Changes

1. Get the latest kernel and utils from [[Download/kernel/rhel6]] and [[Download/utils]]. You need

3. Convert all the RPMs to debs using alien. and install the converted kernel fakeroot alien --to-deb --scripts --keep-version vz*.rpm fakeroot alien dpkg -i vzkernel*deb 4a. Install vz utils ('''only if you did not download vzctl and vzquota from openvz.org''') apt-toget install vzctl vzquota '''OR''' 4b. Download and install [http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/libcgroup1 libcgroup1] from the Ubuntu 12.04 repository for your architecture if you plan of using current versions of vzctl wget http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/universe/libc/libcgroup/libcgroup1_0.37.1-1ubuntu10_i386.deb wget http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/universe/libc/libcgroup/libcgroup1_0.37.1--scripts --keep-version ploop*1ubuntu10_amd64.rpmdeb

4. Install debs. dpkg -i vzlibcgroup1*.deb dpkg -i ploop*.deb vzquota*deb vzctl*deb

56. Modify <code>/boot/grub/menu.lst</code> like this. This heavily depends on your enviornment. Please modify. See also “configuring the bootloader” of [[Quick installation]].

6b. If using grub2, please modify <code>/etc/default/grub</code> and change GRUB_DEFAULT to whatever your new grub entry is named (check your menuentrys in /boot/grub/grub.cfg) "GRUB_DEFAULT="Ubuntu, mit Linux 2.6.32-042stab061.2" 7. Edit <code>/etc/sysctl.conf</code>. See “sysctl” of [[Quick installation]].

78. Make OpenVZ boots automatically.

89. If you plan to use LVM2, make sure the module dm-mod is loaded at startup:

910. Reboot.

1011. Follow the [[Quick installation]] from “installing OS template caches”.

10b11b. rsyslog probably won't work (it depends on a debian-specific kernel-hack). See

1112. See also [[Common Networking HOWTOs]].