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Mastering KVM Virtualization | Packt
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Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) enables you to virtualize your data center by transforming your Linux operating system into a powerful hypervisor that allows you to manage multiple operating systems with minimal fuss. With this book, you’ll gain insights into configuring, troubleshooting, and fixing bugs in KVM virtualization and related software.

This second edition of Mastering KVM Virtualization is updated to cover the latest developments in the core KVM components – libvirt and QEMU. Starting with the basics of Linux virtualization, you’ll explore VM lifecycle management and migration techniques. You’ll then learn how to use SPICE and VNC protocols while creating VMs and discover best practices for using snapshots. As you progress, you’ll integrate third-party tools with Ansible for automation and orchestration. You’ll also learn to scale out and monitor your environments, and will cover oVirt, OpenStack, Eucalyptus, AWS, and ELK stack. Throughout the book, you’ll find out more about tools such as Cloud-Init and Cloudbase-Init. Finally, you’ll be taken through the performance tuning and troubleshooting guidelines for KVM-based virtual machines and a hypervisor.

By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with KVM virtualization and the tools and technologies needed to build and manage diverse virtualization environments.

What you will learn

Implement KVM virtualization using libvirt and oVirt
Delve into KVM storage and network
Understand snapshots, templates, and live migration features
Get to grips with managing, scaling, and optimizing the KVM ecosystem
Discover how to tune and optimize KVM virtualization hosts
Adopt best practices for KVM platform troubleshooting

Who this book is 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.

Table of Contents

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