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This guide is meant to provide comprehensive information on OpenVZ — high-end server virtualization software for Linux-based computers. The issues discussed in this guide cover the necessary theoretical conceptions as well as practical aspects of working with OpenVZ. The guide will familiarize you with the way to create and administer ''containers'' (sometimes also called ''Virtual Environments'', or ''VEs'') on OpenVZ-based Hardware Nodes and to employ the command line interface for performing various tasks.
== Who Should Read This Guide ==
Chapter 5, [[../Managing Templates/]], shows you the way to handle OpenVZ templates properly – create and install templates and template updates on the Hardware Node, add them to and remove from containers, etc.
Chapter 6, [[../Managing Resources/]], zeroes in on configuring and monitoring the resource control parameters for different containers. These parameters comprise disk quotas, disk I/O, CPU and system resources. Common ways of optimizing your containers configurations are suggested at the end of the chapter.
Chapter 7, [[../Advanced Tasks/]], enumerates those tasks that are intended for advanced system administrators who would like to obtain deeper knowledge about OpenVZ capabilities.
The root path usually includes the /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin and /usr/sbin directories, so the steps in this book show the commands in these directories without absolute path names. Steps that use commands in other, less common, directories show the absolute paths in the examples.
== Getting Help ==
In addition to this guide, there are a number of other resources available for OpenVZ which can help you use it more effectively. These resources include:
* [[User beancounters]] manual provides in-depth knowledge of UBC functioning and configuration.
* OpenVZ Wiki (http://wiki.openvz.org/) serves as a primary place to collect and share OpenVZ information.
* OpenVZ users [[mailing list]] is where users exchange questions and ideas.
* http://forum.openvz.org/ is OpenVZ support and discussion forum.
== Feedback ==