VSERVER(8)
NAME
vserver - The vserver utility enables you to manage the state of
vservers, including building, starting, stopping, etc.
SYNTAX
vserver [-s|--sync] [-v|--verbose] [--silent] [--] vserver command
[--help] args*
--sync - Perform synchronization with vshelper to ensure that the guest
has been stopped
--verbose - Makes things a lot louder.
--silent - Removes most informative messages.
vserver - The name of a vserver.
command - One of the commands listed below.
- --help
- provides additional help for provided command, for example: vserver - build --help args are the arguments that are possible for the different commands, see the arguments for each command listed below
COMMANDS
- start [--rescue [--rescue-init] program args]
- Starts the specified vserver. The optional argument --rescue starts the vserver in rescue mode, which runs program args* to start the vserver instead of whatever is configured. The optional argument --rescue-init makes the command appear as PID 1 in the vserver. This can be used to start /bin/bash to investigate why a vserver is not able to start correctly.
- stop [--rescue-init]
Stops the specified vserver, and kills the remaining processes. The optional argument --rescue-init can be used to stop a vserver that was started with the option of the same name.- restart
Restarts the specified vserver. This is the subsequent execution of a synchronized 'stop' and a 'start'.- condrestart
Restarts a running vserver.- suexec user program args*
Executes program args* as the specified user in the vserver.- exec program args*
Executes program args* as the root user in the vserver.- enter
Executes the configured shell (default: /bin/bash if it exists) in the vserver and allocates a pty.- chkconfig chkconfig-options*
Modifies the init-system; currently, only Red Hat's chkconfig is supported.- running
Returns an exit code of 0 iff the vserver is running, 1 if not.- status
Provides some human readable status information about the vserver, and succeeds iff the vserver is running.- build buildopts*
Create a vserver from scratch, where the buildopts* are a set of options and a build method. As this option calls vserver-build, please see vserver-build(8) for a complete listing of possible options and methods.- delete
Remove a vserver.- unify [-R] [vunify-opts*]
Unify or de-unify the vserver with its reference vserver(s).- pkg install pkg*
Installs package(s) pkg in the vserver.- apt-get,apt-config,apt-cache apt-opts*
Execute the apt-* command for the given vserver- rpm rpm-opts*
Execute the rpm command for the given vserver.- pkgmgmt externalize|internalize [-y]
Externalize or internalize the package-management for the given vserver. 'Externalize' means that package metadata and management tools (apt-get,rpm) are living in the host, while 'internalize' means that data and programs from the vserver will be used.- hashify
Hashify the vserver.
FILES
/usr/sbin/vserver
/etc/vservers/*
/var/lib/vservers/*
EXAMPLES
Please contribute some, if you feel it's important.
AUTHORS
This man page was written by Micah Anderson <micah@debian.org> and
based upon the helpful output from the program itself.