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Mastering KVM Virtualization

KVM, QEMU, and libvirt are the foundation of open source virtualization. Those dealing with OpenStack, oVirt or AWS must have knowledge of these technologies to be successful at their job. This book will introduce readers to modern ways of configuring their environments and a few software projects that can help them achieve their goals.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

22h52m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

If you are a systems administrator, DevOps practitioner, or developer with Linux experience looking to sharpen your open-source virtualization skills, this virtualization book is for you. Prior understanding of the Linux command line and virtualization is required before getting started with this book.

Book content

chapters 22h52m total length

Linux Virtualization

KVM as a virtualization solution

Installing a KVM hypervisor, Libvirt and ovirt

Libvirt Networking

Libvirt Storage

Virtual Display Devices and Protocols

VM: Installation, Configuration, and Life Cycle Management

Creating and Modifying VM Disks, Templates and Snapshots

Customize a Virtual Machine with Cloud-init

Automated Windows guest deployment and customization

Orchestration and Automation with Ansible

Implementing OpenStack on KVM

Implementing KVM with AWS

Monitoring KVM Virtualization Platform

Performance Tuning and Optimization

Troubleshooting KVM

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