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__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__{{Main page announce}}{{News sidebar}} OpenVZ is container-based virtualization for Linux. OpenVZ creates multiple secure, isolated Linux containers (otherwise known as VEs or VPSs) on a single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict. Each container performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server; a container can be rebooted independently and have root access, users, IP addresses, memory, processes, files, applications, system libraries and configuration files. For more information about the technology and how it differs from the others like Xen, VMware etc., see [[introduction to virtualization]], {{PDFlink|[[download:doc/openvz-intro.pdf|doc/openvz-intro.pdf]]|73 KB}}, [[wikipedia:OpenVZ]] or [[Comparison|comparison table]]. OpenVZ software consists of an optional custom Linux kernel and command-line tools (mainly vzctl). Our kernel developers work hard to merge containers functionality into the upstream Linux kernel, making OpenVZ team the biggest contributor to Linux Containers (LXC) kernel, with features such as PID and network namespaces, memory controller, checkpoint-restore (see [http://criu.org CRIU.org]) and much more. OpenVZ tools (vzctl) is a solid alternative to LXC tools, see [[vzctl for upstream kernel]] for more details. While OpenVZ can be used with recent upstream kernel, we recommend using OpenVZ kernel for security, stability and features. OpenVZ is free open source software, available under GNU GPL. <div class="infobox" style="floatborder: rightnone; widthborder-left: 8px solid #7dae96; padding: 26em10px; text-alignmargin: 20px; background: left#f7f9fa;" class="plainlinks"><big><center>OpenVZ is the basis of [http://www.odin.com/products/virtuozzo/ '''Ten newest pagesVirtuozzo'''], a commercial virtualization solution offered by [http://www.odin.com Odin]. Virtuozzo is optimized for hosters and offers hypervisor (VMs in addition to containers), distributed cloud storage, dedicated support, management tools, and easy installation. To learn more about Virtuozzo and request a free trial, please [http://www.odin.com/products/virtuozzo/ click here]. <b>https://openvz.org/center>i/openvz_88x31.gif is supported by [http://www.odin.com https://openvz.org/i/Odin_31x67.png] and [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XCJ27K5LJDZY4 </big>{{Special:Newestpagesgreen|your donations}}</-big>].</10}}b>
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=== Free support ===
Please read the documentation before asking questions. Check the [[FAQ]], use [[google:openvz|Google]], search both this wiki and the [http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=search forum]. If this doesn't help, ask on either [[forum:|forum]] or a [[mailing list]]. Please report all bugs to [https://bugs.openvz.org/ OpenVZ bug tracker].
== This wiki ==
This site is a wiki — the place to gain and share your OpenVZ knowledge. Wiki is a documentation portal, a knowledge base, a collaboration tool. Everyone (you!) can create or edit content, it's really easy. For information about wiki syntax and wiki editing, see [[meta:Help:Editing]].
Below are a few links you can start from. In addition, you might want to take a look at the list of [[Special:Categories|all categories]] or [[Special:Allpages|all pages]].
;[[:Category: Concepts|Concepts]]
: OpenVZ and virtualization concepts
;[[:Category: Technology|Technology]]
: Description of OpenVZ technologies
;[[:Category: Installation|Installation]]
: How to install OpenVZ
;[[:Category: Templates|Templates]]
: Everything about OpenVZ templates
;[[:Category:Networking|Networking]]
: Networking-related articles
;[[:Category:Storage|Storage]]
: Storage-related articles (mostly [[ploop]] and [[pstorage]])
;[[:Category:HOWTO|HOWTOs]]
: How to do something
;[[FAQ]]
: Frequently Asked Questions
;[[Artwork]]
: Show your appreciation of OpenVZ on your site using these images
;[[:Category:Definitions|Definitions]]
: Short definitions of various terms used in OpenVZ
;[[History]]
: list of major project milestones
;[[Interviews]]
: public conversations with OpenVZ developers
;[[Comparison]]
: to other container solutions
;[[Roadmap]]
: past and future releases of OpenVZ and its components
== Audio ==
{{:Podcasts}}
== External links ==
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVZ Wikipedia:OpenVZ]]* [http://metacriu.wikimediaorg criu.org/wiki/]* [[meta:Help:Editing How to edit wiki pages]]