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Any KVM servers in Singapore that I can install OpenVZ on?
Only requirement besides OVZ is multiple IP's for the OVZ containers.
Would only need 4GB + maybe 80GB storage to start. 4IPs in addition to server IP.
I am not looking for low end so budget should not be a problem if they can provide the above features. Just needs to be less expensive than dedicated hardware.
Singapore prices for dedicated are still too high. I'm hoping that OVH opening up a datacenter there will change that but remains to be seen.
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I'm testing ExpertVM, we'll see.
Vultr
Vultr isn't in SG. DO is, but they don't offer additional IPs
My bad! Sorry! Always confuse on which one have Tokyo and SG.
Waiting for OP's offers.
Linode has SG location with KVM.
SimplerCloud?
Would work on our clouds too, tho running openVZ inside KVM will be 'moderately bad' performance wise...
Can't run OVZ on DO because you can't run a custom kernel. There is a hacky kludgey way of doing it that I read about someone doing as a proof of concept. Not anything I would do for production.
Vultr isn't in Singapore. First place I checked. They appear to have something in Japan but that's not gonna work for me.
Are you sure? I ran ovz in KVM boxes from LE providers who are using SolusVM, and it was fine, though only testing not for production. Is DO much different than that? Time for me to try it now
You cannot run custom kernels on DO and if you can't run a custom kernel you can't run OVZ.
For the keyboard commandos who will google this and become an expert on it in 5min to tell me I am wrong, yes I am aware of hackey kudgey ways that make it theoretically possible.
I actually didn't know that you couldn't install a custom kernel using command line. I thought what they meant is that you can't directly install one from the host side, like via their control panel. Guess I am wrong.
Technically I think what they are doing is preventing control of grub. So some people have found hackey kludgey ways around that.
My guess is one of the reasons they do that is to prevent people from running OpenVZ. So it's probably against their terms of service anyways. If I can't get multiple IP's then that's the final nail in that idea.
Will look into that. Thanks for the info.
Honestly, I don't think it would be against their TOS, since running OVZ inside KVM isn't that much of an issue. Even most LE KVM providers allow that, so...
https://manage.dediserve.com/index.php?cmd=module&module=54&cid=681
How about running it on Xen as it is a type 1 hypervisor and has an isolated environment? We do have several experiences in the past with this typo.
We have not plans to ever use Xen. Just KVM and OpenVZ and the eventual successor to OpenVZ (Virtuozzo).
On that note looks like Linode uses Xen and nobody there recommends using OpenVZ on it. Looks like trying to get extra IP's might be a problem as well.
Thanks for this one. They check all the boxes so it's a possibility.
They don't seem to have an option for additional IPs which is usually a bad sign.
DO has a special panel where you are allowed to choose kernels they provided. They provide distro kernel, but not the OpenVZ one. So LXC/nspawn is probably OK, but no VZs.
+1
But then what about kernel updates from yum or apt-get? Does the VM simply not boot from the new kernel?
Correct. LXC isn't production ready and is not a replacement for OpenVZ feature for feature. At least not yet. I am aware that people are experimenting with it and can run containers etc. I'm not experimenting.
Been awhile since I used DO but I believe that is correct. I think you can only boot from the grub they give you. Also means you cannot customize kernel boot parameters. There are some hackey kludgey ways to try get around those limitations but nothing mainstream as far as I know.
With DO you use kexec to boot other kernels
This is one of the several articles about that: http://0wned.it/2014/08/27/custom-kernel-on-a-digitalocean-droplet-the-right-way/
Edit: And a more simple one: https://gist.github.com/cpuguy83/6143347
I run proxmox 3 in two DO instances with production sites and no issues.