Building A Virtual Server (VPS) With Debian 3.1 (Sarge) And OpenVZ - Page 3
3 Build Your Own Ubuntu OpenVZ Virtual Private Server Template
First install the debootstrap utility from Ubuntu. This allows us to bootstrap Debian Sarge and Ubuntu installations.
cd /tmp
wget http://archive.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_0.3.3.0ubuntu3_all.deb
dpkg -i debootstrap_0.3.3.0ubuntu3_all.deb
Now we bootstrap the Ubuntu installation. I use the VPS ID 110. You can use any ID, as long as it is unused on the server and > 100.
debootstrap --arch i386 dapper /var/lib/vz/private/110 http://archive.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu
Apply the basic configuration to the VPS:
vzctl set 110 --applyconfig vps.basic --save
Set the name of the template:
echo "OSTEMPLATE=ubuntu-6.06" >> /etc/vz/conf/110.conf
Set the IP and nameserver. If you get this warning: "Warning: configuration file for distribution ubuntu-6.06 not found default used", ignore it.
vzctl set 110 --ipadd 192.168.0.169 --save
vzctl set 110 --nameserver 192.168.0.2 --save
vzctl set 110 --numothersock 120 --save
Add some additional package sources to the sources.list of the VPS:
echo "deb http://archive.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted" >> /var/lib/vz/private/110/etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb http://archive.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu dapper universe" >> /var/lib/vz/private/110/etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted" >> /var/lib/vz/private/110/etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe" >> /var/lib/vz/private/110/etc/apt/sources.list
Start the VPS:
vzctl start 110
Update the system:
vzctl exec 110 apt-get update
vzctl exec 110 apt-get -u upgrade
vzctl exec 110 apt-get install ssh libedit2 openssh-client openssh-server quota
Disable gettys on terminals:
vzctl exec 110 sed -i -e '/getty/d' /etc/inittab
Fix some mounts:
vzctl exec 110 rm -f /etc/mtab
vzctl exec 110 ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
Run apt-get clean to remove unnecessary packages:
vzctl exec 110 apt-get clean
Stop the VPS and remove the IP addresses:
vzctl set 110 --ipdel all --save
vzctl stop 110
Delete the SSH host keys and create a script thet generates new host keys on first boot of the VPS:
rm -f /var/lib/vz/private/110/etc/ssh/ssh_host_*
cat << EOF > /var/lib/vz/private/110/etc/rc2.d/S15ssh_gen_host_keys
#!/bin/bash
ssh-keygen -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -t rsa -N ''
ssh-keygen -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -t dsa -N ''
rm -f \$0
EOF
chmod a+x /var/lib/vz/private/110/etc/rc2.d/S15ssh_gen_host_keys
Pack the VPS to make it easily installable:
cd /var/lib/vz/private/110
tar czf /var/lib/vz/template/cache/ubuntu-6.06-minimal.tar.gz .
Hint: The dot in the line above is part of the command! It reads ....tar.gz[space][dot]
Now we remove the VPS we used to setup the template:
vzctl destroy 110
To create an instance of our Ubuntu server template, you can use this command:
vzctl create 102 --ostemplate ubuntu-6.06-minimal --config vps.basic
and then follow the other steps described in chapter 2.
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