Editing Virtuozzo Server Install (section)

= 4.7 =

Server-specific changes in <span style="color:red">red</span>

http://www.parallels.com/download/pvc/lin

http://www.parallels.com/support/virtualization-suite/pvc/

== BIOS ==

* enable post info to console

2950:<br>
Serial comm.: on with cons. Redir via com1<br>
Failsafe: 115200<br>
Redir after boot: enabled


* Tweak DRAC settings (see [[DRAC/RMM#DRAC_setup|DRAC setup]])


== Install OS ==

CentOS6.x (get latest from http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/6.4/isos/x86_64/CentOS-6.4-x86_64-netinstall.iso)

May have to disable DRAC virtual media to make sure we get sda as our first device

Set partitions:
<pre>Disk 1:
/ 10240M (ext4)
9216M swap
/vz (the rest) (ext4)
Disk 2: 
9216M Swap
/vz1 (the rest) (ext4)</pre>

Basic server

Use grub, install to MBR

== Configure system, install virtuozzo ==
* add ssh

 yum install openssh-clients

* create ssh key, add swsoft key to authorized_keys

(enter to everything)

<pre>cd /root/
ssh-keygen -t dsa

Add vz support key:
echo "ssh-dss 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 russup@support.sw-soft.com" >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys</pre>


* setup access to backup2:

<pre>echo "10.1.4.3    backup2" >> /etc/hosts
echo "10.1.4.8        backup1" >> /etc/hosts</pre>

# Copy id_dsa.pub to backup2 and add it to the end of ~root/.ssh/authorized_keys:

<pre>cat .ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh backup2 'cat - >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys' 
cat .ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh backup1 'cat - >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys'</pre> 

<pre>ssh backup2 hostname
ssh backup1 hostname</pre>
(confirm you can connect w/o entering a password)


* add bash backward history search 
<pre>echo "\"\M-z\": history-search-backward
\"\M-x\": history-search-backward " > /root/.inputrc
echo "export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=auto'" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "\"\e[5~\": history-search-backward" >> ~/.inputrc
echo "\"\e[6~\": history-search-forward" >> ~/.inputrc</pre>


* add to /root/.bashrc, create log dir

<pre>vi /root/.bashrc
alias v='vzctl'
alias mbm='mb mount'
alias mbu='mb umount'
export PS1="[\u@\h \w]# "
alias cv='cd /vz/private'
alias cv1='cd /vz1/private'
alias cv2='cd /vz2/private'
alias pg='ps auxw|grep $1'</pre>

 source /root/.bashrc

 mkdir /root/logs


* make sure serial console and kernel messages are working

add these 2 lines to the top:

<pre>vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
serial --unit=0 --speed= 115200
terminal --timeout=10 serial console</pre>

and the kernel line should look like:

 kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-020stab009.24.777-enterprise ro root=/dev/sda1 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200

Remove or comment out these lines:
<pre>hiddensplashmenu 
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz</pre>

add to /etc/inittab and /etc/securetty

<pre>echo "s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -L ttyS0 115200 linux" >> /etc/inittab
echo "ttyS0" >> /etc/securetty</pre>

 kill -1 1


* make sure the hostname on the system is properly set - in the form virt4.johncompanies.com - and make sure it is set properly: 
 cat /etc/sysconfig/network


* Check/update fstab

 vi /etc/fstab
 
/etc/fstab entries should look something like (note noatime option):

<pre>/dev/sda3               /vz                     ext4    defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/sdb2               /vz1                    ext4    defaults,noatime 1 2</pre>

make sure swap is configured in fstab

Use real devices instead of LABEL


* Install Virtuozzo 4.7

Have a license on hand - request a day ahead of the install. Go to:
http://www.parallels.com/download/pvc47/

<pre>yum install compat-libstdc++-33
yum install wget
yum install ftp
yum install pciutils
yum install ed bc 


cd /vz
wget http://download.parallels.com/pvc/47/lin/vzinstall-linux-x86_64.bin
chmod 0700 vzinstall-linux-x86_64.bin
./vzinstall-linux-x86_64.bin</pre>

download and install

change wd's to /vz

Ignore OS version error

Custom install (don’t install templates)

Install PVA Agent
Install PVA Management Node
 
 reboot

Get on KVM to watch PVA install (won't happen on console)

 vzup2date

(run again. till no more updates offered)

 reboot

<DEPRECATED>
Run vzup2date (make sure to choose enterprise kernel) and/or install latest kernel:

