OpenVZ and Arch

extofme · 2009-10-19 08:04:55

i am in progress of migrating my servers from gentoo to arch. i am trying to build an openvz host os in arch, simply because its easier to maintain than gentoo and less needlessly complex IMO. this package:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23922

has been abandoned as of today, although i am building it as we speak anyway. this package:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15789

will not compile on either x64 or 686. is there no interest in this technology? should i be looking into other technology, such as LXC as the author of the first PKGBUILD has championed? we use XEN at work on many servers, and frankly, i find it to be overkill and/or lacking in many areas, especially since all the containers are lightweight services and exclusively linux. what are others doing in ther virtualization arena with arch linux? i would really like my host os to be arch, and would rather not compile/create an openvz kernel PKGBUILD from hand, or custom modify existing/abandoned ones.

what is the general consensus here? can we get an official openvz kernel into the repositories?

extofme · 2009-10-20 21:35:46

well after looking into dshauer's post here:

http://lxc.teegra.net/

cited in the post when orphaning the openvz packages, and after reading coutless other articles, i decided to go that route (LXC) as well; LXC seems to be a solid attempt to make openvz unecessary, and utilizes all the container stuff that has entered the kernel recently. i just needed to recompile the kernel26 abs package with these config vars enabled, as stated in dshauer's post:

CONFIG_GROUP_SCHED=y
CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED=y
CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=y
CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED=y
CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
CONFIG_CGROUP_NS=y
CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
CONFIG_PROC_PID_CPUSET=y
CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
CONFIG_RESOURCE_COUNTERS=y
CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR=y
CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP=y
CONFIG_MM_OWNER=y
CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
CONFIG_UTS_NS=y
CONFIG_IPC_NS=y
CONFIG_USER_NS=y
CONFIG_PID_NS=y
CONFIG_NET_NS=y
CONFIG_NET_CLS_CGROUP=y
CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES=y

can these options be enabled by default in the standard kernel package? seem to just be namespace support for various things, and control groups for resource management.

extofme · 2009-10-21 04:00:43

anyone interested in VPS/container technology please +1 this feature request:

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16715

Tomoiaga · 2009-11-04 10:14:41

since this is related to OpenVZ and Archlinux I was going to ask you about your progress with Arch and if you used LXC or OpenVZ. I have created an OpenVZ template for Arch with the latest release that works fine. It seems that there are some bugs in the OpenVZ scripts created for Arch for the deletion of an IP address of a container in the case where you have multiple IPs and I was wondering who wrote those scripts or how can they be changed directly at OpenVZ.

starfry · 2010-08-18 09:28:24

Hello, an old thread I know but I wanted to say hi and that I am looking to get openvz running on Arch. I am coming to Arch from Ubuntu because support has been dropped there in favour of LXC. I understand LXC to be fledgling and not ready for production and I have a fair investment in openvz.

I am prepared to be convinced about LXC if it is the better argument but I need to be able to port my existing containers over easily.

Any thoughts/help/comments appreciated.

fukawi2 · 2010-08-18 12:50:22

This may be relevant to your interests:
http://wiki.archserver.org/index.php/OpenVZ_Template

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#1 2009-10-19 08:04:55

OpenVZ and Arch

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Re: OpenVZ and Arch

#3 2009-10-21 04:00:43

Re: OpenVZ and Arch

#4 2009-11-04 10:14:41

Re: OpenVZ and Arch

#5 2010-08-18 09:28:24

Re: OpenVZ and Arch

#6 2010-08-18 12:50:22

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