Servertechs: OpenVZ

This guide should run you through how to install openvz inside centos to get another VPS running inside your main one, we will assume that you’re logged in as root, or logged in as a user and have used ‘su’ or ‘sudo -s’ to become root.

Updating the system

If you’re using the CentOS image from scratch you should update the OS first, because there may be some outdated packages.

Quote:-bash-3.2# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
* addons: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
* base: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
* extras: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
* updates: mirror.as29550.net
addons | 951 B 00:00
base | 2.1 kB 00:00
extras | 2.1 kB 00:00
extras/primary_db | 188 kB 00:00
updates | 1.9 kB 00:00
updates/primary_db | 915 kB 00:00
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package device-mapper-multipath.i386 0:0.4.7-34.el5_5.6 set to be updated
—> Package e2fsprogs.i386 0:1.39-23.el5_5.1 set to be updated
—> Package e2fsprogs-libs.i386 0:1.39-23.el5_5.1 set to be updated
—> Package glibc.i686 0:2.5-49.el5_5.7 set to be updated
—> Package glibc-common.i386 0:2.5-49.el5_5.7 set to be updated
—> Package initscripts.i386 0:8.45.30-3.el5.centos set to be updated
—> Package kernel-xen.i686 0:2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 set to be installed
—> Package kpartx.i386 0:0.4.7-34.el5_5.6 set to be updated
—> Package krb5-libs.i386 0:1.6.1-36.el5_5.6 set to be updated
—> Package libxml2.i386 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1 set to be updated
—> Package logrotate.i386 0:3.7.4-9.el5_5.2 set to be updated
—> Package module-init-tools.i386 0:3.3-0.pre3.1.60.el5_5.1 set to be updated
—> Package nss.i386 0:3.12.8-1.el5.centos set to be updated
—> Package openldap.i386 0:2.3.43-12.el5_5.3 set to be updated
—> Package openssl.i686 0:0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7 set to be updated
—> Package pam.i386 0:0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 set to be updated
—> Package perl.i386 4:5.8.8-32.el5_5.2 set to be updated
—> Package python.i386 0:2.4.3-27.el5_5.3 set to be updated
—> Package rsyslog.i386 0:3.22.1-3.el5_5.1 set to be updated
extras/filelists_db | 197 kB 00:00
updates/filelists_db | 4.1 MB 00:01
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
–> Running transaction check
—> Package kernel-xen.i686 0:2.6.18-164.el5 set to be erased
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
===========================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
===========================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
kernel-xen i686 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 updates 18 M
Updating:
device-mapper-multipath i386 0.4.7-34.el5_5.6 updates 2.8 M
e2fsprogs i386 1.39-23.el5_5.1 updates 977 k
e2fsprogs-libs i386 1.39-23.el5_5.1 updates 118 k
glibc i686 2.5-49.el5_5.7 updates 5.3 M
glibc-common i386 2.5-49.el5_5.7 updates 16 M
initscripts i386 8.45.30-3.el5.centos updates 1.6 M
kpartx i386 0.4.7-34.el5_5.6 updates 420 k
krb5-libs i386 1.6.1-36.el5_5.6 updates 663 k
libxml2 i386 2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1 updates 795 k
logrotate i386 3.7.4-9.el5_5.2 updates 41 k
module-init-tools i386 3.3-0.pre3.1.60.el5_5.1 updates 426 k
nss i386 3.12.8-1.el5.centos updates 1.1 M
openldap i386 2.3.43-12.el5_5.3 updates 295 k
openssl i686 0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7 updates 1.4 M
pam i386 0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2 updates 980 k
perl i386 4:5.8.8-32.el5_5.2 updates 12 M
python i386 2.4.3-27.el5_5.3 updates 5.9 M
