Topic: Hypervisors in the Homelab with Xen Orchestra
Presenter: Jeff Moore
When: Thursday, 11 September 2025 - 7:30 to 9:00pm
Where: North Carolina College of Textiles, room 2207 at 1020 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh NC, 27606
Parking: There is an underground parking deck next to the College at the Monteith Engineering Parking Deck. Parking is free after 5 PM. Detailed parking instructions can be found at https://trilug.org/meetings/
Map: Google Maps
Video: Meeting Recording To Come

Summary:

This month, join Jeff Moore as he talks about homelabbing with Xen Orchestra!
Xen Orchestra has become a popular hypervisor due in part to the licensing changes in vSphere. this will be a walkthrough of an overview of Xen Orchestra, exploring how it is deployed and the design decisions behind those choices, and explore in-depth some its advanced features and how they are used within a broader homelab environment. Topics include things like: VLANs, VM automation, backups, BGP, load balancing. If there's time and/or interest, there will also be an overview of how the popular media streaming app Jellyfin is deployed within Xen Orchestra and Kubernetes.

Jeff is a site reliability engineer and former TriLUG chair who enthusiastically maintains a homelab and enjoys pickleball.


As usual, pizza and beverages will be provided and the meeting will be held at the North Carolina College of Textiles, room 2207, 1020 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh NC, 27606 at 7:30 PM.

Please sign up using the Meetup link so that an accurate headcount can be gathered for pizza and drinks. That link is: TriLUG Meetup

Note that TriLUG meetings start at 7:30 PM this year due to a change in venue availability. Please adjust accordingly

There is an underground parking deck next to the College at the Monteith Engineering Parking Deck. Parking is free after 5 PM.

Call for speakers and topics

We are always looking for potential speakers! If you or someone you know would like to present on a topic please let us know. Contact the TriLUG Steering Committee by email at steering@trilug.org