How to clone a Container in Parallels Containers for Linux
Issue a command in the following format:
{CT List} = [source_CTID]:[dst_CTID][:[[dstCT_private]][:[dstCT_root]]] [...]
You should specify the source Container ID ([source_CTID]) and the destination Container ID ([dst_CTID]).
Specifying the destination Container private area path ([dstCT_private]) and root path ([dstCT_root]) is optional allowing you to override the default paths - /vz/private/[dst_CTID] and /vz/root/[dst_CTID], respectively.
For example, to clone the Container with the Panel created during the previous procedure, run the following command:
How to use a custom mirror for Parallels Updates Server
If you already have your Parallels Updates Server mirror setup.
Then on the hardware node, edit the file defining the repository URL.
The file for editing is /vz/template/[os]/[os-version]/[platform]/config/app/[app-template-name]/default/repositories.
For example:
/vz/template/[os]/[os-version]/[platform]/config/app/plesk10.0/default/repositories
Replace the Parallels Updates server URLs with the corresponding ones of your mirror and save the file.
Clean or re-fetch the packages metadata.
For Example
How to install a Panel template on a Parallels Containers hardware node manually
Obtain the template from the Parallels Web site and upload it to the target Parallels Containers hardware node.
Install the application template by running a command in the following format:
rpm -Uvh [absolute path to the template]
For example, the following command installs Qmail RPM:
rpm -Uvh pp10-centos-5-x86_64-ez-3.0.0-35.prl.293476.noarch.rpm
Reference: http://parallels.com/
How to install a Panel template on a Parallels Containers hardware node.
To install a Panel template on a Parallels Containers hardware node using the vzup2date utility:
Connect to the target Parallels Containers hardware node over SSH.
Install the application template by running a command in the following format:
For EZ templates:
For standard templates:
Select the required OS and application templates and click Next to start installation.
How to fix Broken RedHat up2date support on Parallels Plesk
In Parallels Plesk Panel 10.0.1 installed on RedHat 4 OS try upgrading any component through Autoinstaller in Parallels Plesk interface. The following error is shown:
There was an error downloading: ……
……
……
An error has occurred:
exceptions.UnboundLocalError
See /var/log/up2date for more information
Error: The up2date utility failed to install the required packages.
Attention! Your software might be inoperable.
Please, contact product technical support.
For fixing this issue you can use following workarounds:
Edit /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file for use different IDs for sources added by Parallels Installer. Need to edit between component selection and installation process start.
Disable up2date: Edit file /root/.autoinstallerrc
ALLOW_TO_USE_UP2DATE=”no”
Reference: http://parallels.com/
