Tuesday, March 26, 2013

How to enable PPP feature in a VPS/Container OR steps if PPP module not working on a VPS?


In order to enable PPP feature for a VPS/Container, the Hardware node should have the
ppp_async
ppp_deflate
modules loaded in the kernel. To load the modules on the hardware node, execute
# modprobe ppp_async
# modprobe ppp_deflate
lsmod will list the modules those are active.
# lsmod | grep ppp
ppp_deflate            39168  0
zlib_deflate           52760  1 ppp_deflate
ppp_async              45184  0
crc_ccitt               6337  1 ppp_async
ppp_generic            20165  6 ppp_deflate,ppp_async
slhc                   30561  1 ppp_generic
You now need to enable PPP feature for the VPS:
# vzctl set VEID --features ppp:on --save
Now, set ppp within the VPS:
# vzctl set VEID --devices c:108:0:rw --save
# vzctl exec VEID mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
# vzctl exec VEID chmod 600 /dev/ppp
Now, restart the VPS
# vzctl restart VEID
Login to the VPS:
# vzctl enter VEID
See if the PPP module works in the VPS:
# /usr/sbin/pppd
You should now receive a message asking for the password or some garbage characters. If you see something else, then something is wrong.

If wrong message comes

then install ppp

yum install ppp.x86_64

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