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=== Bare-metal installation ===
 
=== Bare-metal installation ===
  
: See [[Virtuozzo]].
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: OpenVZ project build special Linux distributive with hypervisor and container virtualization.
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It consists from [https://www.cloudlinux.com/ Cloud Linux] distributive, [[Download/kernel/rhel7-testing|our custom kernel]], OpenVZ management utilities, [[QEMU]] and installer. It is highly recommended to use OpenVZ containers and virtual machines with this Virtuozzo installation image. See [[Virtuozzo]].  
  
 
=== Using Virtuozzo management tools with vanilla Linux kernel ===
 
=== Using Virtuozzo management tools with vanilla Linux kernel ===
  
: See [[OpenVZ with upstream kernel]].
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: See [[OpenVZ with upstream kernel]]. There is ability to use OpenVZ containers in vanilla kernel. But there some disadvantages:
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* Some required changes may be absent in Linux kernel on your machine. Our [[Virtuozzo]] distributive based on Cloud Linux and
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we strongly recommend to use it if you don't want to install Virtuozzo Linux distributive for some reasons. Cloud Linux kernel contains some important changes absent in another kernels (even RHEL kernels).
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* It is required to create to have separate partition mounted to /vz.
  
 
== Next steps ==
 
== Next steps ==

Revision as of 18:10, 22 June 2015

This document briefly describes the steps needed to install OpenVZ on your machine.

There are two ways to get OpenVZ:

Bare-metal installation

OpenVZ project build special Linux distributive with hypervisor and container virtualization.

It consists from Cloud Linux distributive, our custom kernel, OpenVZ management utilities, QEMU and installer. It is highly recommended to use OpenVZ containers and virtual machines with this Virtuozzo installation image. See Virtuozzo.

Using Virtuozzo management tools with vanilla Linux kernel

See OpenVZ with upstream kernel. There is ability to use OpenVZ containers in vanilla kernel. But there some disadvantages:
  • Some required changes may be absent in Linux kernel on your machine. Our Virtuozzo distributive based on Cloud Linux and

we strongly recommend to use it if you don't want to install Virtuozzo Linux distributive for some reasons. Cloud Linux kernel contains some important changes absent in another kernels (even RHEL kernels).

  • It is required to create to have separate partition mounted to /vz.

Next steps

OpenVZ is now set up on your machine. Follow on to basic operations in OpenVZ environment document.

See also