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To create a centos CentOS 5 minimal template from centos-4-i386-minimal ,follow the next these steps:
1 - Create a vps container using centos-4-i386-minimal and set a valid nameserver
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vzctl create VEID CTID --ostemplate centos-4-i386-minimal --config CONFIG_TEMPLATE --ipadd VPS_IP container_IP --hostname tempvzctl set VEID CTID --nameserver NAMESERVER_IP --save
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2 - Enter in VPScontainer
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vzctl enter VEIDCTID
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3 - Install centos-5-release packages
rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.0/os/i386/CentOS/initscripts-8.45.14.EL-1.el5.centos.1.i386.rpm --force --nodeps
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6 - Exit from VPScontainer
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exit
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7 - Upgrade vps container packages using vzyum (32bit only)
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vzyum VEID CTID upgrade
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Note: on 64-bit yum db-version might complain. Do "rm /vz/root/VZNUM/var/lib/rpm/__*" to delete conflicting DB.
8 - Stop your VE
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vzctl stop VEIDCTID
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9 - Replace the new /dev/ with the old one
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cd /vz/private/VEIDCTID
rm -rf dev
tar -xvf dev.tar
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10 - Leave the vps container private dir (or it will not stard)
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cd
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11 - Start the VPScontainer
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vzctl start VEIDCTID
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12 - Remove VPS container IP
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vzctl set --ipdel VPS_IPcontainer_IP
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13 - Stop VPScontainer
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vzctl stop VEIDCTID
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14 - Create the template
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cd /vz/private/VEIDCTID
tar -zcf /vz/template/cache/centos-5.0-i386-minimal.tar.gz .
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