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| − | ==Create | + | ==Create a container using centos-4-i386-minimal and set a valid nameserver== |
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| + | vzctl create CTID --ostemplate centos-4-i386-minimal --config CONFIG_TEMPLATE --ipadd container_IP --hostname temp | ||
| + | vzctl set CTID --nameserver NAMESERVER_IP --save | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| − | + | ==Enter in container== | |
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| − | vzctl | + | vzctl enter CTID |
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==Install centos-5-release packages== | ==Install centos-5-release packages== | ||
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| − | + | rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/centos-release-notes-5.5-0.i386.rpm | |
| + | rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/centos-release-5-5.el5.centos.i386.rpm | ||
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Note: centos-release-5 depends on notes-package, start with that one. | Note: centos-release-5 depends on notes-package, start with that one. | ||
| − | ==Backup | + | ==Backup your /dev/, since initscripts need udev and will remove vzdev you'll net the backup== |
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| − | + | tar -cf dev.tar ./dev | |
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| + | ==Install initscripts package (forced and with no deps)== | ||
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| − | + | rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.centos.i386.rpm --force --nodeps | |
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| − | == | + | ==Exit from container== |
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| − | + | exit | |
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| − | + | ==In /etc/vz/conf/CSID.conf replace== | |
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OSTEMPLATE="centos-4-i386-minimal" | OSTEMPLATE="centos-4-i386-minimal" | ||
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OSTEMPLATE="centos-5-i386-minimal" | OSTEMPLATE="centos-5-i386-minimal" | ||
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| − | + | ==Copy existing template from== | |
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| − | ==Copy existing template== | ||
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/vz/template/centos/4 | /vz/template/centos/4 | ||
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| − | == | + | ==In /vz/template/centos/4/i386/config/yum.conf change mirrors to CentOS 5== |
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| − | In /vz/template/centos/ | ||
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| + | ==Upgrade container packages using vzyum (32bit only)== | ||
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| − | + | vzyum CTID upgrade | |
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| + | Note: If yum db-version complains do "rm /vz/root/VZNUM/var/lib/rpm/__*" to delete conflicting db. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Stop your VE== |
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| − | vzctl | + | vzctl stop CTID |
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| − | == | + | ==Replace the new /dev/ with the old one== |
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| − | + | cd /vz/private/CTID | |
| + | rm -rf dev | ||
| + | tar -xvf dev.tar | ||
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| − | + | ==Leave the container private dir (or it will not start)== | |
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| − | + | cd | |
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| − | === | + | ==Start the container== |
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| − | + | vzctl start CTID | |
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| − | + | ==Remove container IP== | |
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| − | + | vzctl set --ipdel container_IP | |
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| − | == | + | ==Stop container== |
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| − | vzctl | + | vzctl stop CTID |
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==Create the template== | ==Create the template== | ||
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| − | cd /vz/private/ | + | cd /vz/private/CTID |
tar --numeric-owner -zcf /vz/template/cache/centos-5.5-i386-minimal.tar.gz . | tar --numeric-owner -zcf /vz/template/cache/centos-5.5-i386-minimal.tar.gz . | ||
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