NAME
newvserver - Creates a new Debian vserver by downloading packages via
HTTP/FTP
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.
--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"
-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.
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"
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"
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>
SEE ALSO
util-vserver(1), dupvserver(1)