WARNING: This documentation covers Parallels H-Sphere versions up to 3.1. For the latest up-to-date Parallels H-Sphere documentation, please proceed to the
official Parallels site.
H-Sphere VPS is installed on a dedicated box not to intefere with
H-Sphere services. The core of H-Sphere VPS includes:
- FreeVPS related sofware:
- FreeVPS kernel: a standard Linux kernel patched to support VPS;
- FreeVPS tools: scripts to manage virtual servers and their host server.
- OpenVZ related software (since HS VPS 2.x, HS 3.1 Beta 1 +).
Host Operating Systems
Make sure to install one of the following OSs to a dedicated physical box:
FreeVPS based host:
- (HS VPS before 2.0-0) Red Hat Linux release 7.3
- Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 3, CentOS 3.x, and White Box Enterprise Linux release 3
- (HS VPS 1.4-4+ and H-Sphere 2.5 RC 2+) Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 4, CentOS 4.x, and White Box Enterprise Linux release 4
OpenVZ based host:
(HS VPS 2.0-0+ and H-Sphere 3.1 Beta 1 +)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 4, CentOS 4.x, and White Box Enterprise Linux release 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5, CentOS 5.x, and White Box Enterprise Linux release 5
We do not support H-Sphere VPS on other operating systems.
VPS Operating Systems
In H-Sphere VPS 1.4-x and up, there is a possibiliy to choose a preferred OS of future virtual servers different
from that of the host, according to the compatibility table:
Hosts OS |
Available virtual server OS(s) |
Supported Solutions |
H-Sphere VPS version |
FreeVPS |
OpenVZ |
1.x |
2.x |
WBEL4 |
WBEL4, RHEL4, CentOS4 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
CentOS4 |
CentOS4, RHEL4, WBEL4 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
RHEL4 |
RHEL4, CentOS4, WBEL4 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
RHEL3 |
RHEL3, CentOS3, WBEL3 |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
CentOS3 |
CentOS3, RHEL3, WBEL3 |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
WBEL3 |
WBEL3, RHEL3, CentOS3 |
+ |
- |
+ |
+ |
RH73 |
RH73 |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
TRUSTIX22 |
TRUSTIX22 |
+ |
- |
+ |
- |
RHEL5 |
RHEL5, CentOS5, WBEL5 |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
CentOS5 |
CentOS5, RHEL5, WBEL5 |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
WBEL5 |
WBEL5, RHEL5, CentOS5 |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
where
WBEL4 - White Box Enterprise Linux release 4
WBEL3 - White Box Enterprise Linux release 3
CentOS4 - CentOS release 4.x
CentOS3 - CentOS release 3.x
RHEL4 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS release 4
RHEL3 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS release 3
RH73 - Red Hat Linux release 7.3
TRUSTIX22 - Trustix Secure Linux release 2.2
WBEL5 - White Box Enterprise Linux release 5
CentOS5 - CentOS release 5
RHEL5 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5
+ supported
- unsupported
Hardware Requirements
H-Sphere VPS with FreeVPS solution |
H-Sphere VPS with OpenVZ solution |
-
Hardware Requirements
- Recommended partitioning
- SELinux must be off
|
- Filesystems
- sysctl
- SELinux
- Conntracks
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