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VServer Beginner How-To

Written by jim@psunit.com feel free to correct this document.

Overview:

  1. Get the necessary files and setup kernel.
    1. Get the kernel patch and kernel.
    2. Configure and make the kernel with vserver options.
    3. Get the util-vserver tools and setup.
  2. Setup your first vserver.
    1. Finish setting up host enviroment
    2. Configure your first vserver
    3. Create template vservers.
  3. Trying out the vserver, configuring more.
    1. Setting up limits such as memory and cpu
    2. Testing the vserver.

it'll be great if we can have on .iso image that install vserver from scratch so begineers can have a very quick start without patch/compile/etc...