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Octopus | BOA | Barracuda | Hostmaster | Hosting | Provision | Eldir
Octopus is the Ægir instance manager of BOA (Barracuda-Octopus-Ægir) — where Barracuda installs and maintains the server stack, Octopus creates and updates any number of isolated Ægir Satellite Instances on the same server.
Each instance has its own system user, its own Ægir control panel and its own set of Drupal and Backdrop CMS platforms — a virtual-chroot multi-tenancy model that has powered shared and dedicated Drupal hosting for well over a decade.
Actively developed. The current release is BOA-5.88.8 Continuity Edition (July 2026): 422 commits across six repositories, adding first-class Backdrop CMS hosting, a Drupal 6 → 7 → Backdrop upgrade chain, wholesale import of classic Ægir servers, and much more. All of BOA is Free/Libre Open Source; the LTS edition is free for everyone, while the commercial PRO edition funds development.
- Code, issues and releases: github.com/omega8cc/boa
- Documentation: docs.boa.io — installation and upgrades: docs.boa.io/self-hosting
- Release news (RSS): omega8.cc/news — also on X: @omega8cc
- Full release notes: BOA-5.88.8 Continuity Edition
Barracuda — linked above — builds and upgrades the server stack Octopus runs on.
Maintained by Omega8.cc, the lead developer team for Ægir 3 on BOA.
Supporting organizations:
development, releases maintenance
Project information
- Project categories: Administration tools, Developer tools
- Created by omega8cc on , updated
This project is not covered by the security advisory policy.
Use at your own risk! It may have publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.
