[Users] OpenVZ / Virtuozzo 7
Volker Janzen
voja at voja.de
Fri Aug 26 09:37:20 PDT 2016
Hi,
it took me some time to figure this out and I hope to help when sharing the tutorial.
Please note: you should not enable factory.repo entries as I wrote in the tutorial. Set enabled=0 for all entries in this file. For production hosts you don't want this.
Regards
Volker
> Am 26.08.2016 um 08:31 schrieb Jurijs Ivolga <jurijs.ivolga at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi Volker,
>
> Thank you very much! I appreciate your help!
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Jurijs
>
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 11:14 PM, Volker Janzen <voja at voja.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was now able to reproduce and document the steps needed to go from CentOS 7 -> Virtuozzo Linux 7 -> Virtuozzo 7.
>>
>> You need to install CentOS 7 your prefered way with /vz ext4 partition (I made all partions ext4, as the Virtuozzo 7 Bare Metal installer does).
>>
>> First the steps to convert CentOS 7 (minimal) to Virtuozzo Linux 7 with vzdeploy:
>>
>> cd /root
>>
>> yum install wget
>>
>> wget http://repo.virtuozzo.com/vzlinux/vzdeploy/vzdeploy
>>
>> chmod 700 vzdeploy
>>
>> ./vzdeploy
>>
>> This takes some time and finishes without interaction needed. At the end you'll see:
>>
>> -----
>> Complete!
>> Installing a trial license...
>> Start activation for code trial...
>> License VZLINUX [*****] was loaded successfully.
>> Calling 0
>> sh: 0: command not found
>> Subscription completed unsuccessfully
>> Activation completed successfully with product key *****
>> You can find complete log in /var/log/vzdeploy.log
>> -----
>>
>> Pavel told me that this licence is only needed for some features, that are only available in the commercial version. As far as I can see, the licence is no longer installed after conversion to Virtuozzo 7 is done.
>>
>> The next step is adding the Virtuozzo 7 repositories to yum. Note that the factory repository is enabled for my test, but with lower priority than the release repository. I need to check what have been the original settings of the bare metal installer before setting up a production system.
>>
>> echo "# These repositories are for internal use by developers only
>> # Enable them on your own risk!!!
>>
>> [factory]
>> name=Build Factory packages for Containers
>> mirrorlist=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/mirrorlists/7.0/factory-os.mirrorlist
>> #baseurl=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/factory/x86_64/os/
>> priority=49
>> enabled=1
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Virtuozzo-7
>>
>> [factory-debuginfo]
>> name=Debug packages for Containers from Build Factory
>> mirrorlist=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/mirrorlists/7.0/factory-debug.mirrorlist
>> #baseurl=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/factory/x86_64/debug/
>> priority=49
>> enabled=0
>> gpgcheck=0
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Virtuozzo-7" > /etc/yum.repos.d/factory.repo
>>
>> echo "[openvz-os]
>> name=OpenVZ
>> mirrorlist=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/mirrorlists/7.0/releases-os.mirrorlist
>> #baseurl=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/releases/7.0/x86_64/os/
>> enabled=1
>> gpgcheck=1
>> priority=50
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Virtuozzo-7
>>
>> [openvz-updates]
>> name=OpenVZ Updates
>> mirrorlist=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/mirrorlists/7.0/updates-os.mirrorlist
>> #baseurl=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/updates/7.0/x86_64/os/
>> enabled=1
>> gpgcheck=1
>> priority=50
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Virtuozzo-7
>>
>> [openvz-os-debuginfo]
>> name=OpenVZ os Debug packages
>> mirrorlist=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/mirrorlists/7.0/releases-debug.mirrorlist
>> #baseurl=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/releases/7.0/x86_64/debug/
>> enabled=0
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Virtuozzo-7
>>
>> [openvz-updates-debuginfo]
>> name=OpenVZ updates Debug packages
>> mirrorlist=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/mirrorlists/7.0/updates-debug.mirrorlist
