[aklug] Re: A virtual server inside a virtual server

Thanks for the suggestion... I'm now running Zimbra with SSL on port 2032. Don't know why I didn't think of this my self. I did get burned once changing the postfix configs. That's a different story... Anyway, it works.

Now about OpenVZ on EC2... While a few websites say it's possible, I'm not sure I wanna go down that path. You need a kernel that supports OpenVZ and maybe some modified libraries. I couldn't find any details. I'm not even sure Amazon lets you run your own kernel.

I'm still interested in running OpenVZ on EC2. It would be a money saver...

 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Corliss" <acorliss@nevaeh-linux.org>
To: "Damien Hull" <damien@linuxninjas.tv>
Cc: aklug@aklug.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:40:49 AM GMT -09:00 Alaska
Subject: Re: [aklug] A virtual server inside a virtual server

On Sun, 24 May 2009, Damien Hull wrote:

> A thought popped into my head about a week ago. Would it be possible to run a virtual server inside Amazons EC2 service? It looks that way... I did a quick Google search "openvz amazon ec2". Amazon lets you run custom kernels. I'm guessing I need the OpenVZ kernel. I haven't tried this yet but I hope it works.
>
> Here's my problem.
> 1. I want to host my own eamil
> 2. I don't want to run another Amazon server
> 3. Email requires an SSL connection
> 4. I want to host more then one service with SSL
>
> I'm not sure if OpenVZ is the answer. More research is needed. Here's my thinking...
> 1. Apache proxy on the Amazon EC2 server
> 2. Host everything inside OpenVZ instances
> 4. Forward connections to the OpneVZ instances
>
> Okay, that's enough for now. My head hearts just thinking about virtual networks....

You do realize that SSL is not tied to a specific port, right? If you
support TLS/SSL with SMTP, POP, IMAP, and HTTP, they all use different
ports, and can all use different SSL certs as well. Methinks you're
massively over-complicating this task...

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