Vates VMS Documentation
Welcome to the official documentation for Vates and the Vates Virtualization Management Stack (VMS).
This is the central resource for everything related to our products, services, and community. Whether you are evaluating our stack, deploying it in production, or contributing to development, this is where you’ll find the information you need.
🪐 About Vates
Vates is the company behind the Vates VMS: a fully open-source, end-to-end virtualization platform. Our mission is to provide a transparent, sovereign, and enterprise-grade alternative to proprietary solutions, built on strong open-source foundations.
⚡ What we do
We build a completly secure and open virtualization stack, see for yourself.
| Project | Description | Links / License |
|---|---|---|
| 🚀 XCP-ng | Turnkey open source virtualization platform, based on Xen. | - GitHub organization - Website - Hosted in the Linux Foundation within the Xen Project |
| 🛰️ Xen Orchestra | Centralized management, orchestration, backup and cloud-enabler platform for XCP-ng. | - GitHub repository - Website - Licensed under aGPLv3 |
| 🛸 XO Proxy | Scale your backup and/or span your infrastructure globally without needing tunnels. | - GitHub repository - Website - Licensed under aGPLv3 |
| 🔭 XO Lite | Integrated, lightweight solution to manage a local XCP-ng pool. | - GitHub repository - Website - Licensed under aGPLv3 |
| ☄️ XOSTOR | Hyperconvergence stack for XCP-ng, based on LINSTOR from LINBIT. | - GitHub repository - Website - Licensed under GPLv3 |
| ⚙️ DevOps Tools | Integrate Xen Orchestra with infrastructure-as-code tools. | - Terraform / OpenTofu provider - Pulumi provider - Packer plugin - PowerShell module - Xen Orchestra Go SDK - Ansible dynamic inventory - Kubernetes CCM - Various licenses |
📘 What you’ll find here
- Product Documentation – Installation, configuration, and usage guides for each component of the stack
- Technical References – APIs, integration notes, and developer resources
- Security – Security processes and Vates Security Advisories (VSA)
- Community & Ecosystem – Contribution guidelines, events, and partner information
🤷 Who this documentation is for
- System administrators deploying or operating the Vates stack
- Developers contributing to or integrating with our projects
- Partners and customers seeking technical references or best practices
- Anyone interested in open-source virtualization
🥇 Get involved
Vates products are fully open source. You can:
- Join the community forums: https://xcp-ng.org/forum
- Contribute code, documentation, or feedback on GitHub: https://github.com/vatesfr
- Explore our professional services and support: https://vates.tech
⏭️ Next steps
✨ Your journey with Vates starts here.