lazyperlcoder
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Hi there!
I have very generic question: Is it possible to run Linux server inside other server instance without virtualization?
Context: I got new job and I have to get familiar with a complex system comprised of several components - one of them is an application server based on CentOS 6 kernel. I don´t have any detailed technical documentation, just user documentation which deals mainly with GUI and top level functionality. This application was created around years 2006-2009. The interesting fact is deployment. Big installation package - containing kernel, several libraries and core of Python scripts providing special functions - is uploaded to the host OS, then several sh files (about 4k LOC) do install files to correct paths, initiate yum, ssh server and so on. The guest server is initiated via twistd daemon.
I have worked with Linux servers in the past, but I haven´t met this way of deployment. Therefore my second question would be: Has this technique some conventional name? The process of installation reminds me how dockerfile / docker-compose work, but it is of course not Docker based.
Thank you.
Lazy Perl Coder
I have very generic question: Is it possible to run Linux server inside other server instance without virtualization?
Context: I got new job and I have to get familiar with a complex system comprised of several components - one of them is an application server based on CentOS 6 kernel. I don´t have any detailed technical documentation, just user documentation which deals mainly with GUI and top level functionality. This application was created around years 2006-2009. The interesting fact is deployment. Big installation package - containing kernel, several libraries and core of Python scripts providing special functions - is uploaded to the host OS, then several sh files (about 4k LOC) do install files to correct paths, initiate yum, ssh server and so on. The guest server is initiated via twistd daemon.
I have worked with Linux servers in the past, but I haven´t met this way of deployment. Therefore my second question would be: Has this technique some conventional name? The process of installation reminds me how dockerfile / docker-compose work, but it is of course not Docker based.
Thank you.
Lazy Perl Coder
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