newvserver(1)
NAME
newvserver - Creates a new Debian vserver by calling vserver ... build
SYNOPSIS
newvserver --hostname x --domain y.z --ip 1.2.3.4/24 [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
- Optional:
- -h, --help this help
-V, --version copyright and version information
--arch set target architecture (eg. --arch "i386")(autodetected on Debian host if dpkg available) - --dist defaults to "lenny", passed to debootstrap.
--context n Set the context id to be used.
--fakeinit use "/sbin/init" to boot vserver
--conffile extra configuration file to load.
--post-install-scriptscript to run after the installation finishes - inside vserver.
--post-install-host-scriptscript to run after the installation finishesoutside vserver and before post-install script.--interface interface for IP addresses (default "eth0")
--mirror Debian HTTP/FTP mirror (including the /debian)Default: http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian--sshkeys copy pub-keys to "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys"
--pkgcache Package caching.
-v, --verbose show extra output during setup
--vsroot location of "/vserver/" directory Required:
--hostname hostname for new vserver (eg. "alpha")
--domain dns domain for new vserver (eg. "example.com")
--ip IPv4 address for new vserver(syntax: --ip <ip>[/<netmask|prefixlength>])
CONFIG FILE
The following variables can be set in a configuration file. The configuration file is a normal shell file and is sourced to get the configuration variables.
The file /etc/vservers/newvserver-vars is always sourced so this configuration file only override that file.
# Default VROOTDIR VROOTDIR="/etc/vservers/.defaults/vdirbase"
Packages to install in addition to the base defaults MUST INCLUDE ALL
DEPENDENCIES (seperated by "," commas)
INSTALL_PACKAGES="package1,package2"
Packages installed from within the vserver after it has been setup
(seperated by "," commas) EXTRA_PACKAGES="package1,package2"
Packages to remove from the base defaults (seperated by "," commas)
REMOVE_PACKAGES="package1,package2"
Sysvinit services relating to hardware access to remove
REMOVE_LINKS="klogd hwclock.sh setserial urandom networking umountfs
halt reboot"
Absolute path location of a script that you want to run after the
vserver installation. POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT=""
Absolute path location of a script that you want to run after the
vserver installation but before the previous script and outside vserver
context. This can be used for example to copy /etc/apt/sources.list
from host. POST_INSTALL_HOST_SCRIPT=""
Architecture: overide on non-Debian host such as Redhat otherwise dpkg
will detect whether we are i386/powerpc/sparc/etc ARCH=""
Which debian distribution (Warning. unstable and testing distributions
change frequently so you can not expect it to work out of the box).
DIST="lenny"
Local or nearest location of a debian mirror (must include the
`/debian') MIRROR="http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian"
debian-non-US mirror (must include the '/debian-non-US', only used for
woody) MIRROR_NON_US="http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US"
mirror for security updates MIRROR_SECURITY="http://security.debian.org"
Default network interface for vservers: INTERFACE="eth0"
Package caching: PKGCACHE=1
The name of a debconf database to be read by debconf's file driver.
This can be used to store the answers for debconf questions during
install and thus allows for unattended installation. See the debconf.conf(5) manual page for the file format. DEBCONF_FILE_DB=""
AUTHOR
Author of the manual page is Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>