Plesk Inside Virtuozzo Containers

Virtuozzo containers is an OS virtualization solution that creates
isolated partitions, or containers, on a single physical server and OS
instance to utilize hardware, software, data center and management
effort with maximum efficiency.

The following operations are not available from Plesk when it is
operating inside Virtuozzo containers:

• Adding to and removing IP addresses from the server’s network cards.
• Changing host name.
• Setting system date and time.

After adding IP addresses to the Virtuozzo containers hardware node, you
need to use the Reread IP function in Server Administration Panel
(in Tools & Settings > IP Addresses) to update the Plesk’s IP
pool.

When installing Plesk inside a Virtuozzo container, you need to
configure the Offline Service parameter for the container to ensure that
the both Plesk web interface and the Power Panel, used for managing
containers, are accessible.

By default, the container is configured so that the following parameters
are enabled for the Offline Management service: VZPP-plesk
(redirection of connections on the port 8443) and VZPP (redirection
of connections on the port 4643). You need to disable the VZPP-plesk
service. You can do this on Virtuozzo containers for Linux and Windows
by using the Management Console utility.

To configure the container using the Management Console:

1. Open the Management Console.
2. Connect to the Virtuozzo containers hardware node.
3. Click Virtuozzo Containers.
4. Select the container, right-click it, and select Properties from
   the context menu.
5. Go to Network > Offline Management, and disable the
   VZPP-plesk service.

To configure the container using the command line tools on a
Linux-based hardware node:

1. Connect to the hardware node over SSH.

2. Issue the following command:

   vzctl set CT_ID --offline_management yes --offline_service vzpp --save
   

To configure the container using the command line tools on a
Windows-based hardware node:

1. Connect to the hardware node over Remote Desktop.

2. Issue the following commands:

   vzctl set CT_ID --offline_management yes --save
   vzcfgt set CT_ID offlineservices vzpp
   

After configuring the container, you will be able to access the
container management functions from Plesk (at Tools > Manage Your
Container [in the Server Management group]).