Xen Virtualization Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• What is Xen?
• How Does it Work?
• What Can I Do with It?
• Xen Terminologies
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Running Xen
• Installing Xen from Binary Packages
• Time for Action—Installing Xen with yum
• Installing Xen from Source
• Time for Action—Compile Xen
• Summary

• Chapter 3: Creating Virtual Machines
• A Plan for Creating Xen Domains
• Physical Address Extension
• Compiling a domU Kernel
• Xen Domain Memory
• Pygrub
• Ubuntu Feisty
• Time for Action—Bootstrapping an Ubuntu System
• NetBSD
• Time for Action—Install NetBSD
• CentOS
• Time for Action—Using qemu to Create a CentOS Image
• Slackware
• Time for Action—Utilize Xen Images from jailtime.org
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Managing Xen
• Xen Domain Configuration Files
• Xen Management User Interface—xm
• Time for Action—Xen Manager
• XenMan— Installing and Running
• Time for Action—Install and Run XenMan
• Virtual Machine Manager
• Time for Action—Running virt-manager
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Networking
• Bridged Networking
• Time for Action—Using Bridged Networking
• Routed Networking
• Time for Action—Using Routed Networking
• Virtual Local Network with Network Address Translation
• Time for Action—Using VLAN with NAT
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Storage
• Files
• NFS
• Time for Action—Using NFS
• Logical Volume Management
• Time for Action—Using LVM
• Advanced Storage Options
• Redundant Array of Independent/Inexpensive Drives
• Global Network Block Device
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Encryption
• Device Mapper-Based Encryption
• Time for Action—Encrypting Block Devices
• Device Mapper-Based Encryption Using LUKS
• Time for Action—by Extending dm-crypt
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Migration
• Migration Requirements
• Saving and Restoring a Domain
• Time for Action—Migrate Domains on your Xen Server
• Live Migration
• Time for Action—Relocation of an Active Running domain
• Summary

• Chapter 9: Xen Future

• Index