Trilio Site Recovery for OpenStack

Who this product is for and what background knowledge is assumed.

The DR challenges this product addresses for OpenStack-hosted VMs.

What teams use instead of Trilio Site Recovery for OpenStack and the trade-offs.

System architecture including service placement, replication topology, and the storage driver model.

Definitions of terms a new user must understand before working with the product.

REST API endpoints for Trilio Site Recovery for OpenStack. The API is the authoritative interface for automation and integration. The OSC plugin and Horizon dashboard both consume this API. Microversioning is supported via the OpenStack-API-Version: protector <version> header.

End-to-end setup from bare OpenStack clusters to a fully protected VM.

Complete reference for the protectorclient OpenStack CLI plugin. All DR operations can be performed via 'openstack dr ...' commands.

Trilio Site Recovery Horizon plugin workflows for tenant self-service DR management.

Creating and managing Protection Groups — the core DR unit.

Planned and unplanned failover procedures, failback, and resource lifecycle management.

Non-disruptive DR validation using snapshot-backed VMs on the secondary site

Monitoring replication link health, sync status, RPO compliance, and failover readiness.

Using MockStorageDriver for development, CI/CD, and training environments.

Scripting DR operations with the OpenStack CLI plugin, REST API, and Python client libraries.

Tenant isolation, RBAC, and per-tenant Protection Group ownership.

Common failure modes and remediation steps