Cloning Openvz Proxmox PVE container guest machine Rumi, November 4, 2015December 13, 2016 I first created a ‘template’ vm containing all stuff I need and using a temporarily ip adres. In the network config file of eth0 (/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0) I comment out the HWADDRESS line, else it will not come up with another mac address… Stop this ‘template’ vm as it is just used… Continue Reading
Allow NFS attachment on Proxmox OpenVZ containers Rumi, November 4, 2015 Prepare the container To allow a container to use NFS filesystem, you will need to start it with “nfs” feature enabled. If the container is running while you set the –features nfs:on, you will need to reboot it. # vzctl set 101 –features “nfs:on” –save # vzctl start 101 After… Continue Reading
Proxmox VM path Rumi, May 7, 2015 Backups /var/lib/vz/dump ISOs /var/lib/vz/template/iso Images /var/lib/vz/images Templates /var/lib/vz/template/cache Continue Reading
Appliances and OS Templates Rumi, June 6, 2014 For PVE & OpenVZ templates- http://openvz.org/Download/template/precreated PVE appliances- http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Get_Virtual_Appliances http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Category:Virtual_Appliances Continue Reading
Set date/time permanently on Virtualbox Guest Rumi, June 6, 2014October 5, 2019 First you need to ssh to the server and be root and then do these step by step: 1. Set the date/time as following format date -s “2 OCT 2013 18:00:00″ 2. Set the proper Timezone for your area- # cd /etc # ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST localtime 3. Set it… Continue Reading
Fix Date Time on PVE OpenVZ Guest machine Rumi, June 6, 2014 Stop VE vzctl stop 101 in HD node, run: vzctl set 101 –capability sys_time:on –save Start VE: vzctl start 101 Enter VE: vzctl enter 101 mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.old ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Dhaka /etc/localtime date 092115442006 (09 = Month, 21 = day, 15 = hour, 44=minutes, 2006 = year) Run date to… Continue Reading
VBoxHeadless Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox On A Headless Debian/ubuntu Server Rumi, August 3, 2012December 4, 2017 I have implemented this on Debian 6 (Squeeze system) with the IP address 192.168.0.100 where I’m logged in as root. Installing VirtualBox To install VirtualBox 4.1 on our Debian server, we open /etc/apt/sources.list… added this line- deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian squeeze contrib non-free Use appropriate OS source list from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads Then we… Continue Reading
KVM Network Bridge configuration Rumi, March 9, 2012 # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo br1 eth1 br0 eth0 iface lo inet loopback Continue Reading
Virtual USB and VBoxusergroup Troubleshoot on Linux Host Rumi, December 16, 2011December 16, 2011 I faced USB issues on both Virtualbox installation on both Debian and CentOS linux host. I really didn't notice the urgency of vboxusers group in running VBox in headless mode! Anyway, following snippets of texts really did help me out solving my USB problems. All credits goes to the VBox… Continue Reading
VBoxHeadless – Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.0 On A Headless CentOS 5.6 Server Rumi, December 14, 2011December 14, 2011 This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 4.0 on a headless CentOS 5.6 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to… Continue Reading