NOTE: skip over the manual kernel load below if you can get the 16G recognized before running vzup2date- then it will dl the ent kernel

NOTE: go to /vz/vzup2date/virtuozzo/linux/i386/4.0.0/CU-2.6.18-028stab068.3 and install kern there (downloaded by vzup2date)

 vi /boot/grub/menu.lst
(set default kernel to new kernel)
</DEPRECATED>


* Install ntp

 yum install ntp 
(if not already installed)

 rm -f /etc/ntp.conf

Create a new file with one line:

 echo "server 10.1.4.5" > /etc/ntp.conf 

Then set ntpd so it will start at boot:

 chkconfig --level 3 ntpd on
 service ntpd start 

Make sure it’s talking to the ntp server:

 ntpq -p

Correct output should have something unfer the refid col and a '+' next to the remote server:

     <pre>remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
 10.1.4.105+     clock1.redhat.c  2 u    -   64    1    0.370  -706677   0.008</pre>


* copy over binaries/scripts from backup2


 scp backup2:/mnt/data4/bin/linux/* /usr/local/sbin/
 scp <span style="color:red">10.1.4.62</span>:"/vzconf/jctmpl*" /etc/sysconfig/vz-scripts/
 scp <span style="color:red">10.1.4.62</span>:/vzconf/ve-slm* /etc/sysconfig/vz-scripts/



* setup root crontab (alter backup time): 
<pre>crontab -e
1 1 * * * /usr/local/sbin/backup
*/15 * * * * /usr/local/sbin/vim.watchdog.30 > /dev/null
#56 4,16 * * * root /usr/sbin/vzkeyupdate -c
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/sbin/perc5iraidchk64</pre>


* setup backups 

<pre>
echo '#!/bin/sh
<tt>backupdir=/data/<span style="color:red">virt13</span> </tt>

server=backup1

## ENTRY /etc
## ENTRY /usr/local/sbin
## ENTRY /root/logs
' > /usr/local/sbin/backup.config
</pre>


* setup bigbrother

edit passwd and add the bb user:
 echo "bb:x:1984:1984:Big Brother:/home/bb:/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd

edit group and add the bb group:
 echo "bb:x:1984:" >> /etc/group

rebuild the password database:
 pwconv

Create bb’s home dir and set ownership:
 mkdir /home/bb
 chown bb.bb /home/bb

Go to bb’s home and fetch the client tarball:
<pre>cd ~bb
scp backup2:/mnt/data4/build/bb/GOOD-bb-linux-bbc1.9i-btf.tgz .

tar xvf GOOD-bb-linux-bbc1.9i-btf.tgz

yum install glibc-2.12-1.47.el6_2.5.i686

vi etc/bbsys.sh
SORT="/bin/sort"

vi bin/bb-disk.sh
eval "$DFCMD | $EGREP \"$DFUSE\" | $EGREP -v \"$DFEXCLUDE\" | $SORT \"-k${DFSORT}\" > $BBTMP/DFOUT.$$"
wclen1=`eval "$DFCMD | $EGREP \"$DFUSE\" | $EGREP -v \"$DFEXCLUDE\" | $SORT \"-k${DFSORT}\" | $WC"`

cd bbc1.9i-btf/etc/

echo "10.1.4.5 mail.johncompanies.com # BBPAGER BBNET BBDISPLAY smtp ssh" > /home/bb/bbc1.9i-btf/etc/bb-hosts
echo "10.1.4.63 virt13.johncompanies.com # ssh" >> /home/bb/bbc1.9i-btf/etc/bb-hosts
(^^^change to correct host)

chmod +r /var/log/messages

cd ..
su bb
./runbb.sh start
exit</pre>

Add this line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local so bb will start at boot:

 echo "su - bb -c \"cd /home/bb/bbc1.9i-btf; ./runbb.sh start\"" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local 


* Uncomment/add lines with the appropriate IP addresses in /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

 vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config 
<tt>ListenAddress <span style="color:red">69.55.226.2</span>
ListenAddress <span style="color:red">10.1.4.63</span></tt>

