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How do I check whether my VPS is OpenVZ or XEN? (I ordered a while back and don't remember exactly which plan I ordered!).

OS: Linux running ubuntu.

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JP

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Post the output of $ uname -a. – ErikA Dec 31 '10 at 18:35
Linux ......com 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Nov 9 13:35:30 EST 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux. So looks like it is xen. – JP19 Jan 1 '11 at 7:10
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If you follow the examples of detection used by Puppet and Facter you can check the /proc filesystem for hints.

The existence of /proc/vz/veinfo would indicate you're running OpenVZ but the existence of /proc/vz/version will tell you whether it's openvzhn or openvzve.

Next you can look for either /proc/sys/xen, /sys/bus/xen or /proc/xen to see if you're running Xen but look for /proc/xen/capabilities to tell if it's a dom0 or domU.

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If he's got a VPS through a host, I'd certainly hope it wasn't a dom0. :) – jgoldschrafe Dec 31 '10 at 22:30
/proc/sys/xen is present, but /proc/vz/veinfo is not, so its Xen. /proc/xen/capabilities is empty. Could you please tell what is dom0/domU and why is dom0 not good? :) – JP19 Jan 1 '11 at 7:13
dom0 is the privileged instance... basically the host machine... domU is the unprivileged virtual machine. – Jeremy Bouse Jan 1 '11 at 8:00
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