Re: [Lxc-users] Weirdness with lxc.network.hwaddr and connectivity loss

2011-05-23 Thread Manuel de Ferran
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > On 05/23/2011 12:31 PM, Manuel de Ferran wrote: > >> Greetings lxc-users, >> >> I'm running lxc 0.7.4-0ubuntu7 on an ubuntu 11.04 with kernel >> 2.6.38-8-generic. >> >> There is something I don't understand with the lxc.network.hwaddr. I wa

Re: [Lxc-users] IPv6 Stateless Autoconfig with radvd running on the lxc host

2011-05-23 Thread Francois-Xavier Bourlet
I loled. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:12 PM, John Soros wrote: > that's a weird BOOLEAN > > > On Sun, 22 May 2011 15:52:23 +0200 > Daniel Lezcano wrote: > >> On 05/22/2011 07:27 AM, Marc Haber wrote: >> > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:53:56PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote: >> >> On 05/21/2011 10:11 PM,

Re: [Lxc-users] IPv6 Stateless Autoconfig with radvd running on the lxc host

2011-05-23 Thread John Soros
that's a weird BOOLEAN On Sun, 22 May 2011 15:52:23 +0200 Daniel Lezcano wrote: > On 05/22/2011 07:27 AM, Marc Haber wrote: > > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:53:56PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > >> On 05/21/2011 10:11 PM, Marc Haber wrote: > >>> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:07:03PM +0200, Daniel L

[Lxc-users] container auto-restart after host reboot

2011-05-23 Thread Ulli Horlacher
To have auto-restart of my containers after a host reboot I add a sticky bit to their configuration file (indeed this does my lxc meta-script) and on the host I have the init-script: root@vms2:/lxc# cat /etc/init.d/lxc #!/bin/sh # ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: lxc # Required-Start:

Re: [Lxc-users] Cannot see a login console on start

2011-05-23 Thread Ulli Horlacher
On Mon 2011-05-23 (18:22), Roberto wrote: > http://www.phenona.com/blog/using-lxc-linux-containers-in-amazon-ec2/ > > Unfortunately, it seems I cannot start a container. In fact, after I > run the following: > > lxc-start -n vm0 > > I cannot see any login prompt. lxc-start does not show you a

Re: [Lxc-users] LXC vs ESX

2011-05-23 Thread Ulli Horlacher
On Mon 2011-05-23 (21:24), Christoph Mitasch wrote: > I was just thinking about another test case. The native network > performance of the host system (not inside the container). framstag@diaspora:~: fexsend -u vms2 /tmp/2GB.tmp . Server/User: http://vms2/frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de /tmp/2GB.t

Re: [Lxc-users] Weirdness with lxc.network.hwaddr and connectivity loss

2011-05-23 Thread Daniel Lezcano
On 05/23/2011 12:31 PM, Manuel de Ferran wrote: > Greetings lxc-users, > > I'm running lxc 0.7.4-0ubuntu7 on an ubuntu 11.04 with kernel > 2.6.38-8-generic. > > There is something I don't understand with the lxc.network.hwaddr. I was > expecting to have the veth MAC addr set to it, but it appears t

Re: [Lxc-users] LXC vs ESX

2011-05-23 Thread Christoph Mitasch
Hi again, I was just thinking about another test case. The native network performance of the host system (not inside the container). Regards, Christoph On 05/23/2011 01:32 PM, Ulli Horlacher wrote: > On Mon 2011-05-23 (13:26), Christoph Mitasch wrote: > >> What kind of networking did you use in

Re: [Lxc-users] Cannot see a login console on start

2011-05-23 Thread Serge Hallyn
Quoting Roberto (prof...@gmail.com): > Hi all, > > I'm new to LXC and I've been following the following instructions on > how to setup a container: > > http://www.phenona.com/blog/using-lxc-linux-containers-in-amazon-ec2/ > > Unfortunately, it seems I cannot start a container. In fact, after I >

Re: [Lxc-users] LXC vs ESX

2011-05-23 Thread Geordy
Hi, Which 10 gb adapter did you use in the esx box? I have test data on a broadcom 10 gb adapter that shows very poor results in thruput. The problem is that the chip on the broadcom only pump 25% of the 10 gb when talking to non broadcom adapters. We have several level 3 calls open regarding t

[Lxc-users] Cannot see a login console on start

2011-05-23 Thread Roberto
Hi all, I'm new to LXC and I've been following the following instructions on how to setup a container: http://www.phenona.com/blog/using-lxc-linux-containers-in-amazon-ec2/ Unfortunately, it seems I cannot start a container. In fact, after I run the following: lxc-start -n vm0 I cannot see any

Re: [Lxc-users] Mixing public and private IPs for guests - network configuration?

2011-05-23 Thread Brian K. White
On 5/21/2011 7:48 PM, Benjamin Kiessling wrote: > Hi, > > Indeed this is not a virtualization specific problem. You want your host to > operate as a router for > the other two IP addresses and, depending on the configuration of OVH, > ARP-Proxy the whole stuff. > Assuming you want have PUB-IP1 on

Re: [Lxc-users] LXC vs ESX

2011-05-23 Thread Toens Bueker
Ulli Horlacher wrote: > A small network application benchmark between LXC and VMware ESX: > > ESX: > > framstag@diaspora:~: fexsend -i unifex /tmp/2GB.tmp . > Server/User: http://fex.uni-stuttgart.de/frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de > /tmp/2GB.tmp : 2048 MB in 87 s (24105 kB/s) > > LXC: > > fra

Re: [Lxc-users] LXC vs ESX

2011-05-23 Thread Ulli Horlacher
On Mon 2011-05-23 (13:26), Christoph Mitasch wrote: > What kind of networking did you use in LXC. Veth? Yes. Hardware is an ordinary Dell office PC, whereas the ESX host is a datacenter grade Fujitsu server. Price difference ca factor 1000 :-) -- Ullrich Horlacher Server- und Arb

Re: [Lxc-users] LXC vs ESX

2011-05-23 Thread Christoph Mitasch
Hello Ulli, thanks for the interesting numbers. What kind of networking did you use in LXC. Veth? Regards, Christoph On 05/23/2011 01:22 PM, Ulli Horlacher wrote: > > A small network application benchmark between LXC and VMware ESX: > > > ESX: > > framstag@diaspora:~: fexsend -i unifex /tm

[Lxc-users] LXC vs ESX

2011-05-23 Thread Ulli Horlacher
A small network application benchmark between LXC and VMware ESX: ESX: framstag@diaspora:~: fexsend -i unifex /tmp/2GB.tmp . Server/User: http://fex.uni-stuttgart.de/frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de /tmp/2GB.tmp : 2048 MB in 87 s (24105 kB/s) LXC: framstag@diaspora:~: fexsend -i flupp /tmp/2

[Lxc-users] Weirdness with lxc.network.hwaddr and connectivity loss

2011-05-23 Thread Manuel de Ferran
Greetings lxc-users, I'm running lxc 0.7.4-0ubuntu7 on an ubuntu 11.04 with kernel 2.6.38-8-generic. There is something I don't understand with the lxc.network.hwaddr. I was expecting to have the veth MAC addr set to it, but it appears that is only setting the vm ethernet. If we can not use this

[Lxc-users] balance cpus

2011-05-23 Thread Jäkel , Guido
Hi all, i'm going to use LXC as a lightweight instrument to partition a modern equipped blade server center into discrete, handy units to run a set of business applications in it. Because it's a "friendly environment", I don't have to focus on jail security. But I want to use the features of th