HyperVm installation consists of downloading either the hypervm-install-master.sh or hypervm-install-slave.sh from download.lxlabs.com and executing them as root. They will download all the required files and do the complete installation on their own. You will need to disable selinux. edit /etc/sysconfig/selinux and then run setenforce 0.

HyperVM supports the concept of multiple locations, and thus generally the question of harddisk partitioning is irrelevant. It is recommended to have a large / for openvz, since both /home and /vz will have files. You can just add another harddisk, mount it as a particular directory, and then add it to the list of locations. In other words, you can trivially distribute vpses across different harddisks/lvms. Also you can change the location of a vps from one harddisk to other from the CP itself. Go to vps home -> advanced -> change location.

Once the machine boots back, just make sure you have the openVZ kernel by doing a 'uname -a', and after that you can connect to 'http://machine-name:8888', and you will be presented with a login screen - the password would be 'admin'. Once you login, HyperVM will explicitly force you to change the password to something other than 'admin'.

For those installing Xen, please read these extra notes, and make sure that you meet all the requirements.

If you are installing on legacy operating systems (Fedora 2, 3, 4), please read these notes.

If you want to have a cluster, you have to run 'hypervm-install-slave.sh' in all the servers that you intend to make as slaves. Once 'hypervm-install-slave.sh' is completed, you can add the server from the 'add server' page in the master's server page. You will need to open port 8889 which is what's used for communication between the master and slave. For file transfer, the slave will need to contact the master's 8889 port, so you will need 8889 open on both master and the slave. All communication is fully encrypted and secure. From then on, you can manage every aspect of Virtualization through our intuitive graphical interface. We expect you to have a great time managing your serverfarm using hyperVM. IF you run into any problems, please visit our forum at our website 'http://lxlabs.com/forum', and you can ask your query there. Since our forum is integrated with mailing list which in turn has our main developers as members, you can get direct answers from the developers themselves.

Upgrading hyperVM is very straightforward. The 'update home' page will show you the latest version of hyperVM available, and you can just update to the latest version by clicking on 'update now'.