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| − | The Proxmox Mail Gateway 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 on the virtualization solutions from the market leader - due to the minimal overhead in OpenVZ. | + | The Proxmox Mail Gateway 2.0 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 on the virtualization solutions from the market leader - due to the minimal overhead in OpenVZ. |
= Prerequisites = | = Prerequisites = | ||
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= Installation = | = Installation = | ||
Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template | Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template | ||
| − | <pre>wget http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/upload/bittorrent/debian- | + | <pre>wget http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/upload/bittorrent/debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.0.tar.gz</pre> |
Copy the template into the template cache, usually to /vz/templates/cache/ | Copy the template into the template cache, usually to /vz/templates/cache/ | ||
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Choose a free VPS ID, we use 777 inside this guide and | Choose a free VPS ID, we use 777 inside this guide and | ||
| − | <pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian- | + | <pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.0 --config default</pre> |
= Configure the VPS = | = Configure the VPS = | ||
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Set guaranteed memory to 512MB, maximum disk space to 4GB | Set guaranteed memory to 512MB, maximum disk space to 4GB | ||
| − | <pre>vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages | + | <pre>vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 512M --privvmpages 1G --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save</pre> |
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= Start the VPS = | = Start the VPS = | ||
<pre>vzctl start 777</pre> | <pre>vzctl start 777</pre> | ||
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| + | And finally set the root password: | ||
| + | <pre>vzctl set 777 --userpasswd root:YOURPASSWORT</pre> | ||
Now you have a running Proxmox! By typing vzlist you should have something like this. | Now you have a running Proxmox! By typing vzlist you should have something like this. | ||
Revision as of 10:28, 4 July 2007
The Proxmox Mail Gateway 2.0 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 on the virtualization solutions from the market leader - due to the minimal overhead in OpenVZ.
Contents
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 work also with all other combinations. I used a Dual Xeon with 2 GB Ram.
Installation
Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template
wget http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/upload/bittorrent/debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.0.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 VEs:
vzsplit -n 5 -f default
Create the VPS
Choose a free VPS ID, we use 777 inside this guide and
vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.0 --config default
Configure the VPS
Set IP Address and DNS nameservers, start servers automatically at boot time: please adapt these settings to your enviroment
vzctl set 777 --onboot yes --ipadd 192.168.2.110 --nameserver 192.168.2.100 --nameserver 192.168.2.101 --hostname proxmox --searchdomain yourdomain.tld --save
Set guaranteed memory to 512MB, maximum disk space to 4GB
vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 512M --privvmpages 1G --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save
Start the VPS
vzctl start 777
And finally set the root password:
vzctl set 777 --userpasswd root:YOURPASSWORT
Now you have a running Proxmox! By typing vzlist you should have something like this.
[root@vz1 ~]# vzlist
VEID NPROC STATUS IP_ADDR HOSTNAME
777 56 running 192.168.2.110 proxmox
[root@vz1 ~]#
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.
For online backups: see Backup_of_a_running_VE_with_vzdump
Live migration: see Checkpointing_and_live_migration
For HA Cluster: see http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/en/technology/proxmox-ha-cluster/
Proxmox configuration
For the Proxmox configuration point your web browser to the given IP address.
More information on http://www.proxmox.com
