From 03c56334d97549a3675adb16c03410030e0d6090 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dayle Parker Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:58:39 +1000 Subject: Changed references to Virt Admin Guide to Virt Deployment & Admin Guide; Added description of GNOME Boxes to Tools chapter --- en-US/Advantages.xml | 14 +++++--------- en-US/Introduction.xml | 29 ++++++++++++----------------- en-US/Products.xml | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- en-US/Revision_History.xml | 17 ++++++++++++++++- en-US/Tools.xml | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++------------- en-US/What_Is_It.xml | 20 ++++++++++---------- 6 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-) diff --git a/en-US/Advantages.xml b/en-US/Advantages.xml index 36551ee..25c256a 100644 --- a/en-US/Advantages.xml +++ b/en-US/Advantages.xml @@ -106,20 +106,16 @@ SELinux was developed by the US National Security Agency and others to provide Mandatory Access Control (MAC) for Linux. Under control of SELinux, all processes and files are given what is known as a type, and access is limited by fine-grained controls. SELinux limits the abilities of an attacker and works to prevent many common security exploits such as buffer overflow attacks and privilege escalation. SELinux strengthens the security model of Fedora hosts and virtualized Fedora guests. SELinux is configured and tested to work, by default, with all virtualization tools shipped with Fedora. - - - + + sVirt sVirt is a technology included in Fedora that integrates SELinux and virtualization. It applies Mandatory Access Control (MAC) to improve security when using virtual machines, and improves security and hardens the system against bugs in the hypervisor that might be used as an attack vector for the host or to another virtual machine. - - For more information on security for virtualization, refer to the Fedora Virtualization Security Guide. - + For more information on security in Fedora, refer to the Fedora Security Guide. To find more information on security for virtualization, refer to the Fedora Virtualization Security Guide. + + diff --git a/en-US/Introduction.xml b/en-US/Introduction.xml index 4bed90b..e80b648 100644 --- a/en-US/Introduction.xml +++ b/en-US/Introduction.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Introduction - The Virtualization Getting Started Guide introduces the basics of virtualization and assists with the navigation of other virtualization documentation and products that Fedora provides. + The Fedora Virtualization Getting Started Guide introduces the basics of virtualization and assists with the navigation of other virtualization documentation and products that Fedora provides. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
- Virtualization in Fedora 19 + Virtualization in Fedora Linux Fedora contains packages and tools to support a variety of virtualized environments. @@ -61,21 +61,16 @@ In addition to this guide, the following books cover virtualization with Fedora: - - - - Virtualization Administration Guide: This guide provides information on servers, security, KVM, remote management of guests, KSM, administration tasks, storage, volumes, virt-manager, guest disk access with offline tools, virtual networking, and troubleshooting. - - - - - Virtualization Security Guide: This guide provides information on virtualization security technologies including sVirt, configuration and recommendations for host and guest security, and network security. - - + + + Fedora Virtualization Deployment and Administration Guide covers the installation, configuration, and maintenance of virtualization hosts and virtual machines. + + + + + Fedora Virtualization Security Guide: This guide provides information on virtualization security technologies including sVirt, configuration and recommendations for host and guest security, and network security. + + Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) is another virtualization option for servers and desktops. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization provides an end-to-end datacenter virtualization solution developed from the upstream oVirt project. Visit for more information about oVirt. diff --git a/en-US/Products.xml b/en-US/Products.xml index 8d9554c..1d0178d 100644 --- a/en-US/Products.xml +++ b/en-US/Products.xml @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ - Overcommitting involves possible risks to system stability. + Overcommitting involves possible risks to system stability. For more information on overcommitting with KVM, and the precautions that should be taken, refer to the Fedora Virtualization Deployment and Administration Guide. