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5Server virtualization

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  • 5.1How Virtual Machines Work and KVM

    Learn the difference between host-type and hypervisor-type virtualization (KVM, VirtualBox, Xen), how CPU/memory/storage/network virtualization works, the role of QEMU, hardware virtualization support (vmx/svm) checked via /proc/cpuinfo/lscpu, the kvm-intel/kvm-amd kernel modules, lifecycle management via libvirtd, virt-manager, and bridge-utils.

  • 5.2Creating and Managing Virtual Machines

    Learn to create virtual machines with virt-manager (GUI) and virt-install (CLI), the difference between full virtualization and paravirtualization (virtio), lifecycle operations from the command line with virsh, and performance monitoring via virt-manager.