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Linux Installation: Modifying default ISO for additional packages and root ssh key

I am interested in learning a good way of modifying a Linux distribution's installation ISO such that: The root user has a default ssh key (authorized_keys) Password Logins are disabled ...
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Standalone KVM server best practices

I'm looking at ordering a powerful server machine to use for virtualization. I'm planning on running debian with KVM+QEMU for the virtualization, and a hardware RAID6 to store the VMs on. I would also ...
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Can I run a 64bit Debian Linux without VT-x on VMWare or Oracle VBox? [duplicate]

I am running a Debian 64bit version with its default GRUB loader and kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64. By pressing e I can get into a mini-emacs to edit the GRUB loader script. The CPU I would like to run the ...
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KVM guest can't find gateway

I try to setup a KVM server with bridged networking. I followed the docs, but still can't get it working. The guest system can ping the host system and the host the guest system, so the connection ...
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Add second IP block to one debian box (one nic) from different subnet than the first block

I have zero networking knowledge, so bare with me please. I got the following: xxx.xxx.199.208/29 xxx.xxx.221.64/27 The /29 IP block is available directly from the network drop The /27 IP block is ...
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Debian Xen domU in private subnet cannot ping outside (Shorewall on dom0 a factor)

I have Xen setup with domUs, some of which are public-facing, and some are private. I have shorewall setup on the dom0 as my firewall. I don't think I have my bridges/interfaces/zones setup correctly. ...
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Technology for short-lived private VMs

I'm trying to build a system that will run short-lived (CI and test builds) of software components, it's mandatory according to my requirements that each live on a private host. I'm taking that ...
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Debian Squeeze Preseed Installation “The current kernel doesn't support the Logical Volume Manager. You may need to load the lvm-mod module.”

I'm attempting to install Debian Squeeze via an instalinux.com image pre-seeded with more or less default settings. (Only notable addition is the openssh server, which is a clickable option in the ...
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Unable to import Virtuabox VM onto Headless Server

I have a Virtual Image on my Windows Machine. I want to transfer it to my Headless Debian Server. I've installed VirtualBox on the Debian machine. On the windows machine ive exported the file as a ...
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OpenVZ container stuck in suspend

I have an issue with vzdump --suspend. I end up with a container stuck in suspend, and I cannot enter or stop it. Do any you know how to force the container to stop, without having to restart the HN?
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How can I isolate my Apache and MySQL installations on the same server? [closed]

I have a 8GB RAM Linux server which will be running Apache and mysql. First I was thinking of chrooting mysql (and apache) but then thought of putting mysql in a virtual machine on the same server, ...
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Straight-forward to Virtualise with XEN or KVM on IBM Server System x3650 M4 791562G?

I want to built a virtualised Server Environment using XEN or KVM. The virtual machines should be purely debian systems - so XEN or KVM should be a sane choice. Now while buying servers, I am ...
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vlans broadcast works but ping doesn't

i have a server with ESX5, have a Standar Switch(vswitch1) with one physical NIC attached, vswitch1 VLAN ID is set to All(4095) so it can see traffic on any VLAN, connected to vswitch1 i have 2 VM, ...
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Loading Raid drivers during Proxmox VE installation

I'm using Hardware raid on my Proxmox VE installation and it doesn't recognize my Raid array, so how can I load raid drivers during installation? This is the driver reseller provided: ...
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esx5 debian VM vlan setup

i have a server with ESX5, have a switch with about 20 vlans, this is how setup the trunk port interface GigabitEthernet0/1/1 description ToOper port link-type trunk undo port trunk allow-pass ...
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Difference between Xen XCP ISO install and apt-get install xcp-xapi

I just got some new hardware and am planning testing out the Xen hypervisor and Xen Cloud Platform (XCP).. more specifically, I am using a intel i5 3470, H77 chipset, 16GB RAM, and 2x2TB Hard drives ...
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Desktop Provisioning for a Small Linux Software Development Team

