User`s guide

Managing Virtual Environments 37
Creating Containers
The procedure of Parallels Container creation is a little bit more complicated than that
of a Parallels virtual machine, since almost every window contains not only the basic
configuration options, but also a number of advanced settings. The good thing about it
is that you can easily skip the advanced options or simply use the default parameters
that the Parallels Virtual Automation team has developed for your convenience. Or you
may learn more about these options by clicking the
Help button and reading the
corresponding help page.
In any case, you can always edit the Container configuration later from the Container
dashboard or with the help of Parallel Virtuozzo Container software.
To create a new Container, perform the following actions:
1 Click the
New button and select Virtual Environment from the drop-down list.
2 In the New Virtual Environments: Begin screen, select the type of virtual environment
you want to create: in this case, it will be Parallels Virtuozzo Container.
As you make the selection, you are prompted for the destination physical server
information in the Hardware Node Selection section. You can either let Parallels Virtual
Automation select the server for you, or specify one yourself. When creating a new
Container on an automatically selected server, you should also specify the desired
operating system for the target physical server.
In the Virtual Environment Configuration section, specify the number of Containers to
be created and the virtual environment template to be applied to them.
As you finish with the initial settings, click Next to proceed to the following screen.