Using VServer on Ubuntu

Downloaded VServer-patched kernel.

Installed kernel with:

sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.15-27-686_2.6.15-27.45vs2.0.1+2.0.2rc26_i386.deb

Reboot to load new VServer-enabled kernel.

sudo apt-get install util-vserver vserver-debiantools

http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_vserver_debian

vserver vserver1 build \
-n vserver1 \
--hostname vserver1.mydomain.com \
--interface eth0:192.168.1.31/24 \
-m debootstrap -- -d dapper
vserver vserver1 start
vserver vserver1 enter

Note that you’re now in the virtual server and that you have a minimal set of packages installed. If you type “top”, you’ll see very few processes running on your virtual server. And “df” will show that your root filesystem is coming from a virtual block device called /dev/hdv1.

apt-get install ssh
adduser marc

Now I can ssh to my virtual machine.

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