Building Guest Systems - Revision history

Glenn: + Category:OS guest under linux-vserver

2011-10-21T20:56:32Z

+ Category:OS guest under linux-vserver

Glenn: +cat

2011-10-21T19:05:59Z

+cat

Daniel hozac: This is a best practices page. "It kinda worked once" does not fit.

2011-03-01T10:39:03Z

This is a best practices page. "It kinda worked once" does not fit.

DanielghSHy3: newvserver worked without any problems for me

2011-02-24T08:52:51Z

newvserver worked without any problems for me

Trs at 12:42, 18 May 2010

2010-05-18T12:42:13Z

Bushmills: mentioned that he suggested newvserver is considered obsolete

2010-02-19T13:11:58Z

mentioned that he suggested newvserver is considered obsolete

Bushmills: linked --context from guest building command

2010-02-19T12:57:46Z

linked --context from guest building command

Cri: Added notice about package management externalization on Debian hosts

2009-12-11T20:02:26Z

Added notice about package management externalization on Debian hosts

Village: +other add. debootstrap options

2009-10-28T19:16:19Z

+other add. debootstrap options

Powerfox: Protected "Building Guest Systems": Spam / vandalism target [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

2009-02-17T08:58:10Z

Protected "Building Guest Systems": Spam / vandalism target [edit=autoconfirmed:move=autoconfirmed]

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		+	[[Category:OS guest under linux-vserver\| ]]

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	* [[Installing Ubuntu on Debian]]		* [[Installing Ubuntu on Debian]]
	* [[Installing 32-bit Fedora on 64-bit Debian]]		* [[Installing 32-bit Fedora on 64-bit Debian]]
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		+	[[Category:Documentation\| ]]

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 If you want to build a 32-bit guest on a 64-bit host, append <code>-- --arch i386</code> to the above command line. The same applies to other additional debootstrap options: place them after a second <code>--</code>. Likewise, in case your host architecture does not match one available in Debian by default, add your architecture in the same way. E.g. you might need to add <code>-- --arch amd64</code> to create a 64-bit Debian guest on a Gentoo host.
-Please note that <code>vserver...pkgmgmt</code> has has no use on Debian guests: package management is internalized by default and cannot be externalized. To externalize package management on Debian vserver guests, you have to create the guest using the <code>newvserver</code> command from the <code>vserver-debiantools</code> Debian package (see the <code>--pkgcache</code> option).
+Please note that <code>vserver...pkgmgmt</code> has has no use on Debian guests: package management is internalized by default and cannot be externalized. To externalize package management on Debian vserver guests, you have to create the guest using the <code>newvserver</code> command from the <code>vserver-debiantools</code> Debian package (see the <code>--pkgcache</code> option). Note that newvserver is considered obsolete and only suited for those who want to foot themselves in shoot.
-Note that newvserver is considered obsolete and only suited for those who want to shoot themselves in the foot.
-−
-  newvserver worked without any problems for me on etch,lenny and squeeze:
-  - ip a add 10.0.0.2/24 dev eth0 (and make nat if needed)
-  - add to /etc/network/interfaces, after "iface eth0 inet static"  and "dns-search":
-      post-up /bin/ip a add dev eth0 10.0.0.2/24
-      pre-down /bin/ip a del dev eth0 10.0.0.2/24
-  - newvserver --vsroot /myvserversdir --hostname myvserver --domain mydomain --ip 10.0.0.2/24 --dist squeeze --mirror http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ --interface eth0
-  - amd64 host  with i386 guest: aptitude install util-linux && newvserver --arch i386 --vsroot /myvserversdir --hostname myvserver --domain mydomain --ip 10.0.0.2/24 --dist squeeze --mirror http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ --interface eth0
-  - mv /etc/vservers/myvserver/interfaces/0/dev /etc/vservers/myvserver/interfaces/0/nodev
-  - edit /etc/vservers/myvserver/fstab and increase "size=16m" or comment the line:
-    #none   /tmp            tmpfs   size=16m,mode=1777      0 0
-  - again: ip a add 10.0.0.2/24 dev eth0
-  - vserver myvserver start
-  - vserver myvserver enter
-−

