# Orbit for Xen Orchestra — Manage Your Infrastructure

> Remote management and monitoring for Xen Orchestra virtualization infrastructure. (iPhone/iPad app by Simon Huber.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orbit-for-xen-orchestra/id6761207949 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Simon Huber](https://appshunter.io/developer/1888264347)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 1.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 21 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-03-30
- Data updated: 2026-08-15
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orbit-for-xen-orchestra/id6761207949/reviews.md

## What is Orbit for Xen Orchestra?

Orbit is a companion app for Xen Orchestra that puts your entire virtualization infrastructure at your fingertips. 

Dashboard at a Glance
See running VMs, host status, CPU, memory, and storage usage the moment you open the app. Live stats charts give you real-time visibility into performance.

In-App VM & Host Consoles
Open a full VNC console for any VM or host without leaving the app. Paste credentials directly from Apple Passwords, 1Password, or Bitwarden. Type in six keyboard layouts (US, UK, Swiss German, German, French, Spanish). Customize the quick-action shortcut bar above the keyboard with separate sets for hosts and VMs.

Full VM Management
Start, stop, reboot, suspend, snapshot, revert, and migrate virtual machines. Resize vCPUs, memory, and disks with live sliders. Move individual disks between storage repositories. View OS details, network interfaces, IP addresses, disk usage, and resource allocation. All in one place.

Host & Storage Oversight
Enter maintenance mode with automatic VM migration. Restart toolstacks, emergency-shutdown unresponsive hosts, or take them cleanly offline. Monitor host health, check for missing patches, and drill into any storage repository to see its usage and connected hosts.

Users, Groups & ACL Roles
Admins can create users, manage group memberships, and author ACL v2 roles with fine-grained privileges. Grant roles to individuals or whole groups at once. Review effective privileges and active tokens per user.

Your Account in One Place
A dedicated Account screen for your profile, SSH keys, active sessions per device, and your own effective privileges. Optional Gravatar avatar for a personal touch.

Backup Monitoring
Track backup job status across your environment. New job, run, and log detail screens break down every backup step by step, with warnings, errors, and one-tap copy for sharing with support. Get notified when a job fails or completes with warnings so you can act fast.

Smart Notifications
Background monitoring alerts you to failed tasks, offline hosts, stopped VMs, critical storage, and backup issues. Even when the app is closed. Alerts are deduplicated and summarized so you only hear about what matters. Fully customizable per category.

Multi-Server Support
Save multiple Xen Orchestra instances and switch between them instantly. Notifications stay scoped to your active server.

Built for iPad & iPhone
A native two-column layout on iPad and an optimized single-column experience on iPhone. Every screen rebuilt on a fresh design system with sharper typography, consistent cards, OS-aware VM icons, and alternate app icons.

Secure by Design
Credentials stored in the iOS Keychain and protected by Face ID. Sensitive content blurred in the app switcher. Self-signed certificate support with SHA-256 pinning. Resilient sign-in that holds up on flaky networks.

## Key features

- Real-time dashboard with VM and host status
- Full VNC console access with credential management
- Comprehensive VM lifecycle management
- Host and storage oversight with maintenance mode
- User, group, and ACL role management
- Backup job status monitoring
- Smart background notifications for critical events

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Orbit Pro | $9.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/orbit-for-xen-orchestra/id6761207949/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Crashes Everytime I Open The App

*2026-07-29*

Crashes Everytime I Open The App on newest gen iPad Mini

## Frequently asked questions about Orbit for Xen Orchestra

### What is Orbit for Xen Orchestra?

Orbit for Xen Orchestra is a companion mobile application designed to provide remote management and monitoring capabilities for your Xen Orchestra virtualization infrastructure. It allows users to oversee VMs, hosts, storage, backups, and user access from their iOS devices.

### Is Orbit for Xen Orchestra free to use?

Yes, Orbit for Xen Orchestra is available for free. The application does not require any payment to download or use its core features.

### Does Orbit for Xen Orchestra have ads?

No, Orbit for Xen Orchestra is ad-free. Users can manage their infrastructure without any advertisements interrupting their experience.

### What devices does Orbit for Xen Orchestra support?

Orbit for Xen Orchestra is built natively for both iPhone and iPad, offering optimized layouts for each device. It requires iOS 13.0 or later.

### How often is Orbit for Xen Orchestra updated?

The latest version of Orbit for Xen Orchestra is 1.1.1, which was last updated on August 14, 2026. The release date was March 30, 2026, indicating a relatively active development cycle.

### What are the security features of Orbit for Xen Orchestra?

Orbit for Xen Orchestra prioritizes security with credentials stored in the iOS Keychain and protected by Face ID. It also features blurred content in the app switcher and supports self-signed certificates with SHA-256 pinning.

### Can I manage multiple Xen Orchestra servers with Orbit?

Yes, Orbit for Xen Orchestra supports multi-server configurations. You can save multiple Xen Orchestra instances and switch between them seamlessly, with notifications scoped to your active server.

