Kill an OpenVZ Container – e.g id 900

vzctl stop 900

Use –fast switch to kill the OpenVZ Container – crude non graceful

vzctl stop 900 –fast

Kill processes inside a OpenVZ Container

ps ax | awk '{print $1}' | xargs vzpid | grep 900 | awk '{print $1}' | xargs kill -9

Commonly used commands:

1, Command to list the running VPSs in a node

# vzlist

Example:

# vzlist
CTID      NPROC STATUS    IP_ADDR         HOSTNAME
106        104 running   xx.xx.xx.xx  server1.test.com
107         46 running   xx.xx.xx.xx  server2.test.com
108         83 running   xx.xx.xx.xx  server3.test.com
109         86 running   xx.xx.xx.xx  server4.test.com

2, Command to list running and stopped VPSs in an node

This command lists all the VPSs in a node.

# vzlist -a

Example:

# vzlist -a
CTID      NPROC STATUS    IP_ADDR         HOSTNAME
900       104 running   xx.xx.xx.xx  serverfoo1.com
901         46 running   xx.xx.xx.xx  serverfoo2.com
902        83 running   xx.xx.xx.xx  serverfoo3.com
903        86 running   xx.xx.xx.xx  serverfoo4.com
904          – stopped   xx.xx.xx.xx  serverf005.com

3, To start a VPS

# vzctl start CTID

Example:

# vzctl start 900

4, To stop or shutdown a VPS

# vzctl stop CTID

Example:

# vzctl stop 900

5, To view the status of a VPS

# vzctl status CTID

Example:

# vzctl status 904

CTID 900 exist unmounted down

6, To enter a VPS

# vzctl enter CTID

Example:

# vzctl enter 900
entered into CT 900

7, Set hostname for a Server

# vzctl set CTID --hostname New_hostname --save

8, Add new IP to VPS

# vzctl set CTID --ipadd xx.xx.xx.xx --save

9, Delete IP from VPS

# vzctl set CTID --ipdel xx.xx.xx.xx --save

10, Reset root password of a VPS

# vzctl set CTID --userpasswd root:new_password --save

11, To add NameServer IPs to VPS

# vzctl set CTID --nameserver xx.xx.xx.xx --save

12, Delete a container

# vzctl destroy CTID

13, Suspending a container

# vzctl suspend CTID