[vserver] vserver 0.16 change log

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From: Jacques Gelinas (jack_at_solucorp.qc.ca)
Date: Thu Apr 04 2002 - 12:43:38 EST


  vserver 0.16
  Change log

  1. Enhancements

  1.1. Install vserver from cdrom

  This is a start and contributions are welcome. I have written a script
  called /usr/lib/vserver/install-rh7.2. This script expects a single
  argument (for now), which is the name of the vserver to create. It
  will install a vserver based on Red Hat 7.2 CD (found in /mnt/cdrom)
  from scratch. It is not using the root server at all. It installs
  everything from the first CD. With unification, it creates a not-so-
  big vserver and contains pretty much anything an admin might want.

  I would be interested in other script like this to install SuSE,
  Mandrake and Debian from scratch. At some point, the newvserver front-
  end will offer those in the pop-up list. So you will be able to
  install either from the root server, from another vserver or from any
  distribution CDroms.

  Contribution welcome :-)

  1.2. v services all supporting /etc/vservices/*.conf configuration

  All the /etc/init.d/v_xxx services are now completed and use the
  optional /etc/vservices/xxx.conf file. This file provides the IP
  number to use to bind the service. By default, the service is bound to
  eth0. Using the optional file, you bind it to whatever you want

  For example:

               IP=eth1
               IP=192.168.1.1

  1.3. Various /usr/sbin/vxxxx utilities

  Utilities like vtop, vpstree and friends are using /usr/sbin/chcontext
  to switch to context number 1. They are using the --silent option so
  you don't see the "New security context is 1" needlessly.

  1.4. vserver script enhancement

  A vserver may operate with 0.0.0.0 as its IPROOT. This means the
  vserver is allowed to use any IP it wants, like the root server. The
  vserver script was trying to setup and IP alias with this address.

  When not using the fakeinit (per vserver private init process)
  facility the vserver script was starting in runlevel 3. It is now
  using the default runlevel (initdefault) found in the vserver
  /etc/inittab file. One step closer to have this script distribution
  independent. Please test it and send me other fixes as needed.

  The script uses /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d on the fly.

  When stopping a vserver, the IP alias is removed even if the vserver
  was not running. When you "enter" a vserver, the IP alias is put in
  place. If you stop it, it is removed. Especially useful when you
  fiddle with a two copies of a vserver (on different physical server).

  When stopping a vserver, the vserver script /etc/vservers/xx.sh is
  always called with the post-stop argument. So doing a "vserver xx
  stop" clean everything.

  When doing "vserver xx exec ..." or "vserver xx enter" and the vserver
  xx is not running, the /etc/vservers/xx.sh script is called with the
  pre-start option, making sure the vserver is entered with the proper
  environment.

  When doing "vserver xx enter", bash is started with the option
  --login. This insure proper environment settings.

  2. Bug fixes

  2.1. chcontext: printing wrong result

  When switching to a specific security context (generally context
  number one), chcontext was reporting 0 as the new context. A little
  miss-leading. Fixed!

  2.2. cosmetic bug in save_s_context and vserverkillall

  Those two utilities were reporting some shell errors. Although arm-
  less it was annoying. You could see the bug when shutting down a
  vserver.

  2.3. kernel ctx-10

  Thanks to Willy Tarreau, the netstat bug in kernel 2.4.18ctx-9 is
  fixed. 2.4.18ctx-10 is the same thing as ctx-9 with only cosmetic
  change + a little rework of "struct sock". The added field (in ctx-9)
  has been moved closer to the end of the structure so the beginning of
  "struct sock" still look like another kernel structure. (C does not
  have inheritance...).

  Now that 2.4.18ctx-10 works (should be as reliable as 2.4.18ctx-8), it
  is time to test ctx-9 enhancements, notably the ability to support UDP
  broadcast in vservers. Samba now work completely out of the box in a
  vserver. Please test it out.

  2.4. vbuild and vunify: zombies process

  The vbuild and vunify are calling the rpm command repeatedly and were
  not waiting properly for its end status. This was creating many many
  zombie processes. Fixed!

  2.5. vservers sysv init script

  This script was sourcing the /etc/init.d/functions script uselessly.
  This script is a RedHat-ism and vservers do not need any of its
  facility anyway.

---------------------------------------------------------
Jacques Gelinas <jack_at_solucorp.qc.ca>
vserver: run general purpose virtual servers on one box, full speed!
http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/miscprj/s_context.hc


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