Prerequisites for Using Virtual Machines

In addition to using physical servers as service nodes, you can use virtual machines or containers powered by Virtuozzo (formerly Virtuozzo hypervisor), Virtuozzo containers, Microsoft Hyper-V, and VMware vSphere virtualization solutions, as long as each virtual machine meets the disk space, CPU, and memory requirements, and has bridged networking and static IP addresses. We recommend deploying on Virtuozzo.

Before adding a Virtuozzo container or a virtual machine as a service node, configure the network settings of the Virtuozzo hardware node and containers to operate in the bridged mode:

1. Configure the Virtuozzo hardware node:
1. Create a virtual bridged network on the Virtuozzo hardware node, as described in http://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/managing-network/configuring-virtual-machines-and-containers-in-bridged-mode.html#creating-virtual-networks.
2. Create the network bridges for all physical network adapters, as described in http://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/managing-network/configuring-virtual-machines-and-containers-in-bridged-mode.html#creating-network-bridges-for-physical-network-adapters
3. Connect all the virtual bridged networks you created in step 1 to the physical network adapters as described in http://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/managing-network/configuring-virtual-machines-and-containers-in-bridged-mode.html#connecting-virtual-networks-to-adapters
2. Configure containers:
1. Create a new network adapter, as described in http://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/managing-network/configuring-virtual-machines-and-containers-in-bridged-mode.html#creating-and-deleting-veth-network-adapters
2. Set up the network settings such as IP address and gateway, as described in http://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/managing-network/configuring-virtual-machines-and-containers-in-bridged-mode.html#configuring-veth-adapter-parameters.
3. Connect the container’s adapter to the virtual network, as described in http://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/managing-network/configuring-virtual-machines-and-containers-in-bridged-mode.html#connecting-containers-to-virtual-networks.
3. Configure virtual machines, if you plan to use them:
1. Create a virtual adapter, as described in http://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/managing-network/configuring-virtual-machines-and-containers-in-bridged-mode.html#creating-and-deleting-virtual-adapters.
2. Connect a virtual machine to the bridged virtual network, as described in http://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/managing-network/configuring-virtual-machines-and-containers-in-bridged-mode.html#connecting-virtual-machines-to-virtual-networks.