Starting with installing some packages from backports.org:
# aptitude install -t sarge-backports util-vserver \
linux-image-2.6-vserver-<arch>
This may be a good moment to reboot your host system. :)
Following the setup process of the virtual server will guide you to a running guest system.
The next step is to configure your base system with:
# vserver <vserver name> start
# vserver <vserver name> exec base-config
But I would recommand you to escape the dialog after configurating apt and installing packages.
Next step would be to install ssh with:
# vserver <vserver name> exec aptitude install ssh
There are some corners you have to solve:
For running bind9 you have to disable OPTIONS="-u bind" in /etc/default/bind9, cause there are some problems with its capabilities. You also need to force rndc to use your vserver ip in /etc/rndc.conf:
options { default-server <vserver ip>; };
For running postfix you need to bind it to your vserver ip in /etc/postfix/main.cf:
inet_interfaces = <vserver ip>
Mysql needs also bind to vserver ip in /etc/mysql/my.cnf, but keep in mind that with the shiped config you are only allowed to connect from localhost, so you need to get managed permissions:
bind-address = <vserver ip>
So if you have trouble starting any daemon, try to bind it to your local ip. Openssh didnt make any trouble for me.
You may also find usefull:
# vserver <vserver name> enter
Updates to other daemons or issues may follow.
Possibly this article about LVM and quota with vserver will be interesting.