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:52, 24 February 2011
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	If you want to build a 32-bit guest on a 64-bit host, append <code>-- --arch i386</code> to the above command line. The same applies to other additional debootstrap options: place them after a second <code>--</code>. Likewise, in case your host architecture does not match one available in Debian by default, add your architecture in the same way. E.g. you might need to add <code>-- --arch amd64</code> to create a 64-bit Debian guest on a Gentoo host.		If you want to build a 32-bit guest on a 64-bit host, append <code>-- --arch i386</code> to the above command line. The same applies to other additional debootstrap options: place them after a second <code>--</code>. Likewise, in case your host architecture does not match one available in Debian by default, add your architecture in the same way. E.g. you might need to add <code>-- --arch amd64</code> to create a 64-bit Debian guest on a Gentoo host.

−	Please note that <code>vserver...pkgmgmt</code> has has no use on Debian guests: package management is internalized by default and cannot be externalized. To externalize package management on Debian vserver guests, you have to create the guest using the <code>newvserver</code> command from the <code>vserver-debiantools</code> Debian package (see the <code>--pkgcache</code> option). Note that newvserver is considered obsolete and only suited for those who want to ~~foot~~ themselves in ~~shoot~~.	+	Please note that <code>vserver...pkgmgmt</code> has has no use on Debian guests: package management is internalized by default and cannot be externalized. To externalize package management on Debian vserver guests, you have to create the guest using the <code>newvserver</code> command from the <code>vserver-debiantools</code> Debian package (see the <code>--pkgcache</code> option).
		+	Note that newvserver is considered obsolete and only suited for those who want to shoot themselves in the foot.
		+
		+	newvserver worked without any problems for me on etch,lenny and squeeze:
		+	- ip a add 10.0.0.2/24 dev eth0 (and make nat if needed)
		+	- add to /etc/network/interfaces, after "iface eth0 inet static" and "dns-search":
		+	post-up /bin/ip a add dev eth0 10.0.0.2/24
		+	pre-down /bin/ip a del dev eth0 10.0.0.2/24
		+	- newvserver --vsroot /myvserversdir --hostname myvserver --domain mydomain --ip 10.0.0.2/24 --dist squeeze --mirror http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ --interface eth0
		+	- amd64 host with i386 guest: aptitude install util-linux && newvserver --arch i386 --vsroot /myvserversdir --hostname myvserver --domain mydomain --ip 10.0.0.2/24 --dist squeeze --mirror http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ --interface eth0
		+	- mv /etc/vservers/myvserver/interfaces/0/dev /etc/vservers/myvserver/interfaces/0/nodev
		+	- edit /etc/vservers/myvserver/fstab and increase "size=16m" or comment the line:
		+	#none /tmp tmpfs size=16m,mode=1777 0 0
		+	- again: ip a add 10.0.0.2/24 dev eth0
		+	- vserver myvserver start
		+	- vserver myvserver enter
		+

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 lenny can be replaced by e.g. etch for Debian etch, edgy for Ubuntu edgy, or sid for Debian sid. Anything your debootstrap version can handle will be fine.
-If you want to build a 32-bit guest on a 64-bit host, append <code>-- --arch i386</code> to the above command line. The same applies to other additional debootstrap options: place them after a second <code>--</code>.
+If you want to build a 32-bit guest on a 64-bit host, append <code>-- --arch i386</code> to the above command line. The same applies to other additional debootstrap options: place them after a second <code>--</code>. Likewise, in case your host architecture does not match one available in Debian by default, add your architecture in the same way. E.g. you might need to add <code>-- --arch amd64</code> to create a 64-bit Debian guest on a Gentoo host.
 Please note that <code>vserver...pkgmgmt</code> has has no use on Debian guests: package management is internalized by default and cannot be externalized. To externalize package management on Debian vserver guests, you have to create the guest using the <code>newvserver</code> command from the <code>vserver-debiantools</code> Debian package (see the <code>--pkgcache</code> option). Note that newvserver is considered obsolete and only suited for those who want to foot themselves in shoot.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:11, 19 February 2010
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	If you want to build a 32-bit guest on a 64-bit host, append <code>-- --arch i386</code> to the above command line. The same applies to other additional debootstrap options: place them after a second <code>--</code>.		If you want to build a 32-bit guest on a 64-bit host, append <code>-- --arch i386</code> to the above command line. The same applies to other additional debootstrap options: place them after a second <code>--</code>.

