OpenVZ to release pre-made Ubuntu VMs
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
OpenVZ Project, the open-source community branch of SWsoft, the virtualization company behind Parallels and Virtuozzo, will release on Jan. 8 pre-made Ubuntu 7.10 server and desktop virtual machines.
Here’s how it works. Users will download an Ubuntu software template from OpenVZ. With this template, they can then set up OpenVZ VMs (virtual machines) of either Ubuntu server or desktop on an existing Linux system. This software represents a combined effort by OpenVZ and Canonical, Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor, to make it easier for administrators to quickly deploy Ubuntu desktops or servers.
How quick? OpenVZ claims that a system manager will be able to set up a new Ubuntu server in about a minute.
