Monthly Archives: March 2009

Plesk inside OpenVZ memory problems

Posted on March 17, 2009

I believe that the errors encountered below when installing Plesk inside an OpenVZ Virtual Environment (VE) were encountered as a result of memory allocation issues.? Plesk recommends 256MB RAM minimum for 100 domains. However, I’ve found that this does not … Continue reading →

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OpenVZ free memory in container not correct

Posted on March 17, 2009

According to the recommendation on the OpenVZ page below, Table C recommends settings for 256MB RAM for a container (VE) that seems incorrect to me. http://wiki.openvz.org/UBC_configuration_examples_table For the values of privvmpages, vmguarpages, oomguarpages, & shmpages, the values are multiplied by … Continue reading →

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date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted (OpenVZ)

Posted on March 16, 2009

Upon installation of an OpenVZ container (VE/Virtual Environment) I was unable to set the date, and the time-zone was incorrect.? Attempts to set the date resulted in the following error. # date 031612482009 date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted … Continue reading →

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DNS not resolving in openvz container (VE)

Posted on March 16, 2009

After creating and starting a container on OpenVZ, dns was not functioning by default.? Pinging google receives the following error.   # ping -c 1 www.google.comping: unknown host www.google.com   Whoa, this page seems a bit overkill.http://wiki.openvz.org/Setting_up_an_iptables_firewall   Instead, I … Continue reading →

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Plesk inside OpenVZ Container

Posted on March 16, 2009

I’m currently installing Plesk inside OpenVZ.? I have run into various problems with the way the wiki on OpenVZ.org explains setting it up, and how I’m actually ending up setting it up.? This page documents all my settings, and will … Continue reading →

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Control Panels

Posted on March 16, 2009

This section is dedicated to troubleshooting problems encountered with the various control panels.? Currently I use Parallels (Formerly Ensim) Pro, and Parallels Plesk Panel, so that is what you will find here.? Eventually I will likely use CPanel as well, … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooting

Posted on March 15, 2009

This area will have various sub-sections based on the topic.? The following is a cursory list of area’s which I’ve had problems with in the past and I believe will eventually be populated. Control Panels Parallels (formerly Ensim) Pro Parallels … Continue reading →

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Tutorials

Posted on March 14, 2009

This section will eventually be sub-divided into different tutorial areas.? The area’s most likely to appear here will be as follows.? ?General computer knowledge. Operating Systems Storage and Memory Applications General Internet knowledge. DNS / Bind HTML Email and Spam … Continue reading →

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