[Users] openvz and SuSE

[Daniel Bauer]

From: "Kir Kolyshkin" <kir at openvz.org>
> Daniel Bauer wrote:
>> From: "Kir Kolyshkin" <kir at openvz.org>
>>> Daniel Bauer wrote:
>>>> ok, that sounds good, I'll have a try with SuSE.
>>>
>> Is there a howto for creating templates, or should I start with 
>> building the directory tree by myself?
>
> No, there is no formal howto, but somehow people manage to find out 
> all the details. It is probably not that hard, and there are two 
> approaches:
>
> (A)
> Currently our template tools can use yum-enabled repositories, so the 
> way to go is:
> 1. Take yum-enabled repo (or create one from a bunch of RPMS using 
> createrepo).
> 2. Take one of the existing OS templates metadata and find out what is 
> it.
> 3. Create a metadata for your OS template, based on the above.
> 4. Run vzpkgcache to create a template cache.
>
> (B)
> Alternative approach is just to install a set of packages into 
> chrooted environment (in RPM world you use 'rpm -i --root' for that, 
> in Debian world you use 'debootstrap'), then do some fine tuning and 
> finally tar this environment. The final tarball can be placed to 
> /vz/template/cache and used as a template. Basically, you need to 
> install some basic stuff - system libraries, init scripts, useful 
> binaries etc.

ok I'll have a try with SuSE ;)


>> Why is the stuff double in private and root, I thougt that the root 
>> is only the mounted stuff from private?
>
> It is not doubled. You can think of it as a bind mount (although it's 
> a bit more than that).
> Private is a source for mount (i.e. what we mount), while root is a 
> mountpoint (i.e. where we mount it).

ok, that is what I understood, but when I stop the VPS, the root is 
still full of content, shouldn't it be unmounted?

Daniel