Hi Charles! On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 11:39:55AM -0400, Charles Shapiro wrote: > Hey man. We're using VServer in my shop to develop & debug software > designed to run on a single-purpose PC. You can read about us at > http://nubridges.com. I'm Charles Shapiro, a programmer here in > beautiful Atlanta, Georgia.
hmm information exchange, sounds interesting ... > In the process of making a VServer box which a bunch of developers can > use, I've written a some scripts and some crude documentation. They're > designed to help manage virtual servers from a "vsmaker" account on the > parent box. You can, of course, call the management account whatever you > want and restrict access to it in whatever way you deem best. I have > perl and bash scripts which you can name in /etc/sudoers(5) to: > > * Create a new virtual server (also managing IP addresses and fake MAC > addresses which can be picked up by your application) > * Remove a virtual server > * Determine what virtual servers are running on the 'vserver server' > * Determine what virtual servers are built > * Move files between virtual servers and between virtual servers and the > parent machine. sounds good, did something like that some time ago, but unfortunately under a closed source license (something I regret now :(), certainly the vserver project could/will benefit from such scripts/tools ... > My boss says I can contribute this software back to the project. > How should I go about this? tell your boss, that's an excellent idea, I wish more 'management' people would see the benefit in open/shared development ... > I have webspace available if the easiest way is to tarball it > and publish it, but if there's some more formal way I'm > happy to try that instead. easy sounds good, basically I would suggest the following: - make it available on the web (on one place) - write some words about it on the mailing list - try to answer questions/improve docu & code according to the feedback ... I will link to your code/docu in the next month and, if it is/becomes a central part of vserver development, we will move the stuff to our central server ... HTH, Herbert > -- CHS >
