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Virtual Multiserver Environment With Dedicated Web & MySQL, Email & DNS Servers On Debian Squeeze With ISPConfig 3

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:28:56 +0200

Virtual Multiserver Environment With Dedicated Web & MySQL, Email & DNS Servers On Debian Squeeze With ISPConfig 3

This tutorial describes how you can set up a single dedicated server as a virtual multiserver environment using OpenVZ with dedicated Web & MySQL, Email and DNS servers on Debian Squeeze. Also, you will learn how to maintain all these servers. As an addition, you will learn how to install some very useful packages on all of them, how to protect them and how to monitor them. At the end you will have a fully functional virtual multiserver environment, ready for shared hosting.

Proxmox VE 2.x With Software Raid

Thu, 03 May 2012 19:07:59 +0200

Proxmox VE 2.x With Software Raid

Proxmox Virtual Environment is an easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines. Proxmox does not officially support software raid but I have found software raid to be very stable and in some cases have had better luck with it than hardware raid.

Installing OpenVZ + Management Of VMs Through ISPConfig 3 (Debian 6.0)

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:36:21 +0100

Installing OpenVZ + Management Of VMs Through ISPConfig 3 (Debian 6.0)

This tutorial describes the installation of an OpenVZ host server to manage virtual machines from within the ISPConfig 3 hosting control panel. OpenVZ is a lightweight virtualization technology for Linux servers, similar to jails on *BSD systems. ISPConfig 3 contains a module to manage OpenVZ virtual machines on the local server and on remote servers that run ISPConfig.

Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 5.7

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:11:13 +0100

Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 5.7

In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a CentOS 5.7 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.

How To Create A Debian Wheezy (Testing) OpenVZ Template

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:53:56 +0200

How To Create A Debian Wheezy (Testing) OpenVZ Template

This tutorial explains how to create an OpenVZ template for Debian Wheezy (Debian Testing) that you can use to create virtual Debian Wheezy machines under OpenVZ. I searched for a Debian Wheezy OpenVZ template, but couldn't find one, that's why I decided to create it myself. This guide can also be used for creating Debian Lenny templates and templates for recent Ubuntu versions.

Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 6.0

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:31:48 +0200

Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 6.0

In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a CentOS 6.0 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.

Installing And Using OpenVZ On Fedora 15

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:18:08 +0200

Installing And Using OpenVZ On Fedora 15

In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a Fedora 15 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.

Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 5.6

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:21:11 +0200

Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 5.6

In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a CentOS 5.6 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.

Installing And Using OpenVZ On Debian Squeeze (AMD64)

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:17:02 +0100

Installing And Using OpenVZ On Debian Squeeze (AMD64)

In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a Debian Squeeze server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.

Installing And Using OpenVZ On Fedora 14

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:24:17 +0100

Installing And Using OpenVZ On Fedora 14

In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a Fedora 14 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.

Installing And Using OpenVZ On Ubuntu 10.04

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:47:01 +0200

Installing And Using OpenVZ On Ubuntu 10.04

In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare an Ubuntu 10.04 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.

Using DPKG To Install OpenVZ On Debian

Mon, 24 May 2010 21:32:32 +0200

Using DPKG To Install OpenVZ On Debian

To use the DPKG package manager to install OpenVZ, all you need to do is download the OpenVZ components, and let DPKG do the rest.

How To Do Live Migration Of OpenVZ Containers

Mon, 04 May 2009 17:31:59 +0200

How To Do Live Migration Of OpenVZ Containers

This guide explains how you can do a live migration of an OpenVZ container from one OpenVZ host to the other. Both OpenVZ hosts are running on Debian Lenny in this article, but the live migration does not differ on other distributions.

Managing OpenVZ With The WebVZ Control Panel On Debian Lenny

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:55:08 +0100

Managing OpenVZ With The WebVZ Control Panel On Debian Lenny

This guide explains how you can install WebVZ on a Debian Lenny OpenVZ host. WebVZ is a light web-based control panel for OpenVZ. It has its own web server (Webrick) and database engine (SQLITE 3).

Installing And Using OpenVZ On Debian Lenny (AMD64)

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:38:46 +0100

Installing And Using OpenVZ On Debian Lenny (AMD64)

In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a Debian Lenny server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.