rsyslog i386 3.22.1-3.el5_5.1 updates 380 k
Removing:
kernel-xen i686 2.6.18-164.el5 installed 43 M
Transaction Summary
===========================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
Upgrade 18 Package(s)
Remove 1 Package(s)
Reinstall 0 Package(s)
Downgrade 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 69 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/19): logrotate-3.7.4-9.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | 41 kB 00:00
(2/19): e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-23.el5_5.1.i386.rpm | 118 kB 00:00
(3/19): openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.3.i386.rpm | 295 kB 00:00
(4/19): rsyslog-3.22.1-3.el5_5.1.i386.rpm | 380 kB 00:00
(5/19): kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.i386.rpm | 420 kB 00:00
(6/19): module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.60.el5_5.1.i386.rpm | 426 kB 00:00
(7/19): krb5-libs-1.6.1-36.el5_5.6.i386.rpm | 663 kB 00:00
(8/19): libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1.i386.rpm | 795 kB 00:00
(9/19): e2fsprogs-1.39-23.el5_5.1.i386.rpm | 977 kB 00:00
(10/19): pam-0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | 980 kB 00:00
(11/19): nss-3.12.8-1.el5.centos.i386.rpm | 1.1 MB 00:00
(12/19): openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7.i686.rpm | 1.4 MB 00:00
(13/19): initscripts-8.45.30-3.el5.centos.i386.rpm | 1.6 MB 00:02
(14/19): device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.i386.rpm | 2.8 MB 00:01
(15/19): glibc-2.5-49.el5_5.7.i686.rpm | 5.3 MB 00:03
(16/19): python-2.4.3-27.el5_5.3.i386.rpm | 5.9 MB 00:03
(17/19): perl-5.8.8-32.el5_5.2.i386.rpm | 12 MB 00:02
(18/19): glibc-common-2.5-49.el5_5.7.i386.rpm | 16 MB 00:05
(19/19): kernel-xen-2.6.18-194.32.1.el5.i686.rpm | 18 MB 00:06
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Total 2.0 MB/s | 69 MB 00:34
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating : glibc-common 1/39
Updating : glibc 2/39
Updating : e2fsprogs-libs 3/39
Updating : module-init-tools 4/39
Updating : krb5-libs 5/39
Updating : openssl 6/39
Updating : e2fsprogs 7/39
Updating : logrotate 8/39
Updating : rsyslog 9/39
Updating : initscripts 10/39
Updating : python 11/39
Updating : openldap 12/39
Updating : pam 13/39
Updating : perl 14/39
Updating : libxml2 15/39
Updating : nss 16/39
Updating : kpartx 17/39
Updating : device-mapper-multipath 18/39
Installing : kernel-xen 19/39
Cleanup : python 20/39
Cleanup : krb5-libs 21/39
Cleanup : openldap 22/39
Cleanup : glibc 23/39
Cleanup : glibc 24/39
Cleanup : pam 25/39
Cleanup : e2fsprogs-libs 26/39
Cleanup : perl 27/39
Cleanup : module-init-tools 28/39
Cleanup : libxml2 29/39
Cleanup : rsyslog 30/39
Cleanup : initscripts 31/39
Cleanup : device-mapper-multipath 32/39
Cleanup : nss 33/39
Cleanup : kpartx 34/39
Cleanup : logrotate 35/39
Cleanup : e2fsprogs 36/39
Cleanup : glibc-common 37/39
Cleanup : openssl 38/39
Cleanup : kernel-xen 39/39
Removed:
kernel-xen.i686 0:2.6.18-164.el5
Installed:
kernel-xen.i686 0:2.6.18-194.32.1.el5
Updated:
device-mapper-multipath.i386 0:0.4.7-34.el5_5.6 e2fsprogs.i386 0:1.39-23.el5_5.1 e2fsprogs-libs.i386 0:1.39-23.el5_5.1 glibc.i686 0:2.5-49.el5_5.7 glibc-common.i386 0:2.5-49.el5_5.7
initscripts.i386 0:8.45.30-3.el5.centos kpartx.i386 0:0.4.7-34.el5_5.6 krb5-libs.i386 0:1.6.1-36.el5_5.6 libxml2.i386 0:2.6.26-2.1.2.8.el5_5.1 logrotate.i386 0:3.7.4-9.el5_5.2
module-init-tools.i386 0:3.3-0.pre3.1.60.el5_5.1 nss.i386 0:3.12.8-1.el5.centos openldap.i386 0:2.3.43-12.el5_5.3 openssl.i686 0:0.9.8e-12.el5_5.7 pam.i386 0:0.99.6.2-6.el5_5.2
perl.i386 4:5.8.8-32.el5_5.2 python.i386 0:2.4.3-27.el5_5.3 rsyslog.i386 0:3.22.1-3.el5_5.1
Complete!

