NAME

vserver - The vserver utility enables you to manage the state of vservers, including building, starting, stopping, etc.

SYNTAX

vserver [-s|--sync] [-v|--verbose] [--silent] [--] vserver command [--help] args*

--sync - Perform synchronization with vshelper to ensure that the guest has been stopped

--verbose - Makes things a lot louder.

--silent - Removes most informative messages.

vserver - The name of a vserver.

command - One of the commands listed below.

--help

provides additional help for provided command, for example: vserver - build --help args are the arguments that are possible for the different commands, see the arguments for each command listed below

COMMANDS

start [--rescue [--rescue-init] program args]

Starts the specified vserver. The optional argument --rescue starts the vserver in rescue mode, which runs program args* to start the vserver instead of whatever is configured. The optional argument --rescue-init makes the command appear as PID 1 in the vserver. This can be used to start /bin/bash to investigate why a vserver is not able to start correctly.

stop [--rescue-init]

Stops the specified vserver, and kills the remaining processes. The optional argument --rescue-init can be used to stop a vserver that was started with the option of the same name.

restart

Restarts the specified vserver. This is the subsequent execution of a synchronized 'stop' and a 'start'.

condrestart

Restarts a running vserver.

suexec user program args*

Executes program args* as the specified user in the vserver.

exec program args*

Executes program args* as the root user in the vserver.

enter

Executes the configured shell (default: /bin/bash if it exists) in the vserver and allocates a pty.

chkconfig chkconfig-options*

Modifies the init-system; currently, only Red Hat's chkconfig is supported.

running

Returns an exit code of 0 iff the vserver is running, 1 if not.

status

Provides some human readable status information about the vserver, and succeeds iff the vserver is running.

build buildopts*

Create a vserver from scratch, where the buildopts* are a set of options and a build method. As this option calls vserver-build, please see vserver-build(8) for a complete listing of possible options and methods.

delete

Remove a vserver.

unify [-R] [vunify-opts*]

Unify or de-unify the vserver with its reference vserver(s).

pkg install pkg*

Installs package(s) pkg 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.

hashify

Hashify the vserver.

FILES

/usr/sbin/vserver

/etc/vservers/*

/var/lib/vservers/*

EXAMPLES

Please contribute some, if you feel it's important.

AUTHORS

This man page was written by Micah Anderson <micah@debian.org> and based upon the helpful output from the program itself.

SEE ALSO

chbind(8) chcontext(8) rebootmgr(8) reducecap(8) vps(8) vpstree(8) vrpm(8) vserver-build(8) vserver-stat(8) vtop(8)