The Xen Orchestra Cloud Controller Manager (CCM) registers new nodes, keeps them labeled with Xen Orchestra metadata, and cleans them up when their backing VM disappears. It supports multiple pools, so a single Kubernetes cluster can span several Xen Orchestra pools.
The CCM maps Kubernetes topology labels to Xen Orchestra objects:
topology.kubernetes.io/region→ Xen Orchestra pool (clusters[].region)topology.kubernetes.io/zone→ host name (VM container)
- cloud-node — registers nodes, sets
providerID, node addresses, taints, and Xen Orchestra labels during initialization. - cloud-node-lifecycle — removes Kubernetes nodes when their VM is deleted in Xen Orchestra.
- cloud-node-label-sync — periodically reconciles Xen Orchestra metadata back to Kubernetes nodes after moves or manual changes, keeping both current and original pool/host labels.
# config.yaml
# URL of the Xen Orchestra API (http or https)
url: https://xoa.example.com
insecure: false
# Authentication (choose one)
token: "123ABC"
# username: admin@admin.net
# password: "s3cret"- Either
tokenorusername/passwordis required. urlmust include a scheme; setinsecure: trueonly when you explicitly want to skip TLS verification.
When a node is initialized, the CCM sets providerID to xenorchestra://<pool-id>/<vm-id> and applies labels derived from Xen Orchestra metadata. Example:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Node
metadata:
labels:
node.kubernetes.io/instance-type: 2vCPU-1GB
topology.kubernetes.io/region: 3679fe1a-d058-4055-b800-d30e1bd2af48
topology.kubernetes.io/zone: 3d6764fe-dc88-42bf-9147-c87d54a73f21
topology.k8s.xenorchestra/host_id: 3d6764fe-dc88-42bf-9147-c87d54a73f21
topology.k8s.xenorchestra/host_name_label: hpmc11
topology.k8s.xenorchestra/pool_id: 3679fe1a-d058-4055-b800-d30e1bd2af48
topology.k8s.xenorchestra/pool_name_label: devops-tools-moonshot
topology.k8s.xenorchestra/original_host_id: 3d6764fe-dc88-42bf-9147-c87d54a73f21
topology.k8s.xenorchestra/original_pool_id: 3679fe1a-d058-4055-b800-d30e1bd2af48
vm.k8s.xenorchestra/name_label: cgn-microk8s-recipe---Control-Plane
name: worker-1
spec:
providerID: xenorchestra://3679fe1a-d058-4055-b800-d30e1bd2af48/8f0d32f8-3ce5-487f-9793-431bab66c115See docs/install.md for installation options (manifests and Helm chart) and configuration details.
See docs/faq.md for answers to common questions.
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Thanks to sergelogvinov for the initial implementation.