December 5th, 2008
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Openvz offers two options to connect your containers to the network: venet and veth. Read about the differences here
I’m doing this install on a centos 5.2 and ovzkernel 2.6.18.
You need bridge-utils package:
yum install bridge-utils
Adding a veth to a virtual machine is easy enough:
vzctl set 110 –netif_add eth0 –save
The problem is that nothing works actually out of the box, since the kernel doesn’t know what to do with the packages… Continue reading
November 26th, 2008
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Quick, quick as usual.
I’m doing this install on a dell 1850 which is a 64 bit platform, so in order to do it on other platforms don’t forget to select the apropiate architecture.
You need a keyboard and a monitor. (it’s a network install not network pxe install). You need either a dhcp service on your network or the ip address and gateway of your ISP.
1. Download your netinstall… Continue reading
November 26th, 2008
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Quick, quick quick…
I’m doing this install on an old dell 1850, and did on a R300 and worked as well.
My architecture is for both platforms x86_64.
1. netinstall the host system (see this for more information): I use a barebones system (with nothing selected on the setup i.e. no gnome or any kind of x)
2. After your hosts’s setup, set your yum repository to see yum:
cd /etc/yum.repos.d
wget http://download.openvz.org/openvz.repo
rpm –import… Continue reading
October 5th, 2008
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Back in 1998, the Windows Update appeared because Microsoft needed to distribute fixes for Windows and notably for Internet Explorer 5. It seems that the phenomena that we got so used to in this new era of internet-enabled applications, the automatic updates has started to generate more problems than it solves.
In my opinion automatic updates are bad for several reasons:
1. They fix the effect and not the problem
Microsoft introduced this Windows Update Service… Continue reading
July 29th, 2008
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Conference: Many people assume that agile methods mean an absence of design. Design still happens in agile projects, but it shifts from an up-front phase to a continual evolution. Design decisions should be left to the last responsible moment, but some design decisions do need to be made at the start of a project. Martin Fowler explores this topic through a panel discussion of design in an agile context.
Very good… Continue reading