Course Outline

Introduction to Virtualization

  • What is a Hypervisor?
  • Types of Hypervisors (Type 1 vs Type 2)
  • Benefits of virtualization

KVM Quick Overview

  • Introduction to KVM and its architecture
  • KVM pros and cons
  • Basic terminology (libvirt, QEMU, virt-manager, etc.)

Lab Preparation and Installation

  • Lab setup and system requirements
  • Prerequisites for KVM installation
  • KVM installation process

KVM Configuration

  • Network configuration for KVM
  • Setting up storage pools
  • Creating guest virtual machines

KVM Administration

  • Managing guest virtual machines (start, stop, delete, etc.)
  • Creating and restoring VM snapshots
  • Backing up guest virtual machines
  • Expanding guest virtual machine disk sizes
  • Renaming guest virtual machines
  • Cloning guest virtual machines
  • Increasing guest virtual machine resources (CPU, RAM)

Advanced Configuration and Troubleshooting

  • Creating virtual network bridges (vBridge: Host Only and NAT)
  • VM restoration from backups
  • Common KVM troubleshooting techniques

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Familiarity with Linux command-line interface
  • Basic understanding of system administration
  • General knowledge of virtualization concepts is helpful but not required

Audience

  • System administrators interested in virtualization
  • IT professionals looking to quickly get started with KVM
  • Developers and DevOps engineers working in virtualized environments
 7 Hours

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