<DEPRECATED>
And make sure to uncomment
 Protocol 2,1
</DEPRECATED>


* setup backup1/backup2 nfs mounts

<DEPRECATED>
setup portmap to start with server, and start it: 

 chkconfig --level 3 portmap on
 service portmap start
</DEPRECATED>

 mb mount

run df to confirm that nfs mounts are mounted


* make alias for /vzconf 
 ln -s /etc/sysconfig/vz-scripts /vzconf


* edit /etc/sysconfig/vz 

vi /etc/sysconfig/vz 

calc cpu to reserver for HN. take 5% of power:
 vzcpucheck
 Current CPU utilization: 27000
 Power of the node: 1018320

so in this case:
 VE0CPUUNITS=50916

enable fastboot:
 VZFASTBOOT=yes

Disable auto mount
 #VZMOUNTS="/vz"

Enable slm:
 SLM=yes

<DEPRECATED>
Enable IPV6
IPV6=yes
</DEPRECATED>

add/edit to traffic parameters section:
 TRAFFIC_SHAPING=yes
 BANDWIDTH="eth0:102400"
 TOTALRATE="eth0:1:102400"
 RATE="eth0:1:50000"

for 2 nics, uncomment this line:
 VE_ROUTE_SRC_DEV="eth0"

Make sure the IPTABLES section looks like:
<pre>IPTABLES="ip_tables iptable_filter iptable_mangle ipt_limit ipt_multiport ipt_tos ipt_TOS ipt_REJECT ipt_tcpmss ipt_ttl ipt_LOG ipt_length ip_conntrack ip_conntrack_ftp  ip_conntrack_irc ipt_conntrack ipt_state ipt_helper iptable_nat ip_nat_ftp ip_nat_irc ipt_REDIRECT ipt_multiport ipt_TCPMSS"</pre>


* disable periodic fsck's, lower the root padding on the /vz and /vz1 filesystems to 100MB
<pre>
tune2fs -i 0 /dev/sda3
tune2fs -c -1 /dev/sda3
tune2fs -r 100000 /dev/sda3

tune2fs -i 0 /dev/sdb2
tune2fs -c -1 /dev/sdb2
tune2fs -r 100000 /dev/sdb2</pre>


* setup vzagent with pub IP (to allow migrations from 3.x):
 vzctl set 50 --ipdel all --ipadd <span style="color:red">69.55.226.3</span> --userpasswd vzagent0:k0zub1k --save
 vzagent_ctl restart


* edit ve config files:

From split of 80 take
<tt>CPUUNITS</tt>

And put into files in /vzconf/base_ct_conf
along with:
<pre>VERSION="2"

ONBOOT="yes"

KMEMSIZE="2147483647:2147483647"
LOCKEDPAGES="2147483647:2147483647"
PRIVVMPAGES="2147483647:2147483647"
SHMPAGES="2147483647:2147483647"
NUMPROC="32567:32567"
VMGUARPAGES="2147483647:2147483647"
OOMGUARPAGES="2147483647:2147483647"
NUMTCPSOCK="2147483647:2147483647"
NUMFLOCK="2147483647:2147483647"
NUMPTY="255:255"
NUMSIGINFO="1024:1024"
TCPSNDBUF="2147483647:2147483647"
TCPRCVBUF="2147483647:2147483647"
OTHERSOCKBUF="2147483647:2147483647"
DGRAMRCVBUF="2147483647:2147483647"
NUMOTHERSOCK="2147483647:2147483647"
DCACHESIZE="2147483647:2147483647"
NUMFILE="2147483647:2147483647"
NUMIPTENT="2147483647:2147483647"

DISKSPACE=""
DISKINODES=""
QUOTATIME="600"
IOPRIO="4"
CPULIMIT="75"
OFFLINE_MANAGEMENT="yes"
ARCH="x86"
PLATFORM="linux"

IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0"
NAMESERVER="69.55.225.225 69.55.230.3"
CPUUNITS="12313"
IOLIMIT="10485760"
IOPSLIMIT="100"
</pre>


* customize the control panel:
 rm -fr /vz/backups

 vi /var/opt/pva/pp/xsl/lib/vt/backups-forms.xsl

<pre><!--No backups created yet. You can create a maximum of %max backup(s). -->
                                        <span style="font-size:13px; font-weight:bold">NOTE: You cannot create or view backups via this control panel- IT WILL NOT WORK. Please contact linux@johncompanies.com to setup or inquire about backups for your server.</span>

