stripserver(1)
NAME
stripserver - Strip a server from hardware related packages and files
SYNOPSIS
stripserver [OPTIONS] --hostname x --domain y.z --ip 1.2.3.4
DESCRIPTION
This program strips a server directory from packages and files that is
hardware related. This means that you can copy a complete filesystem to
a vserver directory and then use this tool to strip the hardware
related things from it. It only works with Debian servers though.
OPTIONS
- Optional:
- -h, --help this help
-V, --version copyright and version information - --copy-vreboot install "vreboot/vshutdown/vhalt"
--no-copy-vreboot don't install "vreboot/vshutdown/vhalt"
--dist defaults to "lenny", passed to debootstrap.
--fakeinit use "/sbin/init" to boot vserver --conf - file extra configuration file to load. --interface interface for IP addresses (if not "eth0")
- --sshkeys copy pub-keys to "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys"
-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
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.
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"
Which debian distribution (Warning. unstable and testing distributions
change frequently so you can not expect it to work out of the box).
DIST="lenny"
Default network interface for vservers: INTERFACE="eth0"
Copy vreboot/vhalt/vshutdown utility into /usr/local/sbin/ COPY_VREBOOT="true"
AUTHOR
Author of the manual page is Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org>