vserver - controls and builds virtual servers

vserver [options] vserver-name command [args]

The vserver utility enables you to control different aspects of your vservers, such as stopping and starting them, installing packages inside the vservers, or building new vservers.

Possible commands are:

start [--nodeps] <start-vservers-opts>* starts the specified vserver

stop [--nodeps] <start-vservers-opts>* stops the specified vserver

restart restarts the specified vserver; this is the subsequent execution of a synchronized 'stop' and a 'start'

condrestart restarts the vserver when it is running already

suexec <user> <shell-command> <args*> executes a command as the specified user in the vserver

exec <shell-command> <args*> executes a command as root in the vserver

enter executes the configured shell in the vserver

chkconfig <chkconfig-options*> modifies the init-system; currently, only Red Hat's chkconfig is supported

running succeeds iff the vserver is running

status gives out some human readable status information about the vserver, and succeeds iff the vserver is running

build <buildopts>* builds a new vserver from scratch (please refer to vserver-build(8) for details)

unify [-R] (de)unify vserver

pkg install <pkg> installs package(s) 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.

unify <vunify-opts>* unify the vserver with its reference vserver(s).

--help show help

-s | --sync start/stop vserver synchronously

-v | --verbose detailed output

--silent cuts most informative messages

/etc/vservers/.default/ default configuration common to all vservers

/etc/vservers/*/ separate configuration subdirectory for each vserver

/var/lib/vservers default location of vservers

vserver-build(8), vserver-copy(8), vserver-stat(8), vtop(8), vps(8), vpstree(8), chcontext(8), chbind(8), reducecap(8)

Please report bugs to enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de

manual page written by Daniel Hermann <hermann@tkm.uni-karlsruhe.de> using output of vserver --help