Cloning Container

You can create a complete copy of a particular Container (in respect of all the Container data and resource parameters), or a Container clone. This is a good means to save your time since you do not bother about setting the Container configuration parameters and the like. Moreover, you can create a number of Container clones at a sitting by opening the Containers page, selecting the ones to be cloned and clicking the Clone link.

The option is available on the Clone Container page which enables you to define the name, hostname, password, offline management, and set the advanced settings for the Container being created.

The General Settings section enables you to:

• Provide a name for the Container clone.

The Network Settings section lets you:

• Set a hostname of the Container. Mind that the range of symbols for the Container hostname is limited. For a Windows Node, the hostname may start singularly with a-z, A-Z or an underscore ( _ ), contain further any of the following symbols: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _, - and have a-z, A-Z, 0-9 or _ at the end. The maximum number of symbols is 15. For a Linux-based Container, the hostname should consist of a-z, 0-9, _, and may have a point in the middle. The number of symbols should not exceed 256.

In the New Password section, you can set a new password for the Container clone. In this case you provide the password in the Administrative password field and confirm it in the field below. You can leave the field blank though to use the password from the cloned Container. The password is needed to access the Container in the future, for example, through Parallels Power Panel.

The Advanced Settings section lets you:

• Specify the Container ID, a 32-bit (ranging from 0 to 4294967295) integer number over 100 (Detailed information on the Container IDs allocation can be viewed in the Choosing Container ID subsection of the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers User's Guide.);
• Start the Container after cloning;

The Offline Management group allows you to set the offline management options by selecting the appropriate radio button. Offline management of the corresponding Container ensures the Container manageability by means of one or more offline services from any browser at its own IP address. After offline management is enabled for the Container, one port of its IP address becomes permanently active whatever the Container state. The currently supported services are vzpp and plesk (for managing Containers with the Plesk control panel installed in them). You can:

• Disable the offline management of the Container.
• Enable the offline management of the Container via the offline management settings operating on the Hardware Node. Whenever you need to manage the Container offline, its offline management settings will be brought into synchronization with those in effect on the Node. Should any service be removed from the default services list, the Container will be unable to be managed via the service off the list. This option subscribes the Container to the default offline services.
• Manually compose the Container offline services list. You can select the service(s) you would like the Container to be subscribed to in the corresponding checkbox(es).

By default, the Offline Management radio button is set to the option used by the Container being cloned. You can change it to use another offline management mode for the new Container.

Note: The rest of the Container general settings are copied from the cloned Container by default.

Click Clone to initiate the creation of the Container clone or Customize to set up the remaining network settings of the new Container.

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