>> #baseurl=http://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/updates/7.0/x86_64/debug/
>> enabled=0
>> gpgcheck=1
>> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Virtuozzo-7" > /etc/yum.repos.d/openvz.repo
>>
>> We now fetch the lists of the available packages:
>>
>> yum update
>>
>> That will import the required GPG key, you have to allow it, when seeing this message:
>>
>> ------
>> warning: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/factory/packages/openvz-logos-70.0.11-1.vz7.noarch.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 44cdad2a: NOKEY
>> Public key for openvz-logos-70.0.11-1.vz7.noarch.rpm is not installed
>> openvz-logos-70.0.11-1.vz7.noarch.rpm | 298 kB 00:00:00
>> Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Virtuozzo-7
>> Importing GPG key 0x44CDAD2A:
>> Userid : "Virtuozzo Team (GPG key signature for packages) <security at virtuozzo.com>"
>> Fingerprint: c92b bb23 e3c3 1386 6694d5f5 ca0b 7d19 44cd ad2a
>> Package : 1:vzlinux-release-7-1.vl7.15.x86_64 (@virtuozzolinux-base/7.1.0)
>> From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Virtuozzo-7
>> ------
>>
>> As Pavel said (thank you very much for the hint) we can use yum groups to install all required packages:
>>
>> yum grouplist | grep -i virtuozzo
>>
>> returns in my case:
>>
>> Virtuozzo
>> Virtuozzo Containers
>> Virtuozzo Hypervisor
>>
>> Then install the groups
>>
>> yum groupinstall 'Virtuozzo' 'Virtuozzo Containers' 'Virtuozzo Hypervisor'
>>
>> Finally reboot to run Virtuozzo 7.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Volker
>>
>>
>>
>> Viele Grüße
>> Volker
>>
>>> Am 24.08.2016 um 11:28 schrieb Pavel Vokhmyanin <pvokhmyanin at virtuozzo.com>:
>>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Good call, Volker!
>>> To my shame I was not aware of vzdeploy script, which, as it seems, was completed just a week ago or so. Taking in account existence of "vzdeploy" - it should be possible.
>>>
>>> In case anyone searches for the script, it can be obtained here:
>>> http://repo.virtuozzo.com/vzlinux/vzdeploy/vzdeploy
>>>
>>> Jurijs,
>>> Regarding the packages installation - I believe you may try installing Virtuozzo using "yum groups":
>>> # yum grouplist | grep -i virtuozzo
>>> Virtuozzo
>>> Virtuozzo Containers
>>> Virtuozzo High Availability
>>> Virtuozzo Hypervisor
>>> Virtuozzo Storage
>>> etc...
>>>
>>> Note, first you must replace centos packages with virtuozzolinux packages.
>>>
>>> That should be better than cherry-picking packages from the repository.
>>> I'd recommend installing at least "Virtuozzo", "Virtuozzo Containers" and "Virtuozzo Hypervisor", "QEMU".
>>> Note, I've composed the list by briefly checking all available groups, it might be incomplete. And I haven't tested this either.
>>>
>>> Volker, if you can add anything - please do.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> --
>>> Pavel Vokhmyanin
>>> Virtualization Maintenance
>>> Virtuozzo
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: users-bounces at openvz.org [mailto:users-bounces at openvz.org] On Behalf Of Volker Janzen
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 23 August, 2016 21:02
>>> To: OpenVZ users <users at openvz.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Users] OpenVZ / Virtuozzo 7
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I did one try so far this way:
>>>
>>> 1) Install CentOS7
>>> 2) Use vzdeploy to convert CentOS7 to Virtuozzo Linux 7
>>> 3) Install yum repo for Virtuozzo 7 (extracted from VZ7 bare metal installer inside of a KVM)
>>> 4) Install packages needed for Virtuozzo 7
>>> 5) Reboot into Virtuozzo 7
>>>
>>> I have found at least one error in my notes, I need to retry the steps in my test KVM. When I have reproducable steps, I plan to publish them. I was unable to use the bare metal installer, too.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Volker
>>>
>>>
>>>> Am 23.08.2016 um 11:50 schrieb Jurijs Ivolga <jurijs.ivolga at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I tried to google, but unsuccessfully. :)
>>>>
>>>> Is there any possibility to install OpenVZ / Virtuozzo 7 via yum without USB or CD, like OpenVZ 6?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Jurijs
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