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{{Warning|This is an unofficial guide, use at your own risk. For an official guide, see [[Quick installation]].}}
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This quick installation quide assumes you have CentOS 6 64-bit installed with [http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Virtualization/OpenVZ SELinux and Firewall disabled], and that the containers will be on the same subnet as the host node.
 
 
 
The node's IP is 192.168.1.99/24 and the gateway is 192.168.1.1. The containers will have 192.168.1.101, 192.168.1.102, etc...
 
 
 
* Add the OpenVZ yum repo
 
<pre>
 
# wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/openvz.repo http://download.openvz.org/openvz.repo
 
# rpm --import http://download.openvz.org/RPM-GPG-Key-OpenVZ
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Ensure the yum repo points to RHEL6 packages
 
<pre>
 
# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/openvz.repo
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Install the OpenVZ kernel and ensure it's the 1st option in grub
 
<pre>
 
# yum install vzkernel
 
# vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Install the OpenVZ utilities
 
<pre>
 
# yum install vzctl vzquota ploop
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Tune /etc/sysctl.conf
 
<pre>
 
# vi /etc/sysctl.conf
 
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
 
net.ipv4.conf.default.proxy_arp = 0
 
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
 
kernel.sysrq = 1
 
net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 1
 
net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0
 
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1
 
net.ipv4.conf.default.forwarding=1
 
</pre>
 
 
 
The last 2 steps are necessary only if you are planning on using '''veth''' containers
 
 
 
* Create a vmbr0 bridge and add the host's interface to it
 
<pre>
 
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-vmbr0
 
DEVICE="vmbr0"
 
BOOTPROTO="static"
 
IPV6INIT="no"
 
ONBOOT="yes"
 
TYPE="Bridge"
 
DELAY=0
 
IPADDR=192.168.1.99
 
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
 
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
 
 
 
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
 
DEVICE="eth0"
 
ONBOOT="yes"
 
IPV6INIT="no"
 
TYPE="Ethernet"
 
BRIDGE="vmbr0"
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Create /etc/vz/vznet.conf with the following content. This will automatically add/remove the container's interface to the bridge when you start/stop the container.
 
<pre>
 
# vi /etc/vz/vznet.conf
 
#!/bin/bash
 
EXTERNAL_SCRIPT="/usr/sbin/vznetaddbr"
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Done. Reboot
 
 
 
== Create a VENET Container ==
 
 
 
* Create a CT
 
<pre>
 
# vzctl create 101 --ostemplate centos-6-x86_64 --config vswap-1g
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Configure the CT
 
<pre>
 
# vzctl set 101 --save --name server101
 
# vzctl set 101 --save --onboot yes
 
# vzctl set 101 --save --hostname server101.example.com
 
# vzctl set 101 --save --ipadd 192.168.1.101
 
# vzctl set 101 --save --searchdomain example.com
 
# vzctl set 101 --save --nameserver 8.8.8.8 --nameserver 8.8.4.4
 
# vzctl set 101 --save --cpus 4
 
# vzctl set 101 --save --ram 8G
 
# vzctl set 101 --save --swap 4G
 
# vzctl set 101 --save --diskspace 100G
 
# vzctl start 101
 
# vzctl exec 101 passwd
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Done. Enjoy your new VENET container
 
 
 
== Create a VETH Container ==
 
 
 
* Create a CT
 
<pre>
 
# vzctl create 102 --ostemplate centos-6-x86_64 --config vswap-1g
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Configure the CT
 
<pre>
 
# vzctl set 102 --save --name server102
 
# vzctl set 102 --save --onboot yes
 
# vzctl set 102 --save --hostname server102.example.com
 
# vzctl set 102 --save --netif_add eth0,,,FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
 
# vzctl set 102 --save --searchdomain example.com
 
# vzctl set 102 --save --nameserver 8.8.8.8 --nameserver 8.8.4.4
 
# vzctl set 102 --save --cpus 4
 
# vzctl set 102 --save --ram 8G
 
# vzctl set 102 --save --swap 4G
 
# vzctl set 102 --save --diskspace 100G
 
# vzctl start 102
 
# vzctl exec 102 passwd
 
</pre>
 
 
 
FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF will ensure a permanent MAC address on the bridge interface.
 
 
 
(Linux bridges behave strangely. They use the smallest MAC address of all the attached interfaces. If you add a new interface to the bridge with an even smaller MAC, the MAC of the bridge will change causing network interruption until the switch re-learns the new MAC)
 
 
 
* Configure the network of a RHEL-based container
 
<pre>
 
# cat << _EOF_ > /vz/root/102/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
 
DEVICE="eth0"
 
HOSTNAME="server102"
 
IPV6INIT="no"
 
MTU="1500"
 
TYPE="Ethernet"
 
ONBOOT=yes
 
BOOTPROTO=static
 
IPADDR=192.168.1.102
 
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
 
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
 
_EOF_
 
 
 
# vzctl exec 102 /etc/init.d/network restart
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Configure the network of a Debian-based container
 
<pre>
 
# cat << _EOF_ > /vz/root/102/etc/network/interfaces
 
auto lo eth0
 
iface lo inet loopback
 
iface eth0 inet static
 
address 192.168.1.102
 
netmask 255.255.255.0
 
gateway 192.168.1.1
 
_EOF_
 
 
 
# vzctl exec 102 /etc/init.d/networking restart
 
</pre>
 
 
 
* Done. Enjoy your new VETH container
 
 
 
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