Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by MurrayMcAllister: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Virtualization?action=diff&rev2=53&rev1=52 The comment on the change is: rewriting, adding a little extra markup... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {{{#!html <h2>Virtualization</h2>}}} - Virtualization in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] has some major changes and new features that continue to support both the Xen and KVM platforms. + Virtualization in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] has some major changes, and new features, that continue to support the Xen and KVM platforms: - * para_virt ops in the kernel. Previously, the Xen kernel was created by forward-porting the Xen bits from 2.6.18 into the current Fedora kernel. This is an arduous task that was labor intensive and resulted in the Xen kernel being several releases behind the bare-metal kernel. The inclusion of para_virt ops means that this process is no longer necessary. Once para_virt ops is merged upstream, it will no longer be necessary to have a separate kernel for Xen. + * para_virt ops in the kernel: previously, the Xen kernel was created by forward-porting Xen bits from the 2.6.18 kernel into the current Fedora kernel. This was an arduous task, that was labor intensive, and resulted in the Xen kernel being several releases behind the bare-metal kernel. The inclusion of para_virt ops means that this process is no longer necessary. Once para_virt ops is merged upstream, it will no longer be necessary to have a separate kernel for Xen. - * Improved storage management. Previously, Fedora introduced the ability to manage existing guest domains remotely using libvirt. It was not possible to create new guests due to lack of storage management capabilities. In Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]], new storage management tools add the ability to list, create and delete storage volumes from a remote host using libvirt. + * Improved storage management: previously, Fedora introduced the ability to manage existing guest domains remotely using `libvirt`. It was not possible to create new guests due to the lack of storage management capabilities. In Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]], new storage management tools allow you to to create and delete storage volumes from a remote host using `libvirt`. - * PolicyKit integration. Previously, the `virt-manager` application ran as root when managing a local hypervisor. It used `console-helper` to authentication from a desktop session. Running GTK applications as root is generally considered bad practice. By integrating with PolicyKit it is now possible to run `virt-manager` as a regular user. + * PolicyKit integration: previously, the `virt-manager` application ran as root when managing a local hypervisor. It used `consolehelper` to authenticate from a desktop session. Running GTK applications as root is bad practice. By integrating with PolicyKit, it is now possible to run `virt-manager` as a regular user. - * Improved remote authentication. Previously, Fedora introduced support for secure remote management using TLS/SSL and x509 certificates. Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] improves remote management capabilities by adding support for authentication against a username/password database, Kerberos domain controller, or system-auth using PAM. This feature applies to all tools using libvirt. + * Improved remote authentication: previously, Fedora introduced support for secure remote management using TLS/SSL, and x509 certificates. Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] improves remote management capabilities by adding support for authentication against a username and password database, Kerberos domain controller, or system authentication using PAM. This feature applies to all tools using `libvirt`. - * Introducing a P2V tool, shipping as a Live CD, which allows for the conversion of an existing bare-metal install to a virtual quest. + * A new P2V tool, shipping as a Live CD, which allows you to convert a bare-metal install to a virtual guest. - * Introducing `xenner` - a tool to run the Xen paravirt kernels on top of KVM - * Introducing paravirtual drivers for storage and network to KVM guests. + * A new tool, `xenner`, that allows you to run Xen-paravirtual kernels on top of KVM. + * Storage and network paravirtual-drivers for KVM guests. - * Introducing full support for network and block stats monitoring of QEMU and KVM into `libvirt` and `virt-top`, bringing parity with the previous stats monitoring available only to Xen guests + * Full support for monitoring network and block statistics of QEMU and KVM has been added to `libvirt` and `virt-top`, bringing parity with the previous statistic monitoring available only to Xen guests. -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
