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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Michael,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hope all well with you. Colombian politics doesn’t make for good reading in the media and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">what a mess in Ukraine and Gaza!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Top posting for clarity.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">😊</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I have been trying for ages to spin up a 5211R on atlas1.mainline.co.uk (6109R) and have not yet been able to get a working VM. All says it is okay but cannot access using VNC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I am going to have another go this weekend – please revue your instructions below to ensure I do it right, unless you have published an FAQ somewhere on this? I looked on blueonyx.it
and aventurine.net first.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Colin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Blueonyx <blueonyx-bounces@mail.blueonyx.it> on behalf of Michael Stauber <mstauber@blueonyx.it><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 23 November 2022 at 18:44<br>
<b>To: </b>blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it <blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[BlueOnyx:25725] Re: BlueOnyx 5211R Released<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Colin,<br>
<br>
> I have tried to spin up a KVM on my 6109R but have come<br>
> across a problem.<br>
><br>
> I select vzlinux7 for distribution but<br>
><br>
> "No OS templates found! Please do a YUM update or manually install<br>
> OS templates first by placing them in /vz/template/cache/."<br>
><br>
> I have updated the template "vzlinux-7-x86_64 VzLinux 7<br>
> (for AMD64/Intel EM64T) Virtuozzo Template" but still nothing.<br>
><br>
> What am I doing wrong? :-/<br>
<br>
Yeah, let me provide a more detailed writeup that outlines all steps:<br>
<br>
Login as "root" by SSH to your 6109R node. Then run these commands:<br>
<br>
cd /vz/ISOs/<br>
wget <br>
<a href="http://updates.blueonyx.it/pub/BlueOnyx/ISO/BlueOnyx-5211R-AlmaLinux-9.1-20221123.iso">http://updates.blueonyx.it/pub/BlueOnyx/ISO/BlueOnyx-5211R-AlmaLinux-9.1-20221123.iso</a><br>
<br>
That downloads the latest 5211R ISO image into the directory where the <br>
KVM installer looks for ISO images.<br>
<br>
Then go to the 6109R GUI, "Virtual Servers" and click on "Add KVM".<br>
<br>
Under "OS template" the ISO should now be selectable.<br>
<br>
Under "Distribution" select one of the EL7 variants. Which one doesn't <br>
matter. "CentOS 7, Vzlinux 7, Cloudlinux 7". It's the best that has to <br>
offer and there are no options for an EL8 or EL9.<br>
<br>
<br>
Now start from the top down and make sure to fill in all blanks:<br>
<br>
- VPSID<br>
- IP Address<br>
- DNS Servers<br>
- Autostart (ticked)<br>
- Distribution (centos7)<br>
- OS Template (the 5211R ISO)<br>
- VPS Owner (admin)<br>
- Mountpoint (/vz)<br>
- Default RAM (I suggest 8GB)<br>
- VNC (be sure to enable it and set a password!)<br>
- Diskspace (40GB or more)<br>
<br>
Now save the changes. This will take a moment.<br>
<br>
Once it has saved, go back to "Virtual Servers" and the new VM should <br>
already be visible. If not, give it a moment and reload the "Virtual <br>
Servers" page. When it is visible, click on the pen icon, click on "VNC <br>
Access" and it should open the VNC access in an iframe in the page. <br>
There is a button in the blue header of that Iframe that allows you to <br>
make this window stand alone for better resizability.<br>
<br>
IF VNC Access doesn't load? Go back to SSH and do "systemctl restart <br>
webvnc.service" and then it should work.<br>
<br>
WebVNC will ask you for a password. That is NOT the node password, but <br>
the one you configured under "VNC" for this VM when you created it. Once <br>
past the password prompt you will see the console window and should be <br>
able to see the ISO image boot menu. Choose your install option (the <br>
default one is fine) and let it finish the install.<br>
<br>
After the install is finished, reboot the VM and then use WebVNC again <br>
to login and perform the initial setup following the onscreen <br>
instructions. The IP address should be the IP you assigned to the VM <br>
during creation. The netmask should be that of your address range and <br>
the gateway IP is NOT the IP of the node. It has to be the IP address <br>
ranges regular gateway.<br>
<br>
One caveat: After the network setting shave been configured for the <br>
first time you may have to reboot the VM again in order for the gateway <br>
to be reachable.<br>
<br>
After the reboot your VM should be ready to use.<br>
<br>
Let me know if you have any further questions or difficulties with this.<br>
<br>
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With best regards<br>
<br>
Michael Stauber<br>
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