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ - Thin provisioning involves possible risks to system stability. + Thin provisioning involves possible risks to system stability. @@ -47,24 +47,24 @@ Kernel SamePage Merging (KSM), used by the KVM hypervisor, allows KVM guests to share identical memory pages. These shared pages are usually common libraries or other identical, high-use data. KSM allows for greater guest density of identical or similar guest operating systems by avoiding memory duplication. - + - QEMU Guest Agent + QEMU guest agent - The QEMU Guest Agent runs on the guest operating system and allows the host machine to issue commands to the guest operating system. + The QEMU guest agent runs on the guest operating system and allows the host machine to issue commands to the guest operating system. - + @@ -229,14 +229,11 @@ PS/2 mouse and keyboard - EvTouch USB Graphics Tablet + EvTouch USB graphics tablet PCI UHCI USB controller and a virtualized USB hub - Emulated serial ports @@ -462,11 +459,11 @@ Device assignment is supported on PCI Express devices, with the exception of graphics cards. Parallel PCI devices may be supported as assigned devices, but they have severe limitations due to security and system configuration conflicts. - + @@ -491,11 +488,11 @@ An SR-IOV capable PCI-e device, provides a Single Root Function (for example, a single Ethernet port) and presents multiple, separate virtual devices as unique PCI device functions. Each virtual device may have its own unique PCI configuration space, memory-mapped registers, and individual MSI-based interrupts. - + @@ -600,11 +597,11 @@ Storage pools are further divided into storage volumes. Storage volumes are an abstraction of physical partitions, LVM logical volumes, file-based disk images and other storage types handled by libvirt. Storage volumes are presented to virtual machines as local storage devices regardless of the underlying hardware. - +
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/en-US/Revision_History.xml b/en-US/Revision_History.xml index d8984ce..a366166 100644 --- a/en-US/Revision_History.xml +++ b/en-US/Revision_History.xml @@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ + 1.0-11 + Monday June 10, 2013 + + Dayle + Parker + dayleparker@redhat.com + + + + Revised Para-virtualized Devices section based on SME feedback. + Verified references to other Fedora virtualization guides. + Added GNOME Boxes description to Tools. + + + + 1.0-10 Thursday May 30, 2013 @@ -19,7 +35,6 @@ Added virtio-rng description to Para-virtualized Devices section. - Revised Para-virtualized Devices section based on SME feedback. diff --git a/en-US/Tools.xml b/en-US/Tools.xml index 82e9350..98c68e7 100644 --- a/en-US/Tools.xml +++ b/en-US/Tools.xml @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ virsh is a command line interface (CLI) tool for managing the hypervisor and guest virtual machines. The virsh command line tool is built on the libvirt management API and operates as an alternative to the qemu-kvm command and the graphical virt-manager application. The virsh command can be used in read-only mode by unprivileged users or, with root access, full administrative functionality. The virsh command is ideal for scripting virtualization administration. In addition the virsh tool is a main management interface for virsh guest domains and can be used to create, pause, and shut down domains, as well as list current domains. This tool is installed as part of the libvirt-client package. - +
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ machines, and view performance statistics. This tool ships in its own package called virt-manager. - +
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ complete, allowing for easy automation of installation. This tool is installed as part of the python-virtinst package. - +
@@ -71,13 +71,21 @@ option if the disk image is being used by a running virtual machine. - +
- +
+ <command>GNOME Boxes</command> + + GNOME Boxes is a lightweight graphical desktop virtualization tool + used to view and access virtual machines and remote systems. It provides a way to test + different operating systems and applications from the desktop with minimal configuration. + GNOME Boxes is based on QEMU and is built into the GNOME 3 desktop in Fedora. + +
Other useful tools diff --git a/en-US/What_Is_It.xml b/en-US/What_Is_It.xml index ea5e90b..e4aacff 100644 --- a/en-US/What_Is_It.xml +++ b/en-US/What_Is_It.xml @@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ - +
What is migration? @@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ - - + + Shared, networked storage must be used for storing guest images to be migrated. Without shared storage, migration is not possible. It is recommended to use libvirt-managed storage pools for shared storage. + + + + For more information on migration, refer to the Fedora Virtualization Deployment and Administration Guide. + +