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The Proxmox Mail Gateway template is an OpenVZ OS template that allows you to run the Antispam & Antivirus Mail Gateway. Proxmox runs in different virtualization environments but in OpenVZ it is almost twice as fast as on the virtualization solutions from the market leader - due to the minimal overhead in OpenVZ.
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The Proxmox Mail Gateway 2.2 template is an OpenVZ OS template that allows you to run the Antispam & Antivirus Mail Gateway. Proxmox runs in different virtualization environments but in OpenVZ it is almost twice as fast as with full virtualization - due to the minimal overhead. Proxmox offers free and commercial licenses.  
  
= Prerequisites =
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== Prerequisites ==
I assume you have already a running OpenVZ server. This HowTo is based on an fresh Centos 4.4 installation with OpenVZ kernel 2.6.9 but should work also with all other combinations. I used a Dual Xeon with 2 GB Ram.
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I assume you have already a running OpenVZ server. This howto is based on an fresh CentOS 4.4 installation with OpenVZ kernel 2.6.9 but should also work with all other combinations. I used a Dual Xeon with 2 GB RAM.
  
= Installation =
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== Installation ==
Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template
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Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template:
<pre>wget http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/upload/bittorrent/debian-3.1-proxmox-mailgateway.tar.gz</pre>
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wget http://download.proxmox.com/appliances/mail/debian-6.0-proxmox-mailgateway_3.1-2_amd64.tar.gz
  
 
Copy the template into the template cache, usually to /vz/templates/cache/
 
Copy the template into the template cache, usually to /vz/templates/cache/
  
= Create a default config =
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== Create a default config ==
Create a reasonable default config if you don’t have one. The following command creates the file /etc/vz/conf/ve-default.conf-sample which contains reasonable defaults if you plan to run 5 VEs:
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Create a reasonable default config if you don’t have one. The following command creates the file <code>/etc/vz/conf/ve-default.conf-sample</code> which contains reasonable defaults if you plan to run 5 containers:
<pre>vzsplit -n 5 -f default</pre>
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vzsplit -n 5 -f default
  
= Create the VPS =
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== Create a container ==
  
Choose a free VPS ID, we use 777 inside this guide and
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Choose a free CT ID, we use 777 for this guide.
<pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-3.1-proxmox-mailgateway --config default</pre>
 
  
= Configure the VPS =
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<pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-6.0-proxmox-mailgateway_3.1 --config default</pre>
  
Set IP Address and DNS nameservers, start servers automatically at boot time: please adapt these settings to your enviroment
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== Configure the container ==
<pre>vzctl set 777 --onboot yes --ipadd 192.168.2.110 --nameserver 192.168.2.100 --nameserver 192.168.2.101 --hostname proxmox --searchdomain yourdomain.tld --save</pre>
 
  
Set guaranteed memory to 512MB, maximum disk space to 4GB
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Set IP address and DNS nameservers, start servers automatically at boot time: please adapt these settings to your environment.
<pre>vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 131072:2147483647 --diskspace 4000000:4400000 --save</pre>
 
  
And finally set the root password:
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vzctl set 777 --onboot yes --ipadd 192.168.2.110 \
<pre>vzctl set 777 --userpasswd root:YOURPASSWORT</pre>
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  --nameserver 192.168.2.100 --nameserver 192.168.2.101 \
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  --hostname proxmox --searchdomain yourdomain.tld --save
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Set guaranteed memory to 1024MB, maximum disk space to 4GB.
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vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 1024M:unlimited --privvmpages 1G:1100M --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save
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== Start the container ==
  
= Start the VPS =
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vzctl start 777
  
<pre>vzctl start 777</pre>
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And finally set the root password:
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vzctl set 777 --userpasswd root:YOURPASSWORD
  
 
Now you have a running Proxmox! By typing vzlist you should have something like this.
 
Now you have a running Proxmox! By typing vzlist you should have something like this.
 
