Re: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server
Joep Gommers wrote: If the skeleton method in still to heavy for you to start off with try download prebuild virtualmachine guests: After you installed a (rpm: http://www.virtualinfrastructure.nl/downloads/kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.vs2.0.0.0.rc4.i686.rpm) kernel just unpak it I wouldn't even tell my enemies to use that one... It's ancient, won't work with util-vserver 0.30.210 unless you build it with --enable-apis=NOLEGACY, and full of bugs and security issues. -- Daniel Hokka Zakrisson GPG id: 06723412 pgpBSjACvBSGq.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
RE: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server
So what is the best bet to virtualize a physical server? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Hokka Zakrisson Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:17 AM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: Re: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server Joep Gommers wrote: If the skeleton method in still to heavy for you to start off with try download prebuild virtualmachine guests: After you installed a (rpm: http://www.virtualinfrastructure.nl/downloads/kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.vs2 .0.0.0.rc4.i686.rpm) kernel just unpak it I wouldn't even tell my enemies to use that one... It's ancient, won't work with util-vserver 0.30.210 unless you build it with --enable-apis=NOLEGACY, and full of bugs and security issues. -- Daniel Hokka Zakrisson GPG id: 06723412 ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
Re: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server
On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 10:53:58PM +0200, Ehab Heikal wrote: So what is the best bet to virtualize a physical server? IMHO see Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] best, Herbert -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Hokka Zakrisson Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:17 AM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: Re: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server Joep Gommers wrote: If the skeleton method in still to heavy for you to start off with try download prebuild virtualmachine guests: After you installed a (rpm: http://www.virtualinfrastructure.nl/downloads/kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.vs2 .0.0.0.rc4.i686.rpm) kernel just unpak it I wouldn't even tell my enemies to use that one... It's ancient, won't work with util-vserver 0.30.210 unless you build it with --enable-apis=NOLEGACY, and full of bugs and security issues. -- Daniel Hokka Zakrisson GPG id: 06723412 ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
Re: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 03:12:46AM +0200, Ehab Heikal wrote: I need to setup a development or staging server of an existing running server. Is there a tool to do so? just create a new skeleton guest with the -m skeleton build method, which resembles the physical system regarding networking and naming, the copy over the entire contents of the physical machine, excluding the /dev and /proc directory to the skeleton dir (cp -a, dump/restore, tar, rsync, ...) starting and stopping the guest should work after that, but you might want to clean up scripts later to avoid a bunch of failures when the new guest tries to mess with the hardware ... HTH, Herbert ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
Re: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server
If the skeleton method in still to heavy for you to start off with try download prebuild virtualmachine guests:After you installed a (rpm: http://www.virtualinfrastructure.nl/downloads/kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.vs2.0.0.0.rc4.i686.rpm) kernel just unpak itbash# wget http://www.virtualinfrastructure.nl/downloads/precompiled/virtualinfrastructure-11012006-fc3-minimal.tgzbash# tar xvzf virtualinfrastructure-11012006-fc3-minimal.tgzbash# mkdir /etc/vserversbash# mv fc3_minimal /etc/vservers en start the thing:bash# vserver fc3_minimal startbash# vserver fc3_minimal enterbe aware: This is a fedora core 3 guest and fedora code 3 kernel. For other versions check the vserver website. Cheers,J-On 1/25/06, Herbert Poetzl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 03:12:46AM +0200, Ehab Heikal wrote: I need to setup a development or staging server of an existing running server. Is there a tool to do so?just create a new skeleton guest with the -m skeleton build method, which resembles the physical systemregarding networking and naming, the copy over theentire contents of the physical machine, excludingthe /dev and /proc directory to the skeleton dir(cp -a, dump/restore, tar, rsync, ...) starting and stopping the guest should work afterthat, but you might want to clean up scripts laterto avoid a bunch of failures when the new guesttries to mess with the hardware ...HTH,Herbert ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver___Vserver mailing listVserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
Re: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 04:48:07PM +0100, Joep Gommers wrote: If the skeleton method in still to heavy for you to start off with try download prebuild virtualmachine guests: After you installed a (rpm: http://www.virtualinfrastructure.nl/downloads/kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.vs2.0.0.0.rc4.i686.rpm) kernel just unpak it bash# wget http://www.virtualinfrastructure.nl/downloads/precompiled/virtualinfrastructure-11012006-fc3-minimal.tgz bash# tar xvzf virtualinfrastructure-11012006-fc3-minimal.tgz bash# mkdir /etc/vservers bash# mv fc3_minimal /etc/vservers en start the thing: bash# vserver fc3_minimal start bash# vserver fc3_minimal enter be aware: This is a fedora core 3 guest and fedora code 3 kernel. For other versions check the vserver website. well, good idea, but how would that help him with virtualizing an existing machine? TIA, Herbert Cheers, J- On 1/25/06, Herbert Poetzl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 03:12:46AM +0200, Ehab Heikal wrote: I need to setup a development or staging server of an existing running server. Is there a tool to do so? just create a new skeleton guest with the -m skeleton build method, which resembles the physical system regarding networking and naming, the copy over the entire contents of the physical machine, excluding the /dev and /proc directory to the skeleton dir (cp -a, dump/restore, tar, rsync, ...) starting and stopping the guest should work after that, but you might want to clean up scripts later to avoid a bunch of failures when the new guest tries to mess with the hardware ... HTH, Herbert ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
