Parallels VIRTUOZZO CONTAINERS 4.6 Templates Management Guide

Parallels

Parallels Virtuozzo
Containers 4.6 for Linux

Templates Management Guide

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Contents

Preface 4

About Parallels Virtuozzo Containers .......................................................................................................... 5

About This Guide ......................................................................................................................................... 6

Organizati on of This Gui de............................................................................................................... 6

Documentati on Conventions ............................................................................................................. 6

Getting Help ................................................................................................................................................. 8

Feedback ...................................................................................................................................................... 8

Parallels Virtuozzo Containers Templates Overview 9

Managing EZ Templates 10

Understanding EZ Templates ..................................................................................................................... 11

EZ Templates Overview ................................................................................................................. 11

EZ Templates Basics ....................................................................................................................... 12

EZ Template Directory Structure .................................................................................................... 14

Differences Between OS and Application EZ Templates ............................................................... 16

EZ Template Lifecycle ............................................................................................................................... 17

Creating an EZ Template ........................................................................................................................... 17

Creating Metafiles for EZ Templates .............................................................................................. 18

Creating the Template with vzmktmpl ............................................................................................ 21

Setting Up Repositories and Proxy Servers for EZ Templates................................................................... 22

Managing the Default Repository ................................................................................................... 23

Creating a Local Repository ........................................................................................................... 25

Managing Repositories for Commercial Linux Distributions ......................................................... 28

Creating Proxy Servers for EZ Templates ...................................................................................... 31

Preparing OS EZ Templates for Creating Containers ................................................................................ 36

Installing Application EZ Templates ......................................................................................................... 37

Downloading and Installing EZ T e mplates with vzup2date....................................................................... 38

Uploading and Installing EZ Templates in Parallels Management Console .............................................. 41

Listing EZ Templates ................................................................................................................................. 44

Adding Application EZ Templates to Containers ...................................................................................... 46

Keeping EZ Templates Up To Date ........................................................................................................... 47

Updating EZ Templates on Hardware Node ................................................................................... 48

Updating OS EZ Template Caches ................................................................................................. 55

Updating EZ Templates Packages In Containers ............................................................................ 57

Creating Historical Mirrors for Backed Up Containers .............................................................................. 59

Copying EZ Templates to Another Hardware Node .................................................................................. 61

Removing Application EZ Template s From Containers ............................................................................ 63

Removing EZ Templates From the Hardware Node .................................................................................. 64

Converting Containers Based on Standard Templates ............................................................................... 66

Index 68