Installing an openSUSE vserver guest - Revision history

Glenn: catspec

2011-10-21T20:53:23Z

catspec

Glenn: +cat

2011-10-21T19:04:39Z

+cat

Mstrobert: SuseVserverHowTo moved to Installing an openSUSE vserver guest: updated name as part of migration from oldwiki

2007-09-06T15:40:27Z

SuseVserverHowTo moved to Installing an openSUSE vserver guest: updated name as part of migration from oldwiki

Mstrobert: /* Post install cleanup */ introduced prompt

2007-06-11T20:07:11Z

‎Post install cleanup: introduced prompt

Mstrobert: Adding the word SUSE into the page so it shows up on suse searches

2007-06-11T19:39:48Z

Adding the word SUSE into the page so it shows up on suse searches

Mstrobert: /* Test configuration */ reflect updated patch

2007-06-11T19:36:25Z

‎Test configuration: reflect updated patch

Mstrobert: /* initscripts */ updated patch for newer vserver version

2007-06-11T18:32:44Z

‎initscripts: updated patch for newer vserver version

Mstrobert: /* initscripts */ added example of a case

2007-06-07T23:32:23Z

‎initscripts: added example of a case

Mstrobert: /* initscripts */ case, styles

2007-06-07T23:30:03Z

‎initscripts: case, styles

Mstrobert: /* initscripts */ styles, typos

2007-06-07T23:27:49Z

‎initscripts: styles, typos

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	'''edit me:''' do we need to modify the <code>vserver.stop</code> script as well?		'''edit me:''' do we need to modify the <code>vserver.stop</code> script as well?

−	[[Category:~~Documentation~~]]	+	[[Category:OS guest under linux-vserver]]

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	"${INITCMD_START[@]}"		"${INITCMD_START[@]}"
	'''edit me:''' do we need to modify the <code>vserver.stop</code> script as well?		'''edit me:''' do we need to modify the <code>vserver.stop</code> script as well?
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 ===Post install cleanup===
 * remove some startup service, either delete the appropriate /etc/init.d/.... links or run the following from inside the vserver:
-  chkconfig -d -f boot.swap boot.isapnp boot.idedma  boot.loadmodules \
+  # chkconfig -d -f boot.swap boot.isapnp boot.idedma  boot.loadmodules \
-                 boot.device-mapper boot.md boot.proc boot.shm boot.sched \
+                   boot.device-mapper boot.md boot.proc boot.shm boot.sched \
-                 boot.rootfsck hotplug boot.localfs boot.crypto boot.clock \
+                   boot.rootfsck hotplug boot.localfs boot.crypto boot.clock \
-                 boot.scpm boot.ipconfig
+                   boot.scpm boot.ipconfig
-  chkconfig -d -f coldplug irq_balancer random network fbset powersaved kbd hwscan
+  # chkconfig -d -f coldplug irq_balancer random network fbset powersaved kbd hwscan
 * remove unneeded packages:
-  rpm -e irqbalance kernel-smp grub reiserfs xfsprogs raidtools ntfsprogs \
+  # rpm -e irqbalance kernel-smp grub reiserfs xfsprogs raidtools ntfsprogs \
-        module-init-tools mkinitrd powersave hotplug mdadm
+          module-init-tools mkinitrd powersave hotplug mdadm
 '''Note:''' there are a number of redundant packages remaining that can not be removed due to yast2 depending on them.

