stripserver(1)

NAME

stripserver - Strip a server from hardware related packages and files

SYNOPSIS

stripserver [OPTIONS] --hostname x --domain y.z --ip 1.2.3.4

DESCRIPTION

This program strips a server directory from packages and files that is hardware related. This means that you can copy a complete filesystem to a vserver directory and then use this tool to strip the hardware related things from it. It only works with Debian servers though.

OPTIONS

Optional:
-h, --help this help
-V, --version copyright and version information
--copy-vreboot install "vreboot/vshutdown/vhalt"
--no-copy-vreboot don't install "vreboot/vshutdown/vhalt"
--dist Deprecated option.
--fakeinit use "/sbin/init" to boot vserver
--conffile extra configuration file to load.
--interface interface for IP addresses (if not "eth0")
--sshkeys copy pub-keys to "/root/.ssh/authorized_keys"
-v, --verbose show extra output during setup
--vsroot location of "/vserver/" directory Required:
--hostname hostname for new vserver (eg. "alpha")
--domain dns domain for new vserver (eg. "example.com")
--ip IPv4 address for new vserver

CONFIG FILE

The following variables can be set in a configuration file. The configuration file is a normal shell file and is sourced to get the configuration variables.

Packages to install in addition to the base defaults MUST INCLUDE ALL DEPENDENCIES (seperated by "," commas)

INSTALL_PACKAGES="package1,package2"

Packages installed from within the vserver after it has been setup (seperated by "," commas) EXTRA_PACKAGES="package1,package2"

Packages to remove from the base defaults (seperated by "," commas) REMOVE_PACKAGES="package1,package2"

Sysvinit services relating to hardware access to remove REMOVE_LINKS="klogd hwclock.sh setserial urandom networking umountfs halt reboot"

Default network interface for vservers: INTERFACE="eth0"

Copy vreboot/vhalt/vshutdown utility into /usr/local/sbin/ COPY_VREBOOT="true"

AUTHOR

Author of the manual page is Ola Lundqvist <[email protected]>