my idea was that a company could sell these uml virtualhosts to clients and that the client would be responsible for everything in the uml, security, updating pkgs, maintenence etc... just like a normal colocated box, where the host would only be responsible for the providing connectivity, backing up the root_fs and allocating resources to the UMLs.
UML does have mconsole, but its limited in features right now Pong wrote: >On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Mark M. Barrios wrote: > > >>do you know of anyone using UML on a production system, like for web >>hosting++ ? >> >> > >i see 1 major problem with virtual machines (UML, vmware) doing mass >web hostings. they dont lend themselves easy administrative access for >the hosting company. if each UML is running 24x7, you'll need to have a >root account in each one to update a package in the root_fs right? >else you'll have to shutdown the UML if you lost root access in order to >mount the root_fs for servicing. > >a good alternative would be to use at least a 2.4 kernel + the >vserver/context patch (http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/miscprj/s_context.hc). >since it doesnt use the vm-approach (all virtual servers run on the same >host kernel), you can administer each virtual server whether they are >running or not, even if you dont have a root account on each vserver. >whew! > >pong > >_ >Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph >To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > >To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
