On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 11:07:52AM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 04:06:11PM +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 06:42:53PM +0200, Sébastien CRAMATTE wrote:
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > What is the best method to clone a vserver from one host to another ?
> > > I've tried to use vcopy script (http://www.micropp.se/vserver/). This
> > > method works localy.
> >
> > rsync or dump/restore (when you use ext2/3)
>
> Which directories need to be copied?
> /etc/vservers
> /vservers/vXY
this is where you find stuff on any sane distro
> /usr/local/etc/vservers
this is where you'll find the stuff if you
build from scratch, without specifying anything
to ./configure
> something else?
/var/lib/vservers
this is where debian will put the guests
> I'm using util-vserver-0.30.210 on debian 3.1 amd64 (kernel
> 2.6.15-amd64-smp-vs). The paths don't seem to be matching online
> documentation very well, for whatever reason. Having all the files
> in one location would be a really nice-to-have.
well, you definitely do not want to have the
config files (/etc/vservers) mixed with your
guests (/vservers) for several reasons:
- guest can reside on separate partitions
- config should not be accessible inside a guest
- guests might be located everywhere, configs not
HTH,
Herbert
> > best,
> > Herbert
> >
> > PS: double check the rsync options and don't forget
> > to use --numeric-ids and --archive
>
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