Installation guide
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Templates Overview 
•  Scripts: 
•  pre-cache: this script is executed before installing the packages included in the EZ 
template on the Hardware Node. 
•  post-cache: this script is executed after installing the packages included in the EZ 
template on the Hardware Node. 
•  pre-install: this script is executed before adding the EZ template to or installing the 
package inside the Container. 
•  post-install: this script is executed after adding the EZ template to or installing the 
package inside the Container. 
•  pre-upgrade: this script is executed before updating the packages inside the Container. 
•  post-upgrade: this script is executed updating the packages inside the Container. 
•  pre-remove: this script is executed before removing the application EZ template/package 
from the Container. 
•  post-remove: this script is executed after removing the application EZ template/package 
from the Container. 
•  Document files: one or several files with arbitrary names containing the information on the EZ 
template (e.g. README). 
Note: Detailed information on the files contained in the OS template configuration directory is provided in 
the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 Reference Guide. 
When working with EZ template configuration files, pay attention to the following: 
•  The packages file should be specified for all EZ templates. 
•  The packages, package_manager, and repositories/mirrorlist files should be 
specified for all base OS EZ templates. 
•  The package_manager and distribution files should be specified for all base OS EZ 
templates and absent for non-base OS EZ templates and all application EZ templates. 
•  The information from the repositories/mirrorlist file(s) created for non-base OS and all 
application EZ templates is added to that in the repositories/mirrorlist file(s) for the 
base OS EZ template. 










