February 3, 2010 – 6:09 pm
Plesk qmail returns the following error: “Deferred: 451 qmail-spp failure: plugins/chkrcptto: child crashed (#4.3.0)” This is caused by incorrect permissions on or a missinf /dev/null device. Remove any existing /dev/null and create a new one with the following commands. [text]~# mknod -m 666 /dev/full c 1 7 ~# chown root:root /dev/full[/text]
January 1, 2010 – 12:07 am
We have been asked a few times if it is possible to connect to a Linux VPS via a GUI. The answer is of course Yes! But some configuration is required. Below is a list of instructions that have been tried and tested on all SwitchLink VPS packages running Centos 5 x86 from an SSH [...]
December 1, 2009 – 9:11 am
Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a technology allowing you to establish a secure network connection over an insecure public network. In Virtuozzo 3.5.1 SP1 or greater, you can make Virtual Environments operate as VPN clients connecting to VPN remote access servers. By default, the VPN support inside a VE is disabled. However, you can use [...]
October 12, 2009 – 8:31 am
Some work needs to be completed by support on the Hardware Node and some on your VPS, so please contact support. Below are the instructions for both parties. Allow your container to use the tun/tap device by running the following commands on the host node: [text]vzctl set 101 –devices c:10:200:rw –save vzctl set 101 –capability [...]
September 8, 2009 – 9:53 am
Cause The issue is caused by the fact that fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the container can be not resolved to IP by the service container.To verify it run this command on the node: nslookup server.domain.tld where server.domain.tld is FQDN of the container. Resolution To fix the issue make sure that the service container [...]
August 26, 2009 – 12:44 am
You can change the servers password by logging into the Virtuozzo Power Panel. Go to your servers address: [text]https://SERVERSIP:4643/[/text] Once logged into the power panel click on the “Change Password” button. Change Password -> Change the administrative password. Once updated you will need to log back into the Power Panel to continue using it. The [...]
Usually, this can be done via the OS, but with Virtuozzo, usually this is reset at the next reboot. In order to change your Hostname, please submit the IP of your VPS and the required Hostname, and this will be set for you within the infrastructure.
Virtuozzo takes all of the required security patches from the hardware node. Virtuozzo will not work with certain security patches that Microsoft releases so it is imperative that you do not try to do a Windows Update on your VPS as you will most likely get an error like below: Error invoking external utility: ERROR:Virtuozzo [...]