OpenBSD Virtual Servers

GL

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I'm looking to setup OpenBSD with virtual servers. Are there any online tutorials out there that discuss accomplishing this?
 

DnetMHZ

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Just to clarify are you talking about setting up virtual hosts on OBSD with apache as in hosting multiple web sites from 1 IP?

 

GL

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I'd like to setup a virtual private server. So I'd have several virtual servers that would each spawn their own instances of apache/mysql/e-mail servers. Also, there would be seperate root users for each virtual server. A lot of ISPs offer this. Verio has this service, you can check it out on their website.
 

Buddha Bart

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Originally posted by: cleverhandle
Sounds like Real Mode Linux. AFAIK OpenBSD has nothing at all like this.

You mean User Mode Linux.

Most of the time you see Virtual Private Servers (or virtual dedicated servers) its a BSD Jail containing nearly an entire seperate copy of the OS (as opposed to a normal jail where you just copy in the necissary binaries). Thing about those is they don't have any of the load-management that a real VPS setup has to ensure that one of the other customers poorly written code doesnt eat up most of the server.

For true VPSs most hosting companies use Virtuozzo or Ensim. Some (and its very rare, i'm curious why) use VMware.


More info on FreeBSD Jail's:
http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/papers/jail/jail.html
 

cleverhandle

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Originally posted by: Buddha Bart
You mean User Mode Linux.
Yes, thank you. Good info on the software also - any guesses as to the licensing fees for those? The web pages just refer you to sales, so I assume the costs are substantial.

 

GL

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Thanks for all the help!

I don't mind settling on that BSD Jail concept. It's for a personal server so I'll have control over all the different virtual servers on there. User Mode Linux looks sweet too. I originally wanted to use OpenBSD and probably still will but UML is looking enticing.
 

n0cmonkey

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Originally posted by: GL
Thanks for all the help!

I don't mind settling on that BSD Jail concept. It's for a personal server so I'll have control over all the different virtual servers on there. User Mode Linux looks sweet too. I originally wanted to use OpenBSD and probably still will but UML is looking enticing.

With OpenBSD the best situation you can get into is chrooting things. But that isn't a great solution, if it is really even viable.