−	Please note that <code>vserver...pkgmgmt</code> has has no use on Debian guests: package management is internalized by default and cannot be externalized. To externalize package management on Debian vserver guests, you have to create the guest using the <code>newvserver</code> command from the <code>vserver-debiantools</code> Debian package (see the <code>--pkgcache</code> option).	+	Please note that <code>vserver...pkgmgmt</code> has has no use on Debian guests: package management is internalized by default and cannot be externalized. To externalize package management on Debian vserver guests, you have to create the guest using the <code>newvserver</code> command from the <code>vserver-debiantools</code> Debian package (see the <code>--pkgcache</code> option). Note that newvserver is considered obsolete and only suited for those who want to foot themselves in shoot.

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 * Build a Debian lenny guest using the ftp.de.debian.org mirror.
   vserver vserver1 build \
-       -m debootstrap --context 42 \
+       -m debootstrap --[[context]] 42 \
        --hostname vserver1.mydomain.com \
        --interface eth0:192.168.1.10/24 \
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 * Build a CentOS 5-based guest using a minimal set of packages.
-  vserver vserver2 build -m yum --context 42 \
+  vserver vserver2 build -m yum --[[context]] 42 \
       --hostname vserver2.mydomain.com \
       --interface eth0:192.168.1.11/24 -- -d centos5
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 * Build a guest using a single template named stage4-i686-20070905.tar.bz2 located in /vservers/.templates.
   vserver vserver3 build -m template \
-     --context 42 --hostname vserver3.mydomain.com \
+     --[[context]] 42 --hostname vserver3.mydomain.com \
      --interface eth0:192.168.1.12/24 \
      --initstyle gentoo -- -d gentoo \
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 * Build a guest using multiple templates, one named stage4-i686-20070905.tar.bz2 and one named httpd.tar.bz2.
   vserver vserver3 build -m template \
-     --context 42 --hostname vserver3.mydomain.com \
+     --[[context]] 42 --hostname vserver3.mydomain.com \
      --interface eth0:192.168.1.12/24  \
      --initstyle gentoo -- -d gentoo \
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 * Build a guest by rsync'ing from vserver3 on host1.
   RSYNC_RSH=ssh
-  vserver vserver4 build -m rsync --context 42 \
+  vserver vserver4 build -m rsync --[[context]] 42 \
                                   --hostname vserver4.mydomain.com \
                                   --interface eth0:192.168.1.13/24 \
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 * Build a guest by rsync'ing from vserver1 on the same host.
-  vserver vserver4 build -m rsync --context 42 --hostname vserver4.mydomain.com --interface eth0:192.168.1.13/24 -- --source vserver1
+  vserver vserver4 build -m rsync --[[context]] 42 --hostname vserver4.mydomain.com --interface eth0:192.168.1.13/24 -- --source vserver1
 === Building guests using the clone build method ===

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	If you want to build a 32-bit guest on a 64-bit host, append <code>-- --arch i386</code> to the above command line. The same applies to other additional debootstrap options: place them after a second <code>--</code>.		If you want to build a 32-bit guest on a 64-bit host, append <code>-- --arch i386</code> to the above command line. The same applies to other additional debootstrap options: place them after a second <code>--</code>.
		+
		+	Please note that <code>vserver...pkgmgmt</code> has has no use on Debian guests: package management is internalized by default and cannot be externalized. To externalize package management on Debian vserver guests, you have to create the guest using the <code>newvserver</code> command from the <code>vserver-debiantools</code> Debian package (see the <code>--pkgcache</code> option).
		+

	=== Building guests using the yum build method ===		=== Building guests using the yum build method ===