Xen supports several operating
systems??”Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, and NetBSD. It was originally developed
in 2003 at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and now both
commercial and free versions of the Xen hypervisor are available. The commercial
versions are built on top of the open-source version and have additional enterprise
features. In this book we explore and use the open-source version of Xen.
Each chapter in this book is a collection of practical tasks that demonstrates how to
achieve common virtualization tasks??”you then learn how it works so that you can
apply this knowledge to your Xen installation and environment.
What This Book Covers
Chapter 1 introduces the world of Xen and virtualization. It discusses the concepts
and advantages of using Xen.
Chapter 2 walks us through the installation of Xen on a Fedora Core system. It
discusses installation using yum and also installation by compiling from source.
Chapter 3 creates virtual machines or Xen guest domains that run on top of our
Fedora Core system. Ubuntu Feisty, NetBSD, CentOS, and Slackware domains
are created.
Chapter 4 explores the management tools available for administering Xen instances. It
shows how to install and use xm, XenMan, and virt-manager.
Preface
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Chapter 5 examines some of the networking options that are available when using
Xen and walks through both bridged and routed networking configurations for
connecting guest domains to each other as well as to the outside world.
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