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--- vps_-_plan9front_-_plan_9_instance_under_xen [2021/10/04 19:49] – [Installation or pre-generated] hc9
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-====== Plan 9 instance under Xen ======
-===== Installation or pre-generated =====
-=== VPS Maintenance Shell ===
-<file config /reveal/bc/VPS/Shell>
-VPS Maintenance Shell for plan9* (xxx.xxx.xx.xx)
-no stats collected.
-[c] - Connect to your console
-[l] - list your status
-[r] - reset or start
-[s] - Force Shutdown (not an OS shutdown)
-[t] - toggle your Operating System
-[i] - Switch your VPS ID (multiple VPS members only)
-[x] - Clean install (destroys data)
-[p] - Change your vps.sdf.org password
-[u] - View current interface statistics
-[U] - View all recorded interface statistics
-[q] - Disconnect
-[30-Oct-20 22:59:17] Command: q
-Connection to vps? closed.
-$
-</file>
-<file config /reveal/bc/VPS/Shell_r>
-[30-Oct-20 22:59:17] Command: r
-Connect to the System Console - To return to the menu, press ^]
-</file>
-<code>
-bootargs is (tcp, tls, il, local!device)[local]!/dev/sdC0/fs]
-</code>
-|x|Press the enter key to accept the default [].|
-<code>
-bootargs is (tcp, tls, il, local!device)[local]!/dev/sdC0/fs]
-user[glenda] :
-</code>
-|x|Press the enter key to accept the default [].|
-=== step-by-step installation ===
-<file config /reveal/bc/VPS/step-by-step>
-Awaiting further step-by-step instructions.
-</file>
-==== default pre-generated installation ====
-=== Install ===
-After receiving notification of an allocated VPS slice, connect by '''$ ssh //<SDF member ID>//@//<VPS slice>//.sdf.org'''. The password<sup>1</sup> is the same as your SDF member login. At the VPS Maintenance Shell menu, type '**x**' for a //Clean Install//.
-<code>
-  % WARNING! YOU WILL LOSE YOUR DATA!
-  This function allows you to completely destroy your plan9 image
-  and install a fresh generic distribution.
-  Do you wish to continue? (yes/no) yes
-</code>
-<code>
-  % Copying a fresh plan9 image [PLEASE WAIT]
-</code>
-|x|This may take time.|
-<code>
- % Copying a fresh plan9 image [PLEASE WAIT] [COMPLETE]
- (continue)
-</code>
-|x|Press the '[**Enter**]' key to continue to the [[#vps_maintenance_shell|VPS Maintenance Shell]].|
-You will now [[:vps_-_plan9front_-_plan_9_instance_under_xen#reference|see]] the Plan 9 VPS console rc prompt (%), Plan 9's shell.
-=== Plan 9 shell ===
-|x|**ctl-h** is backspace, kind of; **ctl-u** erases the current line. As seen, with the VPS Plan 9 console prompt **ctl-h** backspace, the screen output may not be what one would expect.|
-|x|To detach the Plan 9 console prompt (%), while retaining the ability to reattach it __without__ rebooting your server, press **ctl-]** to close the prompt (%). Then, press '**q**' to disconnect the VPS Maintenance Shell menu, and ssh connection. You can return again with another [[#install|ssh]] to the allocated VPS server, an SDF VPS Maintenance Shell menu review, and a press on the '**c**' key to connect to the Plan 9 console prompt (%).|
-|Plan 9 Rc shell|[[:vps_-_plan_9_9front#plan_9_-_rc|Plan 9 Rc Survival Guide]]|
-==== Networking ====
-|x|Review the ''/usr/glenda/start'' file, or rc script, from the VPS console prompt (%).|
-<code>
-  term% cat /usr/glenda/start
-</code>
-|x|Run the ''/usr/glenda/start'' file, or rc script, from the VPS console prompt (%).|
-<code>
-term% ./start
-starting ...
-setting a password for the user glenda
-password:
-term%
-</code>
-The mentioned ''/usr/glenda/start'' file does __not__ require editing. Any edit<sup>1</sup> can be made with ''% ed'', or ''% sam -d'', from the VPS console prompt (%), or later with ''% ed'', ''% sam'', or ''% acme'', from the Drawterm rio rc prompt (%).
-|x|This [[#shutdown_and_restart|shutdown and restart]] section applies, and __may_be_necessary__<sup>2</sup> after an ''% fshalt'', __before__ the networking is restarted.|
-<sup>1</sup> ''% man dp9ik'' <sup>2</sup> ''% fshalt'' from an rc prompt (%), then at the "VPS Maintenance Shell" enter '**s**' - force shutdown, then enter '**r**' - reset or start.
-===== Shutdown and restart =====
-<file config /reveal/bc/VPS/Shell>
-VPS Maintenance Shell for plan9* (xxx.xxx.xx.xx)
-no stats collected.
-[c] - Connect to your console
-[l] - list your status
-[r] - reset or start
-[s] - Force Shutdown (not an OS shutdown)
-[t] - toggle your Operating System
-[i] - Switch your VPS ID (multiple VPS members only)
-[x] - Clean install (destroys data)
-[p] - Change your vps.sdf.org password
-[u] - View current interface statistics
-[U] - View all recorded interface statistics
-[q] - Disconnect
-[30-Oct-20 22:59:17] Command: q
-Connection to vps? closed.
-$
-</file>
-|x|''% **fshalt**'' from a Drawterm rio rc prompt (%), is okay. Close the local Drawterm application separately.|
-=== From the 9front Drawterm rio rc prompt: ===
-<code>
-  cpu% fshalt
-  halting.../srv/hjfs.cmd...
-  done halting
-  cpu%
-</code>
-|x|''% **fshalt**'' from the 9front VPS console rc prompt (%), then at the "VPS Maintenance Shell" enter '**s**' - force shutdown, then enter '**r**' - reset or start.|
-=== From the 9front VPS Maintenance Shell console prompt: ===
-<code>
-  term% fshalt
-  halting.../srv/hjfs.cmd...halted at Fri Oct 30 15:58:54 2020.
-  done halting
-  term%
-</code>
-|1|Press **ctl-]** to continue, if viewing where the VPS console rc prompt (%) was once active. Press the '[**Enter**]' key to access the VPS Maintenance Shell (may apply).|
-|x|From the VPS Maintenance Shell enter '**s**' - force shutdown, then enter '**r**' - reset or start, or '**q**' - disconnect. Enter '**l**' to list your status.|
-|x|From the VPS Maintenance Shell enter '**s**' - force shutdown before starting the SDF 9front VPS. Ping the SDF Plan 9 VPS IP address ([[:vps_-_plan9front_-_plan_9_instance_under_xen#vps_maintenance_shell|YOUR_IP]]) to determine if the VPS is running with networking.|
-<code>
-  $ ping YOUR_IP
-</code>
-=== Reference: ===
-|Plan 9 Boot Camp<sup>1</sup>. Label: //Uriel was right; plan9front<sup>2</sup>; ANoNradio.//|{{ :playground:0016a64f607e4e9d.mp4 |}}|
-<sup>1</sup> NetBSD Xen [] running Plan 9 Boot Camp participants' VMs, during the announced Plan 9 Boot Camp occurrences. <sup>2</sup> plan9front running natively on hardware.