HowTo install NethServer on ProxMox OpenVZ container

[Nas (Artem Fedai)]

So mini HOW-TO install on ProxMox OpenVZ container :

1. First of all download ProxMox template http://download.openvz.org/template/precreated/centos-6-x86_64.tar.gz put in into Template dir /vz/template/cache , do not unpack! Then create CT in ProxMox using this template.
2. Login to SSH : and yum install yum-utils && yum-complete-transaction && yum update
3. Reboot
4. Login to SSH : and yum localinstall -y http://mirror.nethserver.org/nethserver/nethserver-release-6.6.rpm && yum update
5. nethserver-install
6. Reboot
7. login to WEB interface with root and U password for root that U set when create virtual mashine.
8. Be HAPPY!

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Update

1. So when U create OpenVZ U should check bridged mode
2. then login to U ProxmoxShell and make ifcfg-eth0 file in Root DIR of U container
   cat << EOF > /vz/root/102/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
   DEVICE=eth0
   HOSTNAME=centos6
   IPV6INIT=no
   MTU=1500
   TYPE=Ethernet
   ONBOOT=yes
   BOOTPROTO=static
   IPADDR=192.168.1.2
   NETMASK=255.255.255.0
   GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
   EOF
   3.Then reboot OpenVZ and U be able to login U container though SSH
   4.Then install NethServer and repeat Step 2 ones more
   5.Login to U Nethserver and make :
   db networks set eth0 ethernet role green hwaddr 5A:E4:97:D9:C4:6F ipaddr 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 onboot yes bootproto static
   6.Install all U need from WEB Interface

P.S. it is not best way and i Recomed to Use QEMU but still

[davidep (Davide Principi)]

Let’s ask @AbsyntH about publishing it under HowTo category

We could see if it integrates with previous topics:

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[dz00te]

Not a great expert on openvz here but i would be careful to mark as howto… what i mean is that yes, it’s an howto for the installation, this doesn’t yet mean that all nethserver modules will works correctly, IMHO.
maybe something like a work/test in progress
@Nas could you try to install firewall-base and vpn? i have some doubt it will work without modification with venet…

and tnx @Nas i’ll try soon, I wanted to try it for some time

[Nas (Artem Fedai)]

All of them discribe how to setup in QEMU mode not like OpenVZ container

[alefattorini (Alessio Fattorini)]

Not a great expert on openvz here but i would be careful to mark as howto… what i mean is that yes, it’s an howto for the installation, this doesn’t yet mean that all nethserver modules will works correctly, IMHO. maybe something like a work/test in progress

Do you suggest a draft tag for howtos? @AbsyntH faced this problem time ago, it may be a good idea, but we need someone who can test/verify the HowTo and move or ask to move into the proper section.
It may be a task for the HowTo Team: @sitz, @nrauso, @AbsyntH, @etino
What do you think?

[AbsyntH (Michele Bortolotto)]

i can not set up a bare metal machine for that test, i’ve no hardware free to use

[alefattorini (Alessio Fattorini)]

What do you think about a “draft” tag for howto “not totally ready yet”?

[Nas (Artem Fedai)]

i think that install on OpenVZ the worth idea , but Topic starter wants to try so i write down for him… it is not tuorial coz Openvz has a lot of disadvantages for Shorewall like IPset and so on !

[silverdragon608 (Jonathan Gess)]

First of all download ProxMox template http://download.openvz.org/template/precreated/centos-6-x86_64.tar.gz put in into Template dir /vz/template/cache , do not unpack! Then create CT in ProxMox using this template.
Login to SSH : and yum install yum-utils && yum-complete-transaction && yum update
Reboot
Login to SSH : and yum localinstall -y http://mirror.nethserver.org/nethserver/nethserver-release-6.6.rpm && yum update
nethserver-install
Reboot
login to WEB interface with root and U password for root that U set when create virtual mashine.
Be HAPPY!

When I type in nethserver-install after following the above instructions I get the error:
-bash: nethserver-install : command not found

Please help