Install OpenVZ
- Edit settings in /etc/sysctl.conf
  Quote:-bash-3.2# nano /etc/sysctl.conf
- Change the following two options:
  Quote:net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
  kernel.sysrq = 1
- Add the section below:
  Quote:net.ipv4.conf.default.proxy_arp = 0
  net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1
  net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects = 1
  net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0
Install some additional required packages:
Quote:yum -y install mkinitrd ed rsync
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* addons: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
* base: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
* extras: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net
* updates: mirror.as29550.net
Setting up Install Process
Package mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.el5_5.2.i386 already installed and latest version
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package ed.i386 0:0.2-39.el5_2 set to be updated
—> Package rsync.i386 0:2.6.8-3.1 set to be updated
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
===========================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
===========================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
ed i386 0.2-39.el5_2 base 45 k
rsync i386 2.6.8-3.1 base 230 k
Transaction Summary
===========================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install 2 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 275 k
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): ed-0.2-39.el5_2.i386.rpm | 45 kB 00:00
(2/2): rsync-2.6.8-3.1.i386.rpm | 230 kB 00:00
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Total 2.6 MB/s | 275 kB 00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : ed 1/2
Installing : rsync 2/2
Installed:
ed.i386 0:0.2-39.el5_2 rsync.i386 0:2.6.8-3.1
Complete!
Download the required kernel:
Quote:-bash-3.2# wget http://download.openvz.org/kernel/branch…2.i686.rpm
–2011-01-17 14:32:40– http://download.openvz.org/kernel/branch…2.i686.rpm
Resolving download.openvz.org… 64.131.90.11
Connecting to download.openvz.org|64.131.90.11|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 23863688 (23M) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: `ovzkernel-xen-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.028stab079.2.i686.rpm’
100%[=================================================================================================================================================================================>] 23,863,688 6.62M/s in 4.3s
2011-01-17 14:32:44 (5.31 MB/s) – `ovzkernel-xen-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.028stab079.2.i686.rpm’ saved [23863688/23863688]
Download OpenVZ utilities:
Quote:-bash-3.2# wget http://download.openvz.org/utils/vzctl/c…1.i386.rpm http://download.openvz.org/utils/vzctl/c…1.i386.rpm http://download.openvz.org/utils/vzquota…1.i386.rpm
–2011-01-17 14:34:06– http://download.openvz.org/utils/vzctl/c…1.i386.rpm
Resolving download.openvz.org… 64.131.90.11
Connecting to download.openvz.org|64.131.90.11|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 159855 (156K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: `vzctl-3.0.25.1-1.i386.rpm’
100%[=================================================================================================================================================================================>] 159,855 398K/s in 0.4s
2011-01-17 14:34:06 (398 KB/s) – `vzctl-3.0.25.1-1.i386.rpm’ saved [159855/159855]
–2011-01-17 14:34:06– http://download.openvz.org/utils/vzctl/c…1.i386.rpm
Connecting to download.openvz.org|64.131.90.11|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 185781 (181K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: `vzctl-lib-3.0.25.1-1.i386.rpm’
100%[=================================================================================================================================================================================>] 185,781 460K/s in 0.4s
2011-01-17 14:34:07 (460 KB/s) – `vzctl-lib-3.0.25.1-1.i386.rpm’ saved [185781/185781]
–2011-01-17 14:34:07– http://download.openvz.org/utils/vzquota…1.i386.rpm
Connecting to download.openvz.org|64.131.90.11|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 83539 (82K) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: `vzquota-3.0.12-1.i386.rpm’
100%[=================================================================================================================================================================================>] 83,539 261K/s in 0.3s
2011-01-17 14:34:07 (261 KB/s) – `vzquota-3.0.12-1.i386.rpm’ saved [83539/83539]
FINISHED –2011-01-17 14:34:07–
Downloaded: 3 files, 419K in 1.1s (382 KB/s)
Install the downloaded packages:
Quote:-bash-3.2# rpm -ivh ovzkernel-xen-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.028stab079.2.i686.rpm
warning: ovzkernel-xen-2.6.18-194.26.1.el5.028stab079.2.i686.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a7a1d4b6
Preparing… ########################################### [100%]
1:ovzkernel-xen ########################################### [100%]
Quote:-bash-3.2# rpm -ivh vzquota-* vzctl-*
warning: vzquota-3.0.12-1.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a7a1d4b6
Preparing… ########################################### [100%]
1:vzctl-lib ########################################### [ 33%]
2:vzquota ########################################### [ 67%]
3:vzctl ########################################### [100%]
You’ll need a template for the operating system you’ll install, here is a link to a list of available templates.OpenVZ Templates
You should put the template you choose in the /vz/templates/cache folder, here’s an example.
Quote:-bash-3.2# wget http://download.openvz.org/template/prec…x86.tar.gz -O /vz/template/cache/debian-5.0-x86.tar.gz
–2011-01-17 14:39:48– http://download.openvz.org/template/prec…x86.tar.gz
Resolving download.openvz.org… 64.131.90.11
Connecting to download.openvz.org|64.131.90.11|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 138639961 (132M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `/vz/template/cache/debian-5.0-x86.tar.gz’
100%[=================================================================================================================================================================================>] 138,639,961 4.38M/s in 23s
2011-01-17 14:40:12 (5.68 MB/s) – `/vz/template/cache/debian-5.0-x86.tar.gz’ saved [138639961/138639961]
You should then edit your grub (bootloader) config file and change default to 0 to boot the first kernel in the list.
Quote:-bash-3.2# nano /boot/grub/grub.conf
default=0
Now reboot the system into the new kernel
Quote:-bash-3.2# reboot
Once the system has rebooted you can log back in and we can create our VPS.

