On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:58:53 +0100 Shinkan <shinkan@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering : would it be possible to run one targeted app on one > VServer (like a simple process isolation) ? like an application-specific chroot, but with the added functionality of linux-vserver? > If so, what is the recommended way to do this (I did not find any howto or > so) ? i think vcontext. over the years people have asked how to scale linux-vserver to hundreds of vservers and herbert has mentioned running just the needed application (like you are requesting), and i think he mentioned vcontext, but i can't currently find any of the emails in the mailing list archive. > I mean, let's say I want to run Xorg in one VServer, and just that, how > can I succeed by just knowing "I want to run Xorg on a VServer". > If Xorg is too special, let's say I want to run a random binary of your > choice. yeah, that's a pretty complex example to start with. > I want to do that to avoid having an almost full-loaded filesystem with > tools in my VServer. an alternative, so as to not stray too far from the beaten path (usual use case of "vserver <name> start" with plethora of online examples), is to create a regular vserver and strip it down as people have done through the ages for embedded or appliance usage (ie delete everything but your application, its dependencies, and an init script). > Thanks in advance. hopefully i was either correct enough to point you in the right direction or wrong enough that somebody will speak up and correct me. ;-) corey -- undefined@pobox.com