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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Dike, Jeff. User Mode Linux. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2006 (OCoLC)607809743 Online version: Dike, Jeff. User Mode Linux. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2006 (OCoLC)610016022 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jeff Dike |
| ISBN: | 0131865056 9780131865051 |
| OCLC Number: | 63680039 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xiii, 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface ix Acknowledgments xi About the Author xiiiChapter 1: Introduction 1 What Is UML? 1 Comparison with Other Virtualization Technologies 2 Why Virtual Machines? 3 A Bit of History 4 What Is UML Used For? 8 The Future 14 Chapter 2: A Quick Look at UML 17 Booting UML for the First Time 20 Booting UML Successfully 24 Looking at a UML from the Inside and Outside 29 Conclusion 37 Chapter 3: Exploring UML 39 Logging In as a Normal User 39 Consoles and Serial Lines 40 Adding Swap Space 47 Partitioned Disks 49 UML Disks as Raw Data 53 Networking 54 Shutting Down 59 Chapter 4: A Second UML Instance 61 COW Files 61 Networking the UML Instances 71 A Virtual Serial Line 79 Chapter 5: Playing with a UML Instance 83 Use and Abuse of UML Block Devices 83 Networking and the Host 87 Chapter 6: UML Filesystem Management 101 Mounting Host Directories within a UML 101 Host Access to UML Filesystems 114 Making Backups 116 Extending Filesystems 117 When to Use What 118 Chapter 7: UML Networking in Depth 121 Manually Setting Up Networking 121 The UML Networking Transports 142 An Extended Example 155 Chapter 8: Managing UML Instances from the Host 167 The Management Console 167 Controlling a UML Instance with Signals 188 Chapter 9: Host Setup for a Small UML Server 191 Host Kernel Version 192 UML Execution Modes 194 Managing Long-Lived UML Instances 203 Networking 206 UML Physical Memory 206 Host Memory Consumption 208 umid Directories 209 Overall Recommendations 209 Chapter 10: Large UML Server Management 211 Security 212 Jailing UML Instances 216 Providing Console Access Securely 223 skas3 versus skas0 225 Future Enhancements 226 Final Points 232 Chapter 11: Compiling UML from Source 233 Downloading UML Source 234 Configuration 235 Compilation 249 Chapter 12: Specialized UML Configurations 251 Large Numbers of Devices 252 Clusters 265 UML as a Decision-Making Tool for Hardware 273 Chapter 13: The Future of UML 275 The externfs Filesystem 277 Virtual Processes 282 Captive UML 283 Virtualized Subsystems 295 Conclusion 298 Appendix A: UML Command-Line Options 301 Device and Hardware Specifications 301 Debugging Options 303 Management Options 304 Informational Options 305 Appendix B: UML Utilities Reference 307 humfsify 307 uml_moo 308 uml_mconsole 308 tunctl 310 uml_switch 311 Internal Utilities 312 Index 313 |
| Series Title: | Bruce Perens' Open Source series. |
| Responsibility: | Jeff Dike. |
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