Create your first VPS
You would use this command to create a VPS: vzctl create ID –ostemplate OSTEMPLATE –ipadd IPADDRESS –hostname HOSTNAME
Quote:-bash-3.2# vzctl create 101 –ostemplate debian-5.0-x86 –ipadd 172.16.0.21 –hostname demosys.allsimple.net
Creating container private area (debian-5.0-x86)
Performing postcreate actions
Container private area was created
You may want to set some of the following
- Set a reasonable disk space limit on the vps
  Quote:-bash-3.2# vzctl set 101 –diskspace 10G –save
- Set the VPS to start at boot up
  Quote:-bash-3.2# vzctl set 101 –onboot yes –save
- Set a root password
  Quote:-bash-3.2# vzctl set 101 –userpasswd root:newpassword
- Setting memory limits, (this is my understanding from a brief read about OpenVZ Memory)
  - privvmpages – Burstable memory
- Set the above memory limits
  Quote:-bash-3.2# vzctl set 101 –save –privvmpages 128M
  Saved parameters for CT 101
Start the VPS
Quote:-bash-3.2# vzctl start 101
Starting container …
Container is mounted
Adding IP address(es): 172.16.0.21
Setting CPU units: 1000
Set hostname: demosys.allsimple.net
Container start in progress…
It looks like the VPS started correct, you can log in directly to the VPS using OpenVZ below:
Quote:-bash-3.2# vzctl enter 101
entered into CT 101
demosys:/# w
23:13:03 up 1 min, 0 users, load average: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
demosys:/# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 128 10 117 0 0 0
-/+ buffers/cache: 10 117
Swap: 0 0 0
demosys:/# exit
logout
exited from CT 101
-bash-3.2#
Now you have a VPS running on the IP address 172.16.0.21, you should be able to access it via IP.
Quote:-bash-3.2# ping -c1 172.16.0.21
PING 172.16.0.21 (172.16.0.21) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 172.16.0.21: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.025 ms
— 172.16.0.21 ping statistics —
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.025/0.025/0.025/0.000 ms

If you’re using internal IP addresses you would need to use port forwarding or something to access services, I’ve not tested this with public IP’s but I would assume it should work.

Please report any errors, and note that there may be better ways to do some of the OpenVZ configuration above. We don’t regularly use OpenVZ and it seemed a better option for running inside a VPS due to the way it runs.

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