RE: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server
This is what I did. Modify as required. Hope it helps. sig Creating a vserver from a non-vserver host (The server was redhat AS 3) * Clone host1 (non-vserver) to host2:vserver1 calcrs03 -- calvunix02:rhas3template01 ssh calvunix02 sudo /etc/rc.d/rsyncd start sudo vserver vrhas3template01 build -m skeleton -n vrhas3template01 --context 30 --hostname vrhas3template01.corporate.net --interface 172.27.XX.XX --netdev eth0 --netmask 255.255.248.0 --initstyle plain ssh calcrs03 cat /home/sig/rsync-exclude.txt /u01/ /u02/ /u03/ /u04/ /u05/ /u06/ /u07/ /u08/ /u09/ /u10/ /u11/ /u99/ /unix_data/ /proc/ /dev/ /boot/ sudo rsync -avz -e ssh --exclude-from=/home/sig/rsync-exclude.txt / 172.27.XX.XX:/vservers/vrhas3template01 ssh calvunix02 sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/resolv.conf sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/fstab sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/hosts sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/ssh/sshd_config X11UseLocalhost no - Needed for vserver x forwarding sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/sysconfig/network set hostname sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/rc.sysinit remove mtab references remove tty references sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/inittab remove tty references check over /usr/local/etc/vservers/vrhas3template01/.. sudo vserver vrhas3template01 start sudo vserver-stat sudo vserver vrhas3template01 enter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ehab Heikal Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:13 PM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server I need to setup a development or staging server of an existing running server. Is there a tool to do so? ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
RE: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server
The section starting with sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/resolv.conf Are these files that I should manually edit? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:02 PM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: RE: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server This is what I did. Modify as required. Hope it helps. sig Creating a vserver from a non-vserver host (The server was redhat AS 3) * Clone host1 (non-vserver) to host2:vserver1 calcrs03 -- calvunix02:rhas3template01 ssh calvunix02 sudo /etc/rc.d/rsyncd start sudo vserver vrhas3template01 build -m skeleton -n vrhas3template01 --context 30 --hostname vrhas3template01.corporate.net --interface 172.27.XX.XX --netdev eth0 --netmask 255.255.248.0 --initstyle plain ssh calcrs03 cat /home/sig/rsync-exclude.txt /u01/ /u02/ /u03/ /u04/ /u05/ /u06/ /u07/ /u08/ /u09/ /u10/ /u11/ /u99/ /unix_data/ /proc/ /dev/ /boot/ sudo rsync -avz -e ssh --exclude-from=/home/sig/rsync-exclude.txt / 172.27.XX.XX:/vservers/vrhas3template01 ssh calvunix02 sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/resolv.conf sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/fstab sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/hosts sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/ssh/sshd_config X11UseLocalhost no - Needed for vserver x forwarding sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/sysconfig/network set hostname sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/rc.sysinit remove mtab references remove tty references sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/inittab remove tty references check over /usr/local/etc/vservers/vrhas3template01/.. sudo vserver vrhas3template01 start sudo vserver-stat sudo vserver vrhas3template01 enter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ehab Heikal Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:13 PM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server I need to setup a development or staging server of an existing running server. Is there a tool to do so? ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
RE: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server
yup -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ehab Heikal Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:30 PM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: RE: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server The section starting with sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/resolv.conf Are these files that I should manually edit? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:02 PM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: RE: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server This is what I did. Modify as required. Hope it helps. sig Creating a vserver from a non-vserver host (The server was redhat AS 3) * Clone host1 (non-vserver) to host2:vserver1 calcrs03 -- calvunix02:rhas3template01 ssh calvunix02 sudo /etc/rc.d/rsyncd start sudo vserver vrhas3template01 build -m skeleton -n vrhas3template01 --context 30 --hostname vrhas3template01.corporate.net --interface 172.27.XX.XX --netdev eth0 --netmask 255.255.248.0 --initstyle plain ssh calcrs03 cat /home/sig/rsync-exclude.txt /u01/ /u02/ /u03/ /u04/ /u05/ /u06/ /u07/ /u08/ /u09/ /u10/ /u11/ /u99/ /unix_data/ /proc/ /dev/ /boot/ sudo rsync -avz -e ssh --exclude-from=/home/sig/rsync-exclude.txt / 172.27.XX.XX:/vservers/vrhas3template01 ssh calvunix02 sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/resolv.conf sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/fstab sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/hosts sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/ssh/sshd_config X11UseLocalhost no - Needed for vserver x forwarding sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/sysconfig/network set hostname sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/rc.sysinit remove mtab references remove tty references sudo vi /vservers/vrhas3template01/etc/inittab remove tty references check over /usr/local/etc/vservers/vrhas3template01/.. sudo vserver vrhas3template01 start sudo vserver-stat sudo vserver vrhas3template01 enter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ehab Heikal Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:13 PM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server I need to setup a development or staging server of an existing running server. Is there a tool to do so? ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
