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Openvz and the OVH 2G
Hi,
I recently got a 2G from kimsufi which is a N2800. I wanted to know if it's possible to setup some openvz virtual containers on it without deleting my existing os and files? I'm planning on setting up a few containers and assigning some ipv4 ports to each so I can share the single ip they give you. I'm doing this just to learn and I know the performance for each vm won't be that good. Thanks
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It is possible to install Proxmox, but you don't have additional ipv4 addresses to assign to the containers. You may have to use NAT
Thanks for the info. So if I install Openvz as per their instructions and boot into it, do my programs still run as normal? I was thinking NAT would be needed to get the ports forwarded.
I am not sure whether OVH's default kernel supports OpenVZ though. Never tried.
However, as long as you get OpenVZ up and running, the container will work just fine.
For NAT, consider Haproxy.
It's ok I installed a custom kernel with virtualisation support. Ok thanks
@sc754 - Great way to learn.
What operating system are you using CentOS, Debian, ?
proxmox only runs on Debian.
You can set up openVZ on CentOS without trashing what you already have,but the panel is not as nice
DNAT and SNAT firewall rules are easy to setup for the node to forward to the containers.
You will need to set up a vlan between the node and the containers.
I'm on centos 6. I've so far installed Openvz rebooted into the kernel and managed to get a vps running. I've even managed to forward a few ports on and allowed it access to the wider internet. I didn't setup a vlan to get it working though, it seems to just work by assigning it a random ip and then setting up the firewall rules. I didn't setup proxmox, I just setup openvz and then setup the vps through the command line in ssh. I'm not bothered about a panel for it since it's only me using the setup.
@sc754 Sounds like you are set.. Good luck.