### What kind of notifications does Orbit for Xen Orchestra provide?

Orbit for Xen Orchestra offers smart, customizable background notifications for critical events such as failed tasks, offline hosts, stopped VMs, storage issues, and backup problems, even when the app is closed.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-08-14

Orbit 1.1.1

New
- Clone a VM from your phone. Long press it in the list or use the menu on its screen. A fast clone is ready in seconds, or choose different storage and Orbit makes a full copy instead. Cloning to another pool works too. Needs Xen Orchestra 6.6.
- Backup Repositories, a new view under Storage. Every target Xen Orchestra backs up to, whether that is NFS, SMB, S3 or a local disk, each with a reachability check so you can tell whether last night's backup had somewhere to go. Open one for its read and write speed, earlier measurements, and the VMs holding restore points there. Needs Xen Orchestra 6.6.
- Smart Reboot on a host. It suspends that host's VMs, restarts it, then brings them back, so they stay put instead of migrating across the pool. Needs Xen Orchestra 6.6.
- Rename and describe your disks. Tap Edit on any disk on a VM's screen instead of living with whatever it was called when it was created. Needs Xen Orchestra 6.7.
- Alarm notifications. A host short on memory, a VM pinning its CPU, or a repository filling up now reaches you while the app is closed. Switch it on under Notifications in Settings.
- Hosts now tell you when they have taken their patches but still need the restart that puts those patches to work. That gap used to be invisible, and it has its own notification.

Improved
- Scrolling is properly smooth. The cards on your dashboard, VM and host screens were costing far more to draw than they should have, enough to hold a 120 Hz iPhone at around 30 while you scrolled. That is fixed, and you will feel it on the screens you use most.
- Background patch checks ask for a fraction of the data they used to, which is easier on your data plan and your battery.
- Missing-patch notifications read at the pool level now, such as "Production has 3 missing patches", and count each patch once instead of once per host.
- Dashboard alarms name what actually tripped and the figure that tripped it, rather than just "performance alarm", and the serious ones are marked as serious.
- Refused actions explain themselves. Try to reboot a host while the pool master still has updates waiting and Orbit names the master and tells you to patch that one first, instead of passing on "incorrect state".
- Host reboots, toolstack restarts and maintenance mode are tracked in Tasks, so a failure reaches you instead of going quietly nowhere. Needs Xen Orchestra 6.6.
- Disk resizing is clearer about what went wrong. Asking for a smaller size says so plainly, and resizing while the VM is running tells you to shut it down first. Resize several at once and Orbit names the one that failed while the rest go through.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-06-09

- In-app VM and Host Consoles. Full-screen VNC for any VM or host, right inside the app.
- Console power-ups. Customisable shortcut bar, paste straight from Apple Passwords, 1Password or Bitwarden, and six keyboard layouts (US, UK, Swiss German, German, French, Spanish).
- Expanded VM and host management. Resize CPU, RAM and disks with sliders, enter maintenance mode with automatic VM migration, plus a full power-action set (suspend, snapshot, revert, restart toolstack, emergency shutdown) with clear confirmation dialogs.
- Users, Groups & ACL Roles. Admins get a complete editor for identities and fine-grained permissions, including granting roles to whole groups at once.
- A new Account screen. Profile, SSH keys, active sessions per device, and an optional Gravatar avatar.
- Real-time live updates. VMs, hosts, storage and tasks stream changes the moment they happen.
- Smarter dashboard & notifications. Tap any alert to jump straight to the affected resource, with deduplicated background notifications so you only hear about what matters.
- Hardened security. Sessions wrapped behind Face ID, sensitive content blurred in the app switcher, and a sign-in that holds up on flaky networks.
- Redesigned from the ground up. Every screen rebuilt on a fresh design system with sharper typography, consistent cards, OS-aware VM icons, and alternate app icons.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-05-01

Bug fixes:

- Fixed Orbit Pro widgets remaining locked after purchase. Widgets now correctly unlock for users who own Orbit Pro.

- Tapping a saved server now provides clear feedback. If the session has expired or its credentials are missing, an alert explains what happened, the server is removed from the saved list, and the sign-in form is pre-filled with the URL and username so you can quickly re-authenticate.

- Renamed "Clear Token on Sign Out" to "Clear Credentials on Sign Out". When enabled, signing out now also removes the server from your saved-servers list, so you no longer end up with orphaned entries that can't be signed in to.

- Improved API token cleanup. When you sign in again with username and password, the previous token is now revoked on the XO server instead of being left behind, keeping your XO token list tidy.

- Fixed the Orbit logo on the iPad login screen drifting and being partially hidden by the sign-in form when resizing the app window in Split View or Stage Manager.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-04-06

Authentication & Security Improvements:

- API tokens created by the app are now labeled "Xen Orchestra Companion (iOS)" for easy identification in the XO web UI
- Tokens are automatically rotated when nearing expiration, preventing unexpected session loss
- Old tokens are now properly revoked on the server when signing out or removing a server, reducing token clutter
- Self-signed certificate fingerprints are now displayed in Settings for verification
- Added option to automatically trust renewed self-signed certificates with a clear security warning
- Signing out with "Clear Token on Sign Out" enabled now also revokes the token on the server

### 1.0 — 2026-03-31

No release notes.

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