Open Source Virtualization takes a deep dive into KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) and Xen, the most popular hypervisor virtualization technologies in the open source ecosystem, as well as the deployment and use of containers. Built by experts in the field of virtualization, this course provides the technical background to understand the components required to build and administer a modern virtual IT infrastructure.
Open Source Virtualization (LFS462)




Linux Foundation Training
Linux Foundation Certifications
Laboratory Exercises, Solutions and Resources
Distribution Details
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Host versus Guest
Virtual Machine Monitor
Emulation
Software versus Hardware Virtualization
Hypervisor Types
Instruction Translation and Caching
Paravirtualization
Virtual Machine Image File
Linux Containers
Xen Hypervisor
Comparison
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Validating your Hardware for KVM
Obtaining and Installing KVM and QEMU
Building Upstream QEMU
qemu-img and Virtual Disk Files
virt-install
Pausing and Restoring the Guest
Managing VMs with GUIs
The QEMU Monitor
The QEMU Command Line
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Controlling KVM Using Linux Commands
Obtaining KVM
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Running KVM Using QEMU
Machine Commands
Starting Guest Networking
Dumping Network Traffic with QEMU
Guest-to-Host Communication using Virtio
QEMU Tracing
Managing Storage With QEMU
Managing Virtual Storage with libguestfs
Using Host Physical Storage
Using Host Physical Networking
Graphics
BIOS
USB Pass-through
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Architecture
libvirt Access Control
virsh
virt-manager
libvirt XML
Open vSwitch
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I/O Provisioning
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netperf
fio
Memory Testing with Stream
SPECVirt Tuning
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Review – libvirt Access Control
Host Security Concerns
libvirt-sandbox
sVirt
Security Updates
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Toolstack Choices
Virtualization Modes
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Getting the Software
Verifying dom0
Toolstack Selection
Installing domU
Persistent Xen Configuration
Connections to domU
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Backup and Restore
Live Migration
NUMA Features
PCI Pass-through
USB Device Pass-through
Troubleshooting
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Xen Scheduler Options
I/O Benchmark Testing
Boot Options for dom0
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Xen Security Modules
FLASK
Virtual Trusted Platform Module
pvgrub
Network Security
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OCI
Kubernetes
CRI-O
Rocket
Docker
LXD Container Hypervisor
lxc command line tools
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