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‎Backup considerations, live migration, and HA Cluster: updated dead link

Martinmaurer: Updated links and minor updates

2014-03-15T11:09:33Z

Updated links and minor updates

Martinmaurer: /* Backup considerations, live migration, and HA Cluster */

2010-07-15T10:58:41Z

‎Backup considerations, live migration, and HA Cluster

Martinmaurer: /* Create a container */

2010-07-15T10:57:10Z

‎Create a container

Martinmaurer: /* Installation */

2010-07-15T10:56:44Z

‎Installation

Kir: updated to version 2.2; better formatting

2008-06-02T08:48:42Z

updated to version 2.2; better formatting

Kir: Proxmox Mail Gateway in VE moved to Proxmox Mail Gateway in container: VE -> container

2008-03-11T12:20:16Z

Proxmox Mail Gateway in VE moved to Proxmox Mail Gateway in container: VE -> container

Botinki Kira: Robot: Automated text replacement (-VE +container)

2008-03-11T11:12:13Z

Robot: Automated text replacement (-VE +container)

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2008-03-11T09:48:27Z

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 For live migration, see [[checkpointing and live migration]].
-For HA Cluster, see [[HA cluster with DRBD and Heartbeat]] and [http://www.proxmox.com/products/proxmox-mail-gateway/mail-gateway-ha-cluster/ proxmox.com].
+For HA Cluster, see [[HA cluster with DRBD and Heartbeat]] and [http://www.proxmox.com/proxmox-mail-gateway/features feature page on Proxmox].
 == Proxmox configuration ==

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 == Installation ==
 Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template:
-  wget ftp://download.proxmox.com/appliances/mail/debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway_2.5-1_i386.tar.gz
+  wget http://download.proxmox.com/appliances/mail/debian-6.0-proxmox-mailgateway_3.1-2_amd64.tar.gz
 Copy the template into the template cache, usually to /vz/templates/cache/
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 Choose a free CT ID, we use 777 for this guide.
-<pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.5 --config default</pre>
+<pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-6.0-proxmox-mailgateway_3.1 --config default</pre>
 == Configure the container ==
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     --hostname proxmox --searchdomain yourdomain.tld --save
-Set guaranteed memory to 512MB, maximum disk space to 4GB.
+Set guaranteed memory to 1024MB, maximum disk space to 4GB.
-  vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 512M:unlimited --privvmpages 1G:1100M --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save
+  vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 1024M:unlimited --privvmpages 1G:1100M --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save
 == Start the container ==
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 == Backup considerations, live migration, and HA Cluster ==
-The Proxmox HA Cluster consists of a master and several nodes (minimum one node) — all can be run on different OpenVZ servers within the same subnet. Configuration is done on the master, all configuration and data is synchronized to all cluster nodes over a VPN tunnel.
+You can run the mail gateway on any OpenVZ platform and on the [http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_2.0_Cluster Proxmox VE Cluster]. This include live-migration and online backups.
 For online backups, see [[backup of a running container with vzdump]].

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 For live migration, see [[checkpointing and live migration]].
-For HA Cluster, see [[HA cluster with DRBD and Heartbeat]] and [http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/en/technology/proxmox-ha-cluster/ proxmox.com].
+For HA Cluster, see [[HA cluster with DRBD and Heartbeat]] and [http://www.proxmox.com/products/proxmox-mail-gateway/mail-gateway-ha-cluster/ proxmox.com].
 == Proxmox configuration ==

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 Choose a free CT ID, we use 777 for this guide.
-<pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.2 --config default</pre>
+<pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.5 --config default</pre>
 == Configure the container ==

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 == Installation ==
 Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template:
-  wget http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/upload/bittorrent/debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.2.tar.gz
+  wget ftp://download.proxmox.com/appliances/mail/debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway_2.5-1_i386.tar.gz
 Copy the template into the template cache, usually to /vz/templates/cache/

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-The Proxmox Mail Gateway 2.1 template is an OpenVZ OS template that allows you to run the Antispam & Antivirus Mail Gateway. Proxmox runs in different virtualization environments but in OpenVZ it is almost twice as fast as with full virtualization - due to the minimal overhead. Proxmox offers free and commercial licenses.
+The Proxmox Mail Gateway 2.2 template is an OpenVZ OS template that allows you to run the Antispam & Antivirus Mail Gateway. Proxmox runs in different virtualization environments but in OpenVZ it is almost twice as fast as with full virtualization - due to the minimal overhead. Proxmox offers free and commercial licenses.
 == Prerequisites ==
-I assume you have already a running OpenVZ server. This HowTo is based on an fresh Centos 4.4 installation with OpenVZ kernel 2.6.9 but should also work with all other combinations. I used a Dual Xeon with 2 GB Ram.
+I assume you have already a running OpenVZ server. This howto is based on an fresh CentOS 4.4 installation with OpenVZ kernel 2.6.9 but should also work with all other combinations. I used a Dual Xeon with 2 GB RAM.
 == Installation ==
 Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template:
-<pre>wget http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/upload/bittorrent/debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.1.tar.gz</pre>
+ wget http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/upload/bittorrent/debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.2.tar.gz
 Copy the template into the template cache, usually to /vz/templates/cache/
 == Create a default config ==
-Create a reasonable default config if you don’t have one. The following command creates the file /etc/vz/conf/ve-default.conf-sample which contains reasonable defaults if you plan to run 5 containers:
+Create a reasonable default config if you don’t have one. The following command creates the file <code>/etc/vz/conf/ve-default.conf-sample</code> which contains reasonable defaults if you plan to run 5 containers:
-<pre>vzsplit -n 5 -f default</pre>
+ vzsplit -n 5 -f default
 == Create a container ==
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 Choose a free CT ID, we use 777 for this guide.
-<pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.1 --config default</pre>
+<pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.2 --config default</pre>
 == Configure the container ==
-Set IP Address and DNS nameservers, start servers automatically at boot time: please adapt these settings to your environment.
+Set IP address and DNS nameservers, start servers automatically at boot time: please adapt these settings to your environment.
-<pre>vzctl set 777 --onboot yes --ipadd 192.168.2.110 \
+ vzctl set 777 --onboot yes --ipadd 192.168.2.110 \
- --nameserver 192.168.2.100 --nameserver 192.168.2.101 \
+   --nameserver 192.168.2.100 --nameserver 192.168.2.101 \
- --hostname proxmox --searchdomain yourdomain.tld --save</pre>
+   --hostname proxmox --searchdomain yourdomain.tld --save
 Set guaranteed memory to 512MB, maximum disk space to 4GB.
-<pre>vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 512M:unlimited --privvmpages 1G:1100M --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save</pre>
+ vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 512M:unlimited --privvmpages 1G:1100M --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save
 == Start the container ==
-<pre>vzctl start 777</pre>
+ vzctl start 777
 And finally set the root password:
-<pre>vzctl set 777 --userpasswd root:YOURPASSWORD</pre>
+ vzctl set 777 --userpasswd root:YOURPASSWORD
 Now you have a running Proxmox! By typing vzlist you should have something like this.

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 Now you have a running Proxmox! By typing vzlist you should have something like this.
 <pre>[root@vz1 ~]# vzlist
-       VEID      NPROC STATUS  IP_ADDR         HOSTNAME
+       CTID      NPROC STATUS  IP_ADDR         HOSTNAME
          56 running 192.168.2.110   proxmox
 [root@vz1 ~]#</pre>