Difference between revisions of "util-vserver:InitStyles"

Revision as of 02:15, 14 December 2006

Guests can be started using one of the following init styles:

plain
- Launches a unique init process for the guest.
- Guest's init process executes the rc scripts.
- Therefore, you cannot watch the startup process.
- However, any shutdown or restart command should work
sysv (default)
- Executes the runlevel scripts directly.
- You can you can watch the startup process.
- Slightly lighter weight since no additional init process is needed.
- A fake init process is shown in the guest.
- You must use "reboot -f" or "halt -f" to restart or shut down from within the guest.
gentoo
- Like sysv but works on Gentoo-based guests.
- Was deprecated but has been reinstated around util-vserver 0.30.212.
minit
- Like plain init but smaller.
- minit must be installed on the guest.
- http://www.fefe.de/minit/

The init style should go in a file containing a single word: sysv, plain, etc.

 /etc/vservers/<NAME>/apps/init/style

If the file doesn't exist or the word isn't recognized, sysv will be used.

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 ** Guest's init process executes the rc scripts.
 ** Therefore, you cannot watch the startup process.
-** However, shutdown or restart command will work
+** However, any shutdown or restart command should work
 * sysv (default)
 ** Executes the runlevel scripts directly.
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 ** Slightly lighter weight since no additional init process is needed.
 ** A fake init process is shown in the guest.
-** You must use "reboot -f" or "halt -f" to restart or shut down from withint the guest.
+** You must use "reboot -f" or "halt -f" to restart or shut down from within the guest.
 * gentoo
 ** Like sysv but works on Gentoo-based guests.