User`s guide

C HAPTER 4

Operations on Virtual Private Servers

This chapter describes how to perform day-to-day operations on separate Virtual Private Servers

taken in their wholeness.

Note: We assume that you have successfully installed, configured, and deployed your OpenVZ

system. In case you have not, please turn to Chapter 3 providing detailed information on all

these operations.

In This Chapter

Creating and Configuring New Virtual Private Server......................................................... 31

Starting, Stopping, Restarting, and Querying Status of Virtual Private Server .................... 37

Listing Virtual Private Servers.............................................................................................. 39

Reinstalling Virtual Private Server ....................................................................................... 40

Deleting Virtual Private Server............................................................................................. 40

Running Commands in Virtual Private Server...................................................................... 41

Creating and Configuring New

Virtual Private Server

This section guides you through the process of creating a Virtual Private Server. We assume that

you have successfully installed OpenVZ and at least one OS template. If there are no OS

templates installed on the Hardware Node, turn to the

Managing Templates chapter first.

Before you Begin

Before you start creating a Virtual Private Server, you should:

 Check that the Hardware Node is visible on your network. You should be able to connect

to/from other hosts. Otherwise, your Virtual Private Servers will not be accessible from

other computers.

 Check that you have at least one IP address per Virtual Private Server and the addresses

belong to the same network as the Hardware Node or routing to the Virtual Private Servers

has been set up via the Hardware Node.

To create a new Virtual Private Server, you have to:

 choose the new Virtual Private Server ID;

 choose the OS template to use for the Virtual Private Server;

 create the Virtual Private Server itself.