bionic (8) vserver.8.gz

NAME

       vserver  - The vserver utility enables you to manage the state of vservers, including building, starting,
       stopping, etc.

SYNTAX

       vserver [-s|--sync] [-v|--verbose] [--silent] [--] vserver command [--help] args*

       --sync - Perform synchronization with vshelper to ensure that the guest has been stopped

       --verbose - Makes things a lot louder.

       --silent - Removes most informative messages.

       vserver - The name of a vserver.

       command - One of the commands listed below.

       --help

              provides additional help for provided command, for example: vserver - build --help  args  are  the
              arguments  that are possible for the different commands, see the arguments for each command listed
              below

COMMANDS

       start [--rescue [--rescue-init] program args]

              Starts the specified vserver. The optional argument --rescue starts the vserver  in  rescue  mode,
              which  runs  program  args*  to  start the vserver instead of whatever is configured. The optional
              argument --rescue-init makes the command appear as PID 1 in the vserver. This can be used to start
              /bin/bash to investigate why a vserver is not able to start correctly.

       stop [--rescue-init]

              Stops  the  specified  vserver, and kills the remaining processes. The optional argument --rescue-
              init can be used to stop a vserver that was started with the option of the same name.

       restart

              Restarts the specified vserver. This is the subsequent execution of a synchronized  'stop'  and  a
              'start'.

       condrestart

              Restarts a running vserver.

       suexec user program args*

              Executes program args* as the specified user in the vserver.

       exec program args*

              Executes program args* as the root user in the vserver.

       enter

              Executes  the  configured  shell  (default: /bin/bash if it exists) in the vserver and allocates a
              pty.

       chkconfig chkconfig-options*

              Modifies the init-system; currently, only Red Hat's chkconfig is supported.

       running

              Returns an exit code of 0 iff the vserver is running, 1 if not.

       status

              Provides some human readable status information about the vserver, and succeeds iff the vserver is
              running.

       build buildopts*

              Create  a  vserver  from scratch, where the buildopts* are a set of options and a build method. As
              this option calls vserver-build, please see vserver-build(8) for a complete  listing  of  possible
              options and methods.

       delete

              Remove a vserver.

       unify [-R] [vunify-opts*]

              Unify or de-unify the vserver with its reference vserver(s).

       pkg install pkg*

              Installs package(s) pkg in the vserver.

       apt-get,apt-config,apt-cache apt-opts*

              Execute the apt-* command for the given vserver

       rpm rpm-opts*

              Execute the rpm command for the given vserver.

       pkgmgmt externalize|internalize [-y]

              Externalize or internalize the package-management for the given vserver.  ´Externalize' means that
              package metadata and management tools (apt-get,rpm) are living in the  host,  while  'internalize'
              means that data and programs from the vserver will be used.

       hashify

              Hashify the vserver.

FILES

       /usr/sbin/vserver

       /etc/vservers/*

       /var/lib/vservers/*

EXAMPLES

       Please contribute some, if you feel it's important.

AUTHORS

       This man page was written by Micah Anderson <micah@debian.org> and based upon the helpful output from the
       program itself.

SEE ALSO

       chbind(8)   chcontext(8)   rebootmgr(8)   reducecap(8)   vps(8)   vpstree(8)   vrpm(8)   vserver-build(8)
       vserver-stat(8) vtop(8)