Goal: Get a small team using a standard development image rather than 4 software devs setting up their own environments. Why: it takes a day or days to install a distro, build-specific libraries, ...
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Xen and Turbo Boost

Running the Debian Squeeze default Xen, I am unable to get any of the CPU frequency scaling stuff going. As soon as I revert to the standard kernel I get it. Digging through the internet it seems ...
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Debian virtual server hangs on reboot, need help debugging

I'm admin of a Debian 6 virtual server. I've been trying to diagnose this problem for a while but haven't gotten anything. The server hangs every time I want to reboot it. All services seem to be ...
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Attach to Windows Guest a Pool Storage Directory KVM

I just created a storage pool directory based in my Host KVM # virsh pool-list --all Name State Autostart ----------------------------------------- guest_images_dir active ...
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KVM slow guest i/o

Host: Debian 6.0 (squeeze) with qemu-kvm and libvirt from squeeze-backports ii qemu-kvm 1.0+dfsg-8~bpo60+1 ii libvirt-bin 0.9.8-2~bpo60+2 Has ...
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Debian server as a virtual guest?

I have a PC with lots of RAM (16GB) and a fast CPU (core i5). I would like to use this one machine both as a server and a deskop pc. So how about if I do this: I install Ubuntu on it (as GUI desktop) ...
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Private Cloud: Debian and OSS vs vmware vSphere, which is best for corporate use? [closed]

I'm hoping someone can shed some light regarding the current state of virtualization on Debian. Since I like my information first-hand, i thought I'd ask here for some real-world use cases. I am ...
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Xen only sees 512MB of System RAM. Should be 8GB. (UEFI boot)

I am booting Xen 4.0 from Debian Squeeze, kernel 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64. "xm dmesg" on dom0 shows: Xen-e801 RAM map: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000091400 (usable) 0000000000100000 - 0000000020000000 ...
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Why can't I install KVM?

I'm running on an Intel i7 930. I'm new to virtual machines and linux. I'm trying to learn how to use and install KVM. So I used VirtualBox to install Debian 6 64-bit. So I got the VirtualBox up. I ...
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How to convert OpenVZ OS template to bootable image file?

My question is how to convert a pre-created OpenVZ OS template which are in tar.gz format (such as these) to an image file in order to be able boot it with other virtualization solutions such as QEMU ...
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Vendor specific hardware in KVM hypervisor

We use KVM hypervisor on Debian Linux (current stable) on Fujitsu server. Is it possible to configure KVM in way that it mimicks normal Fujitsu hardware? We have some software that is Fujitsu only ...
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LXC container network/routing issues

I have been experimenting with LXC virtualisation in order to run virtual machines on a dedicated server, but am having trouble setting up the networking properly. I am using veth bridged networking, ...
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How to migrate physical Debian installation into VirtualBox image

I have a physical (not virtualized) 32Bit Debian server I'd like to mirror as VirtualBox image. I seem unable to find tools like vmware-converter to do the trick. So: what tools can I use? Or, can ...
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Simultaneous KVM instances: console and network interference

I have a problem with simultaneously running KVM instances whose nature I can really only describe as interference. When I run one virtual machine alone I have no difficulty interacting with it, ...
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Physical Debian to VMWare: vmware-converter, dd-image or otherwise?

we have two debian Lenny production machines, both running larger commercial websites. Now these machines need to be moved, and in the process, they need to be virtualized to VMWare ESX. If you ...
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Linux-KVM networking advice?

