92.4 OpenVX

Allows one to run multiple GNU/Linux distributions as virtual hosts. They all share the same kernel, which may be a limitation!

From http://download.openvz.org/kernel/debian/etch/ download

linux-headers-2.6.18-openvz-686_02_i386.deb
linux-headers-2.6.18-openvz-amd64_01_amd64.deb
linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-686_02_i386.deb
linux-image-2.6.18-openvz-amd64_01_amd64.deb

These might only work for etch? (Should be okay for sid)

From http://download.openvz.org/template/precreated/ download

fedora-core-5-i386-minimal.tar.gz
fedora-core-5-i386-default.tar.gz

These are OS templates.

Set up networking. Edit /etc/network/options to set:

ip_forward=yes

(Might need to wajig restart networking - not sure it was necessary.) Then run:

$ sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.eth0.proxy_arp=1001

Can have this on boot with the following in /etc/network/interfaces:

up sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.eth0.proxy_arp=1001
pre-down sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.eth0.proxy_arp=0

Now create a new host. We’ll give it an id of 1001.

$ sudo mv fedora* /var/lib/vz/template/cache

$ sudo vzctl create 1001 --ostemplate fedora-core-5-i386-default
Creating VPS private area: /var/lib/vz/private/1001
Performing postcreate actions
VPS private area was created

$ sudo vzctl set 1001 --ipadd 192.168.0.10 --nameserver 203.0.178.19 --hostname ovz01 --save
Saved parameters for VPS 1001

$ sudo vzctl start 1001
14 Jan 07:22:58 gjw@belinos:/var/lib$ sudo vzctl start 1001 Starting VPS ...
VPS is mounted
Adding IP address(es): 192.168.0.10
Setting CPU units: 1000
Set hostname: ovz01
touch: setting times of `/etc/resolv.conf': Function not implemented
File resolv.conf was modified
VPS start in progress...

$ sudo vzlist
      VPSID      NPROC STATUS  IP_ADDR         HOSTNAME
      1001         17 running 192.168.0.10    ovz01

$ ping 192.168.0.10
PING 192.168.0.10 (192.168.0.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.045 ms

$ sudo vzctl enter 1001
-bash-3.1# passwd
Changing password for user root.
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
-bash-3.1# logout

$ ssh -X root@192.168.0.10
root@192.168.0.10's password:
Last login: Sat Jan 13 23:32:01 2007 from 192.168.0.5
[root@ovz01 ~]#

[root@ovz01 ~]# ping google.com
PING google.com (72.14.207.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from eh-in-f99.google.com (72.14.207.99): 
   icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=246 ms

To stop the virtual host:

$ sudo vzctl stop 1001
Stopping VPS ...
VPS was stopped
VPS is unmounted

To remove the virtual host setup:

$ sudo vzctl destroy 1001 
Destroying VPS private area: /var/lib/vz/private/1001
VPS private area was destroyed

So now we have Fedora Core running, virtually as a separate machine. But I recall now why I moved to Debian - it is a dog to get packages installed appropriately.

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