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--- manuals:vps:vpsadminos [2021/11/12 19:42] – [Migration from OpenVZ to vpsAdminOS] odstraněna zmínka o tom, že vpsAdminOS není v Brně. KerryCZE
+++ manuals:vps:vpsadminos [2022/04/06 08:45] – [vpsAdminOS] update info Aither
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 ====== vpsAdminOS ======
-Since [[information:openvz|OpenVZ]] is dead and new distributions
+Since [[information:openvz|OpenVZ Legacy]] is no longer supported and new distributions
-aren't supporting it, we had to find a way to upgrade our kernel, which
+don't work there, we had to find a way to upgrade our kernel, which
 meant choosing a different virtualization technology. Linux kernel now
-has some support for containers, so we've decided to stick with that. Next,
+has some support for containers, so we've decided to use it.
-we needed some distribution that we could use on nodes to serve as
+We needed some distribution that we could use on nodes to serve as
-hypervisors, as a replacement of Scientific Linux 6 with OpenVZ kernel.
+a hypervisor, as a replacement of Scientific Linux 6 with OpenVZ kernel.
-We've chosen [[https://nixos.org|NixOS]], which allows you to declare
+We've chosen [[https://nixos.org|NixOS]], because it allows us to declaratively
-the system and its configuration and then reproducibly build it. And since
+configure the system and its services. And since our requirements are quite specific,
-we have a bit specific requirements, we've created our own distribution
+we're maintaining our own spin of NixOS called vpsAdminOS.
-on top of NixOS.
 [[https://github.com/vpsfreecz/vpsadminos|vpsAdminOS]] is based on
 [[https://nixos.org|NixOS]] and [[https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os/|not-os]].
 It's a //live// distribution serving as a hypervisor for container
-virtualisation. Its as capable as OpenVZ Legacy was in its time. We have
+virtualisation. It's as capable as OpenVZ Legacy was in its time.
-our own userspace tools to manage containers called ''osctl'', which
+vpsAdminOS naturally integrates with vpsAdmin, our administration interface
-internally uses LXC. vpsAdminOS naturally integrates with vpsAdmin, our
+with web interface. However, vpsAdminOS is meant to be fully usable even on its own,
-administration interface with web interface, which you're all using to manage
+outside vpsFree.cz's infrastructure.
-your VPS. However, vpsAdminOS is meant to be fully usable even on its own, as
-a replacement to OpenVZ Legacy deployments. If you have some OpenVZ servers
-and would like a newer system, you can consider vpsAdminOS. We also have
-[[https://vpsadminos.org/migration-paths/openvz-legacy/|scripts]] to help
-with migration of OpenVZ containers onto vpsAdminOS.
 ===== Migration from OpenVZ to vpsAdminOS ======
 The upgrade of our infrastructure with all VPSes to vpsAdminOS is divided into
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 Features can be turned on/off individually. When any change is made, the VPS restarts.
-{{ :navody:vps:features.png?300 |}}
+{{ :navody:vps:vps_features.png |}}
-  * Docker (experimental) - Enables support for Docker.
   * FUSE - "Filesystem in Userspace" Enables the kernel module to allow non-privileged users create their own file systems.
   * KVM - "Kernel-based Virtual Machine" Enables KVM for hardware support of virtualization.
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   * PPP - "Point-to-Point Protocol" Enables communications protocol used to establish a direct connection between point-to-point links.
   * TUN/TAP - "TUN routing/TAP bridging" Enables the creation of virtual interfaces that are then bridged.
-We recommend only setting the features that your really need.
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