The target VPS is running Debian 6 i686 from an OpenVZ template. First, I used this straightforward script; you can find the stage3 tarball in /releases/x86/current-stage3/ : http://linux.arantius.com/how-to-install-gentoo-onto-any-openvz-vps Next I set portage up: https://matt.bionicmessage.net/blog/2011/02/05/Recipe%3A%20’Gentooize’%20an%20existing%20virtual%20server%20(VPS))
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Here is how I managed to get networking working with /etc/conf.d/net ; apparently venet0:0 isn’t necessary anymore (we can simply add our IPv4 address to venet0 but very strangely, our external IPv4 address doesn’t show up in ifconfig but works.) Without further do…
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routes_venet0=("default") only sets the IPv4 default route, and I haven’t found a way to set the IPv6 default route without knowledge of the gateway IP address, hence the postup() and predown() scripts. Nevertheless, they are “good enough.”
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to bring venet0 up at default runlevel. At this point you should be able to run
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while logged in without your SSH connection dropping on either IPv4 or IPv6. I am still in the process of setting up ntp, a mailer daemon, syslog-ng, etc. so I may post an update if I find anything extraordinary.