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The Proxmox Mail Gateway 2.1 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. | The Proxmox Mail Gateway 2.1 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 = | + | == 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 | + | 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 = | + | == Installation == |
| − | Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template | + | Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template: |
<pre>wget http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/upload/bittorrent/debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.1.tar.gz</pre> | <pre>wget http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/upload/bittorrent/debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.1.tar.gz</pre> | ||
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 = | + | == 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: | 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: | ||
<pre>vzsplit -n 5 -f default</pre> | <pre>vzsplit -n 5 -f default</pre> | ||
| − | = Create | + | == Create a VE == |
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| + | Choose a free VE ID, we use 777 for this guide. | ||
| − | |||
<pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.1 --config default</pre> | <pre>vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.1 --config default</pre> | ||
| − | = Configure the | + | == Configure the VE == |
Set IP Address and DNS nameservers, start servers automatically at boot time: please adapt these settings to your environment. | Set IP Address and DNS nameservers, start servers automatically at boot time: please adapt these settings to your environment. | ||
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<pre>vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 512M:2147483647 --privvmpages 1G:1100M --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save</pre> | <pre>vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 512M:2147483647 --privvmpages 1G:1100M --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save</pre> | ||
| − | = Start the | + | == Start the VE == |
<pre>vzctl start 777</pre> | <pre>vzctl start 777</pre> | ||
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[root@vz1 ~]#</pre> | [root@vz1 ~]#</pre> | ||
| − | = Backup considerations, live migration, and HA Cluster = | + | == 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. | 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. | ||
| − | For online backups | + | For online backups, see [[Backup_of_a_running_VE_with_vzdump]] |
Live migration: see [[Checkpointing_and_live_migration]] | Live migration: see [[Checkpointing_and_live_migration]] | ||
| − | For HA Cluster | + | For HA Cluster, see http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/en/technology/proxmox-ha-cluster/ |
| − | = Proxmox configuration = | + | == 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 | + | More information on http://www.proxmox.com/ |
[[Category: HOWTO]] | [[Category: HOWTO]] | ||
[[Category: Templates]] | [[Category: Templates]] | ||
Revision as of 10:16, 20 November 2007
The Proxmox Mail Gateway 2.1 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.
Contents
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 also work with all other combinations. I used a Dual Xeon with 2 GB Ram.
Installation
Download the Proxmox OpenVZ template:
wget http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/cms/upload/bittorrent/debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.1.tar.gz
Copy the template into the template cache, usually to /vz/templates/cache/
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:
vzsplit -n 5 -f default
Create a VE
Choose a free VE ID, we use 777 for this guide.
vzctl create 777 --ostemplate debian-4.0-proxmox-mailgateway-2.1 --config default
Configure the VE
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 512MB, maximum disk space to 4GB.
vzctl set 777 --vmguarpages 512M:2147483647 --privvmpages 1G:1100M --diskspace 4000M:4400M --save
Start the VE
vzctl start 777
And finally set the root password:
vzctl set 777 --userpasswd root:YOURPASSWORT
Now you have a running Proxmox! By typing vzlist you should have something like this.
[root@vz1 ~]# vzlist
VEID NPROC STATUS IP_ADDR HOSTNAME
777 56 running 192.168.2.110 proxmox
[root@vz1 ~]#
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.
For online backups, see Backup_of_a_running_VE_with_vzdump
Live migration: see Checkpointing_and_live_migration
For HA Cluster, see http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/en/technology/proxmox-ha-cluster/
Proxmox configuration
For the Proxmox configuration point your web browser to the given IP address.
More information on http://www.proxmox.com/