/var/opt/pva/pp/xsl/lib/vt/backups-list.xsl
                <!--
                                <ui:button tip="backup_ve" sandclock="false" icon="backup_new"
                                        submit-href="{$baseurl}/vt/backups/new?cmd=backup&amp;env-set=current"
                                        disabled="{boolean(not($new-allowed))}" require-items="false"
                                        new-obj-title="{sw:text('Backup')}"
                                >
                                        <sw:text>New Backup</sw:text>
                                </ui:button>
--></pre>

 cd  /var/opt/pva/pp/static/vz/skins
 for f in `ls`; do scp backup2:/d4/build/vzcp/var/vzcp/static/vz/skins/winxp.new/images/logo_main_4.7.gif $f/images/logo_main.gif; done


* template install

To install new templates:

 vzup2date -z

Copy over templates from old server. Ex: ubu 8.04 from virt19:

 rsync -a -e ssh <span style="color:red">10.1.4.69</span>:/vz/template/ubuntu/8.04 /vz/template/ubuntu/8.04 

install ubuntu 8.04 templates (get latest from vz)

<pre>cd /backup4/vzrpms/distro/ubuntu/8.04
rpm -ivh *
vzpkg update cache ubuntu-8.04-x86</pre>

If you install a tempalte from vzup2date it will download an old cache as well. Better to download the OS rpm from VZ site then create cache then use vzup2date to install the application templates.


* add traffic shaping support

Re-define class 0:

<pre>vi /etc/sysconfig/vz-scripts/networks_classes
0 69.55.224.0/20
0 10.1.4.0/24</pre>

make sure 1 is defined (0.0.0.0) and no other classes are needed

Then start it

 /etc/init.d/vz shaperrestart


* udp dos fix

 echo "/usr/local/sbin/iptables.sh" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local 


* make rc.local start before vz

 mv /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S99local /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S95local


* disable unwanted services/daemons

Before:
<pre>abrt-ccpp       0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:off   5:on    6:off
abrt-oops       0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:off   5:on    6:off
abrtd           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:off   5:on    6:off
acpid           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
atd             0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
auditd          0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
autofs          0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
cpuspeed        0:off   1:on    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
crond           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
cups            0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
haldaemon       0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
ip6tables       0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
iptables        0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
irqbalance      0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
kdump           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
lvm2-monitor    0:off   1:on    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
mcelogd         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:off   5:on    6:off
mdmonitor       0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
messagebus      0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
netfs           0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
network         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
nfslock         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
ntpd            0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:off   5:off   6:off
portreserve     0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
postfix         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
pvaagentd       0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
pvapp           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
qpidd           0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
rpcbind         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
rpcgssd         0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
rpcidmapd       0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
rsyslog         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
sshd            0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
sysstat         0:off   1:on    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
udev-post       0:off   1:on    2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
vz              0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
vzlmond         0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
vznetcfg        0:off   1:off   2:on    3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off
xinetd          0:off   1:off   2:off   3:on    4:on    5:on    6:off</pre>

<pre>chkconfig --level 3 cpuspeed off
chkconfig --level 3 cups off
chkconfig --level 3 haldaemon off
chkconfig --level 3 ip6tables off
chkconfig --level 3 iptables off
chkconfig --level 3 irqbalance off
chkconfig --level 3 lvm2-monitor off
chkconfig --level 3 mdmonitor off
chkconfig --level 3 messagebus off
chkconfig --level 3 netfs off
chkconfig --level 3 nfslock off
chkconfig --level 3 qpidd off
chkconfig --level 3 rpcgssd off
chkconfig --level 3 rpcidmapd off</pre>


* load mrtg graphs

 yum install xinetd

create /etc/xinetd.d/load with the following contents:

<pre>echo "service load
{
        disable = no
        flags           = REUSE
        socket_type     = stream
        wait            = no
        user            = root
        server          = /usr/local/sbin/load.pl
}" > /etc/xinetd.d/load</pre>

Add this line to /etc/services:
 echo "load            12384/tcp" >> /etc/services


* Tasks to do on backup1:
setup backup dirs:

 mkdir -p /data/<span style="color:red">virt13</span>/0

 for f in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6; do mkdir -p /data/<span style="color:red">virt13</span>/$f/vz/private; mkdir -p /data/<span style="color:red">virt13</span>/$f/vz1/private; mkdir -p /data/<span style="color:red">virt13</span>/$f/vz2/private; done

add the system to 
 vi /usr/local/sbin/snapshot_rotate


* Tasks to do on mail:

Update backup graph:
 vi /usr/local/www/mgmt/cgi/backupgraph.pl
(add hostname)

add to bbhosts:
<pre>vi /usr/home/bb/bbsrc/bb1.9i-btf/etc/bb-hosts
su bb
cd
bbsrc/bb/runbb.sh restart ; exit</pre>

add to load graph config:
 vi /usr/local/www/mgmt/mrtg/mrtg1.cfg
(add new section for new machine)


* add to management db (on mail and devweb) jc.ref_machines and jc.ref_templates

insert new server:
 insert into ref_machines values (null,'virt19','virt19.johncompanies.com',0,'l');

get new machine_id back out:
select * from ref_machines;

insert as a system to jc customer col00001:
 insert into systems values ('', 'col00001',30,null,null,100,'virt11.johncompanies.com',null,'2010-03-11',null,null,1,0,null,null,null);

get sysid:
select * from systems where hostname='virt19.johncompanies.com';

update ipmap (main IP and IP used for VZCP):
 update ipmap set cid='col00001', sysid=3772, assign_date='2008-01-07', status=1 where ip='69.55.236.2';
 update ipmap set cid='col00001', sysid=3772, assign_date='2008-01-07', status=1 where ip='69.55.230.109';

add templates (or do via mgmt):
<pre>
insert into ref_templates values ('','fedora-core-1/20050725',33,'Fedora Core 1',1);
insert into ref_templates values ('','fedora-core-2/20050725',33,'Fedora Core 2',1);
insert into ref_templates values ('','debian-3.1/20050927',33,'Debian 3.1',1);</pre>


* Make sure that ns1c has proper forward and reverse entries for the new system (both private and public addresses), so that new system emailing will work.
<pre>vr johncompanies.com
vi internal.johncompanies.com
rndc reload johncompanies.com IN private</pre>
(edit the PTR too)


* add an outside blocking rule to the firewall, so this machine can only be reached from inside the firewall. 

Follow example already in firewall virt19 is:

<pre>ipfw add 00143 allow ip from { 69.55.230.2 or 69.55.230.10 or 69.55.225.225 or 62.213.72.101 or 64.131.90.27 or 82.200.65.190 or 91.204.24.0/22 or 194.44.160.178 or 195.214.232.10 or 195.214.233.10 or 208.251.212.1 } to 69.55.226.2
ipfw add 00143 deny ip from any to 69.55.226.2</pre>

(virt12 would be 00142)


* add to [[Cabinetmap|Cabinetmap]]


* make /vz1/private
<pre>mkdir /vz1/private ; chmod 0755 /vz1/private
mkdir /vz1/root ; chmod 0755 /vz1/root</pre>


* put config files in a place they’ll get backed up
<pre>mkdir /vzconf/confs
crontab -e
0 0 * * * rm -f /vzconf/confs/*.conf; cp  /vzconf/*.conf /vzconf/confs</pre>


* fix pass/vzpp and localse issue with ubu 8.10

 vi /vz/template/ubuntu/8.10/x86/config/os/default/post-install

 sed '/^password.*pam_unix.so.*sha512/ s~sha512~md5~' -i etc/pam.d/common-password

 localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8


* add tun device support

 echo "modprobe tun" >> /etc/rc.local


* reinstall VZA/CT #1/CT #50

After the install, the PP was broken. So needed to reinstall everything. Did the pva_setup --uninstall and removed CT 50 and then setup the pva per http://kb.parallels.com/113071 then setup the CT 50 per the other article- centos6 had issues - and then authenticated with virt13 to get that into the management list.

http://kb.parallels.com/113072

http://kb.parallels.com/113071


* config logrotate (otherwise it creates weekly empty logs)

 vi /etc/logrotate.conf

(add to end)

<pre>/var/log/messages {
        rotate 12
        monthly
        size 10M
        missingok
        compress
        delaycompress
        notifempty
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                echo `date` > /var/log/messages
        endscript
}</pre>


* install megacli64 (can we just move the bin and not install the lib?)

<pre>scp backup2: /d4/build/3ware/MegaCli-8.00.40-1.i386.rpm /root/MegaCli-8.00.40-1.i386.rpm
scp backup2: /d4/build/3ware/Lib_Utils-1.00-08.noarch.rpm /root/ Lib_Utils-1.00-08.noarch.rpm

rpm -ivh Lib_Utils-1.00-08.noarch.rpm 
rpm -ivh MegaCli-8.00.40-1.i386.rpm

cp opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 /usr/local/sbin/megacli64</pre>