Open Source Virtualization (LFS462)

Introduction

• Linux Foundation
• Linux Foundation Training
• Laboratory Exercises, Solutions and Resources
• Distribution Details
• Registration
• Labs

Virtualization Overview

• Virtualization Terminology
• 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
• Labs

KVM Quick-Start

• Verifying your Linux Kernel has KVM
• Validating your Hardware for KVM
• Obtaining and Installing KVM and QEMU
• Verifying libvirt installation
• Building Upstream QEMU
• libvirt
• qemu-img and Virtual Disk Files
• virt-install
• Pausing and Restoring the Guest
• Managing VMs with GUIs
• The QEMU Command Line
• The QEMU Monitor
• virt-manager
• Labs

KVM Architecture and Relationship with Linux

• Brief History of KVM
• Controlling KVM Using Linux Commands
• Obtaining KVM
• Labs

Running KVM Using QEMU

• What is QEMU?
• 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
• Labs

libvirt

• Architecture
• libvirt Access Control
• virsh
• libvirt XML
• Open vSwitch
• Labs

Hardware Support

• I/O Provisioning
• Labs

Tuning for Performance

• Measuring Performance
• netperf
• fio
• Memory Testing with Stream
• SPECVirt Tuning
• Labs

KVM Security

• Review - libvirt Access Control
• Host Security Concerns
• libvirt-sandbox
• sVirt
• Security Updates
• Labs

Xen Hypervisor Architecture

• Domain Types
• Toolstack Choices
• Virtualization Modes
• Labs

Installing and Configuring Xen

• Preparing the Host
• Getting the Software
• Verifying dom0
• Toolstack Selection
• Installing domU
• Persistent Xen Configuration
• Connections to domU
• Labs

Administration of Xen domains

• Debugging Xen Issues
• Backup and Restore
• Live Migration
• NUMA Features
• PCI Pass-through
• USB Device Pass-through
• Troubleshooting
• Labs

Xen Performance and Tuning

• Domain Resource Usage
• Xen Scheduler Options
• I/O Benchmark Testing
• Boot Options for dom0
• Labs

Xen Security

• Domain Type Considerations
• Xen Security Modules
• FLASK
• Virtual Trusted Platform Module
• pvgrub
• Network Security
• Labs

Working with Linux Containers

• Container Basics
• Docker
• Rocket
• Kubernetes
• LXD Container Hypervisor
• OCI
• lxc command line tools
• Labs