Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of install_vserver

Timestamp:

Oct 29, 2008, 1:11:32 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

Comment:

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install_vserver

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 = Install a vserver =
 
-Place holder...
+In this example, we're creating a new server called jacobo. Change jacobo to the name of the server you are creating.
+
+ * Create a disk (or disks) to be used by the vserver
+{{{
+lvcreate --name jacobo_root --size 1G vg_ottorene0
+}}}
+ * Create a filesystem
+{{{
+mkfs -t ext3 /dev/mapper/vg_ottorene0-jacobo_root
+}}}
+ * Add the new disk to fstab so it is mounted on boot
+{{{
+echo /dev/mapper/vg_ottorene0-jacobo_root /var/lib/vservers/jacobo ext3 defaults 0 2 >> /etc/fstab
+}}}
+ * Make the target directory and mount it
+{{{
+mkdir /var/lib/vservers/jacobo
+mount /var/lib/vservers/jacobo
+}}}
+ * Create the vserver. Replace the context number with a number unique to the server
+{{{
+vserver jacobo build -m debootstrap --context 201 --hostname jacobo --interface eth0:209.234.253.167/27 --initstyle plain -- -d lenny -m http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian -- --include less,psmisc,lsof,socat,emacs22-nox,emacs22-bin-common,emacs22-common,liblockfile1,emacsen-common,bsdmainutils,locales --keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg
+}}}
+ * Ensure that the server starts on boot
+{{{
+echo default > /etc/vservers/jacobo/apps/init/mark
+}}}
+ * Manually start the vserver
+{{{
+vserver jacobo start
+}}}
+ * Ensure that it started
+{{{
+vserver-stat 
+}}}
+ * Enter the vserver
+{{{
+vserver jacobo enter
+}}}
+
+Here's the output of a full session:
 
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