use, to prove it’s not just possible, it’s powerful.
vates.tech
April 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Can you scale a company to more than 100 people while staying fully self-hosted and using only open source tools?
Check out our updated 2025 stack: what we use, what we replaced, and what’s next!
vates.tech/blog/the-ope...
Check out our updated 2025 stack: what we use, what we replaced, and what’s next!
vates.tech/blog/the-ope...
Reposted by Vates
I thought it was time to share some perspective on what it takes to build a full virtualization stack.
We’ve learned a lot over the years, often the hard way. Using a platform is one thing. Building and maintaining it is something else entirely.
virtualize.sh/blog/few-bui...
We’ve learned a lot over the years, often the hard way. Using a platform is one thing. Building and maintaining it is something else entirely.
virtualize.sh/blog/few-bui...
Few build Hypervisors. We’re one of them.
Everyone uses virtualization. Few truly understand what they’re building on. That’s why calling hypervisors a commodity is a dangerous illusion.
virtualize.sh
April 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I thought it was time to share some perspective on what it takes to build a full virtualization stack.
We’ve learned a lot over the years, often the hard way. Using a platform is one thing. Building and maintaining it is something else entirely.
virtualize.sh/blog/few-bui...
We’ve learned a lot over the years, often the hard way. Using a platform is one thing. Building and maintaining it is something else entirely.
virtualize.sh/blog/few-bui...
Xen Orchestra 5.105 is now available 🔥 This latest monthly release might be one of our most feature-packed and diverse yet. From the evolving new UI (XO Lite & XO 6) to a brand-new PowerShell provider, we’ve made big strides across the board!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Xen Orchestra 5.105
Spring is coming and this release is blooming with many project, community news and features addition and improvements.
xen-orchestra.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Xen Orchestra 5.105 is now available 🔥 This latest monthly release might be one of our most feature-packed and diverse yet. From the evolving new UI (XO Lite & XO 6) to a brand-new PowerShell provider, we’ve made big strides across the board!
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orc...
Take a guess on what it shows! (still early but "it's alive!"). Answer in ALT 😀
March 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Take a guess on what it shows! (still early but "it's alive!"). Answer in ALT 😀
Reposted by Vates
Monoculture in IT is a trap. It looks simple at first, but leads to lock-in, pricing shocks, and even geopolitical risks. From IE to VMware, we’ve seen it. Diversity isn’t harder—it’s smarter. I wrote about it here 👇
virtualize.sh/blog/please-...
virtualize.sh/blog/please-...
Please stop planting only corn
A blog post in defense of digital biodiversity
virtualize.sh
March 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Monoculture in IT is a trap. It looks simple at first, but leads to lock-in, pricing shocks, and even geopolitical risks. From IE to VMware, we’ve seen it. Diversity isn’t harder—it’s smarter. I wrote about it here 👇
virtualize.sh/blog/please-...
virtualize.sh/blog/please-...
Reposted by Vates
Ça y est, je me suis enfin construit un homelab 🖥️ 🧪 digne de ce nom à l'aide d'un rack 10". Je vous raconte ça dans un billet de blog, avec de vrais morceaux de @vates.bsky.social dedans ! 😊
rodolphe.breard.tf/article/cons...
rodolphe.breard.tf/article/cons...
Construire un homelab virtualisé sur rack 10"
Bien que je dispose d'un serveur dédié loué chez un fournisseur de service
ayant pignon sur rue, j'ai tout de même bien souvent eu un serveur à la maison,
la plupart du temps un vieil ordinateur que j...
rodolphe.breard.tf
March 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Ça y est, je me suis enfin construit un homelab 🖥️ 🧪 digne de ce nom à l'aide d'un rack 10". Je vous raconte ça dans un billet de blog, avec de vrais morceaux de @vates.bsky.social dedans ! 😊
rodolphe.breard.tf/article/cons...
rodolphe.breard.tf/article/cons...