Configuring container creation - Revision history

Sergey Bronnikov: update category

2015-06-07T06:42:30Z

update category

203.10.68.84: /* DEF_OSTEMPLATE */

2011-08-11T06:28:30Z

‎DEF_OSTEMPLATE

Jmelyn: modified an orphan markup (first list)

2008-03-18T18:42:35Z

modified an orphan markup (first list)

Kir: Configuring VE creation moved to Configuring container creation: VE->container

2008-03-18T16:49:12Z

Configuring VE creation moved to Configuring container creation: VE->container

Kir: better formatting; separated into sections; VE->container; categorized

2008-03-18T16:48:54Z

better formatting; separated into sections; VE->container; categorized

Jmelyn: New page: The creation of a VE needs three configuration files:

/etc/vz/vz.conf /etc/vz/dists/.conf /etc/vz/conf/ve-.conf-sample

There are two important lines in the fi...

2008-03-18T12:18:20Z

New page: The creation of a VE needs three configuration files: <pre>/etc/vz/vz.conf /etc/vz/dists/<dist>.conf /etc/vz/conf/ve-<parameters>.conf-sample</pre> There are two important lines in the fi...

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The creation of a VE needs three configuration files:
<pre>/etc/vz/vz.conf
/etc/vz/dists/<dist>.conf
/etc/vz/conf/ve-<parameters>.conf-sample</pre>

There are two important lines in the file <code>/etc/vz/vz.conf</code>. The first is '''DEF_OSTEMPLATE="<dist>"'''; an example of '''<dist>''' is: '''fedora-8-i386-minimal'''. It provides the name of the tar file of VE template cache: <code>/vz/template/cache/<dist>.tar.gz</code>. This line gives the distribution config file as well, because unfortunately all distributions do not work the same way when setting the host name or the ip address. Several tries are done to find this configuration file name: if '''<dist>''' is '''fedora-8-i386-minimal''', then first guest will be <code>/etc/vz/dists/fedora-8-i386-minimal.conf</code>, second will be <code>/etc/vz/dists/fedora-8-i386.conf</code>, third <code>/etc/vz/dists/fedora-8.conf</code>, and finally <code>/etc/vz/dists/fedora.conf</code>. If not found, the <code>/etc/vz/dists/default.conf</code> will be used.

The other important line in the file <code>/etc/vz/vz.conf</code> is '''CONFIGFILE="<parameters>"'''. It provides the name of the VE parameters file: <code>/etc/vz/conf/ve-<parameters>.conf-sample</code>, for example: <code>/etc/vz/conf/ve-light.conf-sample</code>. During VE creation, a copy of this file will be done with the '''<ve_id>''', for example <ve_id>=123: <code>/etc/vz/conf/123.conf</code>. Whenever a parameter is changed for this VE ('''vzctl set <ve_id> --parameter newValue --save'''), '''parameter="newValue"''' is saved in <code>/etc/vz/conf/<ve_id>.conf</code>.

Once those three files are correctly set, creating a new VE is just the command: '''vzctl create <ve_id>'''.

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	If not found, the <code>/etc/vz/dists/default.conf</code> is used (and the appropriate warning printed).		If not found, the <code>/etc/vz/dists/default.conf</code> is used (and the appropriate warning printed).
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		+	Information about the settings contained in these files can be found in <code>/etc/vz/dists/distribution.conf-template</code>.

	=== CONFIGFILE ===		=== CONFIGFILE ===

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 The creation of a container with vzctl needs three configuration files:
-* /etc/vz/vz.conf
+* <code>/etc/vz/vz.conf</code>
-* /etc/vz/dists/''distro-name''.conf
+* <code>/etc/vz/dists/''distro-name''.conf</code>
-* /etc/vz/conf/ve-''config-name''.conf-sample</pre>
+* <code>/etc/vz/conf/ve-''config-name''.conf-sample</code>
 == /etc/vz/vz.conf ==

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-The creation of a VE needs three configuration files:
+The creation of a container with vzctl needs three configuration files:
-<pre>/etc/vz/vz.conf
+* /etc/vz/vz.conf
-/etc/vz/dists/<dist>.conf
+* /etc/vz/dists/''distro-name''.conf
-/etc/vz/conf/ve-<parameters>.conf-sample</pre>
+* /etc/vz/conf/ve-''config-name''.conf-sample</pre>
-There are two important lines in the file <code>/etc/vz/vz.conf</code>. The first is '''DEF_OSTEMPLATE="<dist>"'''; an example of '''<dist>''' is: '''fedora-8-i386-minimal'''. It provides the name of the tar file of VE template cache: <code>/vz/template/cache/<dist>.tar.gz</code>. This line gives the distribution config file as well, because unfortunately all distributions do not work the same way when setting the host name or the ip address. Several tries are done to find this configuration file name: if '''<dist>''' is '''fedora-8-i386-minimal''', then first guest will be <code>/etc/vz/dists/fedora-8-i386-minimal.conf</code>, second will be <code>/etc/vz/dists/fedora-8-i386.conf</code>, third <code>/etc/vz/dists/fedora-8.conf</code>, and finally <code>/etc/vz/dists/fedora.conf</code>. If not found, the <code>/etc/vz/dists/default.conf</code> will be used.
+== /etc/vz/vz.conf ==
-The other important line in the file <code>/etc/vz/vz.conf</code> is '''CONFIGFILE="<parameters>"'''. It provides the name of the VE parameters file: <code>/etc/vz/conf/ve-<parameters>.conf-sample</code>, for example: <code>/etc/vz/conf/ve-light.conf-sample</code>. During VE creation, a copy of this file will be done with the '''<ve_id>''', for example <ve_id>=123: <code>/etc/vz/conf/123.conf</code>. Whenever a parameter is changed for this VE ('''vzctl set <ve_id> --parameter newValue --save'''), '''parameter="newValue"''' is saved in <code>/etc/vz/conf/<ve_id>.conf</code>.
+=== DEF_OSTEMPLATE ===
-Once those three files are correctly set, creating a new VE is just the command: '''vzctl create <ve_id>'''.
+First, this provides the name of the tar file of container template cache: <code>/vz/template/cache/''distro''.tar.gz</code>.

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