On Jan 17, 2008 12:55 PM, Vivek Kashyap <kashyapv@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, Shuveb Hussain wrote: > > > On Jan 17, 2008 2:30 AM, Dan Smith <danms@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> DL> <network> > >> DL> <ipaddress>192.168.1.110</ipaddress> > >> DL> <hostname>browndog</hostname> > >> DL> <gateway>192.168.1.1</gateway> > >> DL> <nameserver>192.168.1.1</nameserver> > >> DL> <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask> > >> DL> </network> > >> > >> This is me showing my complete ignorance here, but can you enforce the > >> hostname inside a container like that? I would expect that to be done > >> by the init scripts inside a container, much like a real machine. > > > > It is most flexible to manage virtual machines from the base machine > > on which they run. The idea is to run an agent on the base machine > > alone that is able to configure all virtual machines without the need > > to have agents inside of each of the virtual machines. When an OpenVZ > > VPS is being created, the tools actually set /etc/resolv.conf and also > > > Containers would similarly be managed from the init namespace. > > [On 2.6.24 kernel ensure you have cgroup and controllers support > included - CGROUP_* set of config options. Then mount as follows - > > mount -t cgroup -o ns none /containers] > > If a Container is clone()ed now it will automatically show up in > /containers as node_<pid> of the child. One can then rename this to the > desired name as well as pass the desired hostname as part of the > configuration for the Container wherein its init task/script can set the > hostname. > > > Am I understanding and correlating the above correctly to what you > mention wrt OpenVZ? You are correct. Also, like mentioned before the container(its init script) is responsible for picking up its networking parameters and setting it up. Thanks, -- Shuveb Hussain B I N A R Y K A R M A Chennai, India. Phone : +91 44-64621656 Mobile: +91 98403-80386 http://www.binarykarma.com -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list