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-Installing and running openSUSE as a vserver guest.
+Installing and running openSUSE (previously knows as SUSE Linux) as a vserver guest.
 __TOC__
 ==Test configuration==

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 ==Test configuration==
 Host:
-* Debian Etch AMD64, Kernel 2.6.15.4-vs2.0.2-rc9, util-vserver 0.30.210 + patch (see below), or
+* Debian Etch AMD64, Kernel 2.6.15.4-vs2.0.2-rc9, util-vserver 0.30.210 + similar patch, or
-* Debian Etch AMD64, 2.6.18-4-vserver-amd64, util-vserver 0.30.212-1 (+patch)
+* Debian Etch AMD64, 2.6.18-4-vserver-amd64, util-vserver 0.30.212-1 + patch (see below)
 Guest:
 * SLES 9, or

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 ===initscripts===
 openSUSE's <code>/etc/init.d/rc</code> expects two environment variables: <code>RUNLEVEL</code> and <code>PREVLEVEL</code>. The vserver.start script fails to set those. There are a couple workarounds:
-* Edit <code>/etc/init.d/rc</code> to set those values (not recommended). For example, inserting these lines near the top of the file:
+* Edit <code>/etc/init.d/rc</code> to set those values (not recommended (why?)). For example, inserting these lines near the top of the file:
   PREVLEVEL="N"
   RUNLEVEL="$1"
 * Apply the following patch to <code>vserver.start</code> to set the values:
-  --- vserver.start.orig  2006-03-02 10:37:49.000000000 +0000
+  --- vserver.start,orig  2006-12-09 12:37:58.000000000 -0700
-  +++ vserver.start       2006-03-02 10:10:36.000000000 +0000
+  +++ vserver.start       2007-06-11 12:27:27.000000000 -0600
-  @@ -135,7 +134,7 @@
+  @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
        $_VUNAME     --xid self --set -t context="$VSERVER_DIR" -- \
        $_VATTRIBUTE --set "${OPTS_VATTRIBUTE[@]}" -- \
        $_SAVE_CTXINFO "$VSERVER_DIR" \
-  -    $_ENV -i -- \
+  -    $_ENV -i "${OPTS_ENV[@]}" \
-  +    $_ENV -i -- PREVLEVEL="N" RUNLEVEL="$RUNLEVEL_START" \
+  +    $_ENV -i "${OPTS_ENV[@]}" PREVLEVEL="N" RUNLEVEL="$RUNLEVEL_START" \
        $_VCONTEXT   --migrate-self --endsetup --chroot $SILENT_OPT \
        "${OPTS_VCONTEXT_MIGRATE[@]}" "${OPTS_VCONTEXT_ENTER[@]}" -- \
        "${INITCMD_START[@]}"
-  @@ -151,7 +150,7 @@
+  @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
        $_EXEC_ULIMIT      "$VSERVER_DIR/ulimits" \
        $_CHCONTEXT_COMPAT "${CHCONTEXT_OPTS[@]}" "${CHCONTEXT_INIT_OPTS[@]}" \
        $_SAVE_CTXINFO     "$VSERVER_DIR" \
-  -    $_ENV -i -- \
+  -    $_ENV -i "${OPTS_ENV[@]}" \
-  +    $_ENV -i -- PREVLEVEL="N" RUNLEVEL="$RUNLEVEL_START" \
+  +    $_ENV -i "${OPTS_ENV[@]}" PREVLEVEL="N" RUNLEVEL="$RUNLEVEL_START" \
        $_CHAINECHO "${_IS_FAKEINIT:+$startsync_pipe}" "" \
        $_CAPCHROOT        "${CAPCHROOT_OPTS[@]}" . \
        "${INITCMD_START[@]}"
 '''edit me:''' do we need to modify the <code>vserver.stop</code> script as well?

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 ===initscripts===
-openSUSE's /etc/init.d/rc expects two enviromnet variables: RUNLEVEL and PREVLEVEL. the vserver.start scripts failes to set those. We've got workarrounds:
+openSUSE's /etc/init.d/rc expects two environment variables: <code>RUNLEVEL</code> and <code>PREVLEVEL</code>. The vserver.start script fails to set those. We've got workarounds:
-a) edit /etc/init.d/rc to set those values (not recomended)
+a) edit /etc/init.d/rc to set those values (not recommended)
 b) apply the following patch to vserver.start to set the values:
   --- vserver.start.orig  2006-03-02 10:37:49.000000000 +0000