<pre>[root@vz1 ~]# vzlist
 
<pre>[root@vz1 ~]# vzlist
       VEID     NPROC STATUS  IP_ADDR        HOSTNAME
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       CTID     NPROC STATUS  IP_ADDR        HOSTNAME
 
       777        56 running 192.168.2.110  proxmox
 
       777        56 running 192.168.2.110  proxmox
 
[root@vz1 ~]#</pre>
 
[root@vz1 ~]#</pre>
  
= Backup considerations, live migration, and HA Cluster =
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== Backup considerations, live migration, and HA Cluster ==
The Proxmox HA Cluster consists of a master and several nodes (minimum one node) - All can be run on different OpenVZ servers within the same subnet. Configuration is done on the master, all configuration and data is synchronized to all cluster nodes over a VPN tunnel.  
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You can run the mail gateway on any OpenVZ platform and on the [http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_2.0_Cluster Proxmox VE Cluster]. This include live-migration and online backups.
  
For online backups: see [[Backup_of_a_running_VE_with_vzdump]]
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For online backups, see [[backup of a running container with vzdump]].
  
Live migration: see [[Checkpointing_and_live_migration]]
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For live migration, see [[checkpointing and live migration]].
  
For HA Cluster: see http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/en/technology/proxmox-ha-cluster/
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For HA Cluster, see [[HA cluster with DRBD and Heartbeat]] and [http://www.proxmox.com/proxmox-mail-gateway/features feature page on Proxmox].
  
= Proxmox configuration =
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== Proxmox configuration ==
 
For the Proxmox configuration point your web browser to the given IP address.
 
For the Proxmox configuration point your web browser to the given IP address.
  
More information on http://www.proxmox.com
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More information on http://www.proxmox.com/
  
 
[[Category: HOWTO]]
 
[[Category: HOWTO]]
 
[[Category: Templates]]
 
[[Category: Templates]]

Latest revision as of 11:12, 15 March 2014

The Proxmox Mail Gateway 2.2 template is an OpenVZ OS template that allows you to run the Antispam & Antivirus Mail Gateway. Proxmox runs in different virtualization environments but in OpenVZ it is almost twice as fast as with full virtualization - due to the minimal overhead. Proxmox offers free and commercial licenses.

Prerequisites[edit]

I assume you have already a running OpenVZ server. This howto is based on an fresh CentOS 4.4 installation with OpenVZ kernel 2.6.9 but should also work with all other combinations. I used a Dual Xeon with 2 GB RAM.

Installation[edit]

Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template:

wget http://download.proxmox.com/appliances/mail/debian-6.0-proxmox-mailgateway_3.1-2_amd64.tar.gz

Copy the template into the template cache, usually to /vz/templates/cache/

Create a default config[edit]

Create a reasonable default config if you don’t have one. The following command creates the file /etc/vz/conf/ve-default.conf-sample which contains reasonable defaults if you plan to run 5 containers:

vzsplit -n 5 -f default

Create a container[edit]

Choose a free CT ID, we use 777 for this guide.

vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-6.0-proxmox-mailgateway_3.1 --config default

Configure the container[edit]

Set IP address and DNS nameservers, start servers automatically at boot time: please adapt these settings to your environment.

vzctl set 777 --onboot yes --ipadd 192.168.2.110 \
  --nameserver 192.168.2.100 --nameserver 192.168.2.101 \
  --hostname proxmox --searchdomain yourdomain.tld --save

Set guaranteed memory to 1024MB, maximum disk space to 4GB.

vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 1024M:unlimited --privvmpages 1G:1100M --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save

Start the container[edit]

vzctl start 777

And finally set the root password:

vzctl set 777 --userpasswd root:YOURPASSWORD

Now you have a running Proxmox! By typing vzlist you should have something like this.

[root@vz1 ~]# vzlist
      CTID      NPROC STATUS  IP_ADDR         HOSTNAME
       777         56 running 192.168.2.110   proxmox
[root@vz1 ~]#

Backup considerations, live migration, and HA Cluster[edit]

You can run the mail gateway on any OpenVZ platform and on the Proxmox VE Cluster. This include live-migration and online backups.

For online backups, see backup of a running container with vzdump.

For live migration, see checkpointing and live migration.

For HA Cluster, see HA cluster with DRBD and Heartbeat and feature page on Proxmox.

Proxmox configuration[edit]

For the Proxmox configuration point your web browser to the given IP address.

More information on http://www.proxmox.com/