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 PaulFrields: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Virtualization?action=diff&rev2=60&rev1=59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] includes major changes, and new features, that continue to support the Xen and KVM platforms. - == Kernel Integration Improvements == + === Kernel Integration Improvements === Previously, the Xen kernel was created by forward-porting Xen bits from the 2.6.18 kernel into the current Fedora kernel. This task was arduous and labor intensive, and resulted in the Xen kernel being several releases behind the bare-metal kernel. The inclusion of paravirt ops now makes this process unnecessary. Once paravirt ops is merged upstream, Xen will no longer require a separate kernel. - == Improved Storage Management == + === 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 can create and delete storage volumes from a remote host using `libvirt`. - == PolicyKit Integration == + === PolicyKit Integration === Previously, the `virt-manager` application ran as `root` when managing a local hypervisor, and used `consolehelper` to authenticate from a desktop session. Running GTK applications as root is bad practice. PolicyKit integration now permits running `virt-manager` as a regular user. - == Improved Remote Authentication == + === 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 by password database, Kerberos domain controller, or system authentication using PAM. This feature applies to all tools using `libvirt`. - == Other Improvements == + === Other Improvements === Fedora also includes the following virtualization improvements: * a new P2V tool, shipping as a Live CD, for converting a bare-metal install to a virtual guest * a new tool, `xenner`, for running Xen-paravirtual kernels on top of KVM -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
