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==Create a container using centos-4-i386-minimal and set a valid nameserver==
 
==Create a container using centos-4-i386-minimal and set a valid nameserver==
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
vzctl create CTID --ostemplate centos-4-i386-minimal --config CONFIG_TEMPLATE --ipadd container_IP --hostname temp
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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
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vzctl set $CTID --nameserver NAMESERVER_IP --save
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
 
==Enter in container==
 
==Enter in container==
 
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<pre>
vzctl enter CTID
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vzctl enter $CTID
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
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==Upgrade container packages using vzyum (32bit only)==
 
==Upgrade container packages using vzyum (32bit only)==
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
vzyum CTID upgrade
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vzyum $CTID upgrade
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
 
Note: If yum db-version complains do "rm /vz/root/VZNUM/var/lib/rpm/__*" to delete conflicting db.
 
Note: If yum db-version complains do "rm /vz/root/VZNUM/var/lib/rpm/__*" to delete conflicting db.
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==Stop your VE==
 
==Stop your VE==
 
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<pre>
vzctl stop CTID
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vzctl stop $CTID
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
 
==Replace the new /dev/ with the old one==
 
==Replace the new /dev/ with the old one==
 
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<pre>
cd /vz/private/CTID
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cd /vz/private/$CTID
 
rm -rf dev
 
rm -rf dev
 
tar -xvf dev.tar
 
tar -xvf dev.tar
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==Start the container==
 
==Start the container==
 
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vzctl start CTID
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vzctl start $CTID
 
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==Stop container==
 
==Stop container==
 
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vzctl stop CTID
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vzctl stop $CTID
 
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</pre>
  
 
==Create the template==
 
==Create the template==
 
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<pre>
cd /vz/private/CTID
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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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Revision as of 12:23, 2 June 2011

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To create a CentOS 5 minimal template from centos-4-i386-minimal, follow these steps:

Create a container using centos-4-i386-minimal and set a valid nameserver

vzctl create $CTID --ostemplate centos-4-i386-minimal --config CONFIG_TEMPLATE --ipadd container_IP --hostname temp
vzctl set $CTID --nameserver NAMESERVER_IP --save

Enter in container

vzctl enter $CTID

Install centos-5-release packages

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

Note: centos-release-5 depends on notes-package, start with that one.

Backup your /dev/, since initscripts need udev and will remove vzdev you'll net the backup

tar -cf dev.tar ./dev

Install initscripts package (forced and with no deps)

rpm -Uvh http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/os/i386/CentOS/initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.centos.i386.rpm --force --nodeps

Exit from container

exit

In /etc/vz/conf/CSID.conf replace

OSTEMPLATE="centos-4-i386-minimal"

to

OSTEMPLATE="centos-5-i386-minimal"

Copy existing template from

/vz/template/centos/4

to

/vz/template/centos/5

In /vz/template/centos/4/i386/config/yum.conf change mirrors to CentOS 5

Upgrade container packages using vzyum (32bit only)

vzyum $CTID upgrade

Note: If yum db-version complains do "rm /vz/root/VZNUM/var/lib/rpm/__*" to delete conflicting db.

Stop your VE

vzctl stop $CTID

Replace the new /dev/ with the old one

cd /vz/private/$CTID
rm -rf dev
tar -xvf dev.tar

Leave the container private dir (or it will not start)

cd

Start the container

vzctl start $CTID

Remove container IP

vzctl set --ipdel container_IP

Stop container

vzctl stop $CTID

Create the template

cd /vz/private/$CTID
tar --numeric-owner -zcf /vz/template/cache/centos-5.5-i386-minimal.tar.gz .