This book is for anyone who is curious about virtualization with KVM--from Linux administrators who are looking for in-depth understanding of how KVM can be deployed and managed in large scale production environments to software developers that need a quick and easy way to prototype code in isolated guests. A DevOps engineer is most likely the best job title for those who want to read the book from cover to cover and try all examples.
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KVM Virtualization Cookbook
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Overview of this book
Virtualization technologies such as KVM allow for better control over the available server resources, by deploying multiple virtual instances on the same physical host, or clusters of compute resources. With KVM it is possible to run various workloads in isolation with the hypervisor layer providing better tenant isolation and higher degree of security.
This book will provide a deep dive into deploying KVM virtual machines using qemu and libvirt and will demonstrate practical examples on how to run, scale, monitor, migrate and backup such instances. You will also discover real production ready recipes on deploying KVM instances with OpenStack and how to programatically manage the life cycle of KVM virtual machines using Python. You will learn numerous tips and techniques which will help you deploy & plan the KVM infrastructure. Next, you will be introduced to the working of libvirt libraries and the iPython development environment.
Finally, you will be able to tune your Linux kernel for high throughput and better performance. By the end of this book, you will gain all the knowledge needed to be an expert in working with the KVM virtualization infrastructure.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Started with QEMU and KVM
Using libvirt to Manage KVM
KVM Networking with libvirt
Migrating KVM Instances
Monitoring and Backup of KVM Virtual Machines
Deploying KVM Instances with OpenStack
Using Python to Build and Manage KVM Instances
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