FreeVSD - Virtual Server Daemon

[Pat Padgett]

At 09:56 AM 1/14/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Brian writes:
>
> > Here's an interesting program for those wanting to host multiple web
> > domains on a single server.   My question though, is it possible to do this
> > without extra software or has this been done before?   Those of you that
> > have worked at ISPs would know.
> >
> >  http://www.freevsd.org/index_org.html
>
>I haven't checked out the above site, but making a linux box respond to
>multiple IP addresses, and making apache pull HTML from a different
>directory based on those different IP addresses, is very simple (and
>free).
>
>And, unlike Windows NT, linux does not require a reboot when you add new
>IP addresses.  :-)

Let me expand on what this actually is.  Don't confuse this with a web 
server.  It's a virtual server by true definition meaning that each user 
has an account on their own "virtual machine" and can have root privileges 
on this virtual server.

<cut n paste from freevsd.org>

FreeVSD facilitates true Linux Virtual Servers within a 'chroot' 
environment, allowing web servers and other applications to be deployed and 
administered discretely, without compromise to security. FreeVSD enables 
many 'Linux platforms' on a single physical server, each identical to the 
main Linux directory structure; each Virtual Server has its own IP address 
and view of the process table.

FreeVSD expands the Linux system by creating a pseudo 'super user' 
('admin') for each Virtual Server. The 'admin' user has the ability to 
create extra POP3/FTP and Telnet users and also administrate vital services 
such as the webserver, previously only controllable by the main 'root' user 
of the server.

The FreeVSD 'skeleton' structure means that engineers can easily upgrade or 
modify Virtual Servers globally across a host server or entire server farm: 
it is as simple as modifying the 'skeleton' image at the root of each host 
server. This procedure can easily be centralised in order maintain a 
homogenous server farm.

</cut n paste from freevsd.org>

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