# Private bare-metal deployment

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/private-bare-metal-deployment/11653>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 2, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/private-bare-metal-deployment/11653 "2023-11-02T17:54:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![M\_Anon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/m_anon/32/7876_2.png) [@M\_Anon](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/M_Anon)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/private-bare-metal-deployment/11653/1 "2023-11-02T17:54:24Z")

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Hi,

We’re looking for a VDI solution and are evaluating OpenNebula for this. We have our own HP servers and have no need/use of cloud providers. Currently, our HP servers run VMware ESXi and are controlled by a vSphere vCenter. I’ve read there’s integration between OpenNebula and VMware but we’d prefer not to do that. Instead, we’re looking if OpenNebula can be installed on our bare-metal HPs?

All “bare-metal” results in the search seem to point to having a need to have Packet or AWS. Am I correct in assuming that OpenNebula does not support private bare-metal deployment?

A [similar question](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/opennebula-on-a-single-bare-metal-server/10924) back in 2022 hasn’t been answered.

Can anyone point us in the right direction please?

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**Author:** ![amarti](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/amarti/32/6290_2.png) [@amarti](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/amarti)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/private-bare-metal-deployment/11653/2 "2023-11-03T15:27:55Z")

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Hi @M_Anon! Have you looked at the concept of “On-premise Edge Cluster” in [Automatic Cluster Deployment — OpenNebula 6.8.0 documentation](https://docs.opennebula.io/6.8/provision_clusters/index.html)?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/opennebula/original/2X/1/14d66f1130b9cd292905f575da9b68a9f574dd03.png) [@system](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/private-bare-metal-deployment/11653/3 "2025-06-25T15:48:00Z")

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