Being new to virtualization in general, and somewhat new to Linux (using Debian Squeeze and coming from BSD) I have a hard time understanding what would be the best network bridging option for my host ...
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ESXi Host Disk space

We've got an ESXi host, with 2x500gb raid 1 -> 500gb space. Currently there are 2 guest systems running: bs: 28gb root partition, 102gb Data partition (independent, isn't included in snapshots) t3: ...
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How to get Linux udev to play nice with Hyper-V IC synthetic network driver

I managed to get the Debian 6.0.1 to work with the Microsoft Hyper-V synthetic drivers, thanks to this question. However, if I don't remove the entry for the synthetic ethernet card from ...
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my debian server running on a VM is missing 6 gigabytes

brain:/# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/xvda1 9.2G 8.6G 151M 99% / tmpfs 136M 0 136M 0% /lib/init/rw udev 10M ...
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Debian Squeeze Hyper-V Drivers

I have a fresh Debian 6.0.0 (Squeeze) server running on Hyper-V and I'm trying to get the synthetic drivers loaded into the kernel (2.6.32-5-amd64). The research I've done says that the Linux ...
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System time is wrong in Proxmox VE host, how can I fix it?

I'm using the latest version of Proxmox VE (which is based on Debian) and I can't fix the wrong time problem: $ pveversion -v pve-manager: 1.7-11 (pve-manager/1.7/5470) running kernel: 2.6.32-4-pve ...
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Is it possible somehow to run old red hat 8.0 32bit inside debian 4.0 64bit (virtualization)?

So I've got this disk image file of a failing server that I'd like to run inside much newer box. Since I cannot dedicate this new machine I'm thinking virtualization. Is it possible?
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What are the advantages of using Hyper-V's synthetic drivers?

We are moving our virtualization platform from Citrix's XenServer to Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2. As part of this project I need to migrate, in one form or another, some Debian Linux servers ...
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Error: running qemu on powerpc

I have installed qemu-0.13.0 on x86 system. I downloaded debian-powerpc image from http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/powerpc/ and used it with this command $qemu-system-ppc -hda ...
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Synchronize virtual machines through the internet

I have a windows host machine serving a Debian guest on VMWare. I have set up my working enviroment in the VM and I am including some shared folders to the VM. Is it possible to set up exactly the ...
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Server virtualization on Linux - Windows Server 2008 as guest

My current setup is an AMD server with proxmox VE (debian based hypervisor distro using KVM virtualization) and I'm running one debian and one windows server 2008 (not r2) as virtual machines. ...
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How to whitelist range of MACs in 75-persistent-net-generator.rules?

I have a Debian Squeeze (2.6.32-5) guest in KVM that has all virtio network interfaces, and their MACs are apparently blacklisted by udev as per /lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules ...
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How do I add swap automatically when creating instances on Ganeti 2?

I'm using the ganeti2 package on Debian 5. Instance creation goes pretty smoothly, except that it doesn't configure a swap disk automatically, and I'd like it to do so. Googling around, I found ...
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Xen DomU gets unresponsive after starting another one

I recently switched from VirtualBox to Xen on my server running Debian Squeeze. It sort of works while there is only one virtual machine running. But as soon as I start a second virtual machine the ...
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server: which virtualisation hypervisor to choose?

I've already asked such a question, but this is another server with new requirements. Situation: I need to run following operation systems: Debian Windows Server 2008 I got 2 IPs I need to run ...
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server virtualization: hypervisor (xen) or virtualbox?

Hey guys! I just set up a debian server for websites but now I need to install a windows server on the same machine because I need to run a game server (windows-only). Virtualbox is already installed ...
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Running Debian Lenny installer in Xen DomU

I've successfully managed to boot Debian installer (supplied the installation disc's initrd.gz); however, it is unable to mount the CD image itself, although I have enabled it in the DomU ...
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P2V solution for moving live Debian Linux server to Virtual?

I have a two live Debian linux servers that I would like to move to virtual just for testing usage. It seems that there are many solutions to do this, but I am looking for something that is free, and ...
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Multiple guests with static ip's on Debian host

Let me be honest. You don't know ANYTHING about Debian except adding a user, change password, install packages etc. I have this Debian with KVM and using virt-manager. My server has this IP: ...

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