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[[cloud_club|About the Club]]

==== Cloud Club Topics - Computer virtualization ====

==== Questions ====
  - What is virtualization?
  - What makes a computer virtual?
  - How do we virualize a computer?
  - How many virtual computers or machines ( VMs ) can we have on a single computer?

==== Hypervisors ====
  - What is a hypervisor?
  - [[https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/virtualization/what-is-a-hypervisor|Hypervisor Type]]
    - Type 1 runs on physical computers and have direct access to the hardware
      - Examples
        - VMware ESXi
        - Proxmox
        - Microsoft Hyper-V
    - Type 2 runs on another operating system
      - Examples
        - Apple Parallels
        - VMware Player
        - Oracle VirtualBox

==== Plan your installation ====
  - Create a checklist of configuration
    - Operating System
      - Linux
      - Windows
      - Mac OS
      - Unix
      - Other?
    - Hostname
    - IP configuration
      - IPv4 or IPv6
      - IP address ( if IPv4 )
      - Subnet mask ( if IPv4 )
      - Default gateway address ( if IPv4 )
    - Storage / disk configuration
      - Partitions
      - Volumes
      - Volume format
        - Ext ( 2 / 3 / 4 )
        - Btrfs
        - ZFS
        - NTFS
      - Logical Volume Management ( LVM )
        - Physical Volumes ( PVs )
        - Volume Groups ( VGs )
        - Logical Volums ( LVs )
    - Software
      - What type of server functionality will it serve?
      - Security software?
      - Security configurations - we'll get into this later
      - Can you service multiple services on the same server? Should you?

==== Installing Proxmox ====
  - Download and burn the CD ( or DVD )
  - Power on the server
  - Insert the CD/DVD into the drive
  - Ensure you boot from the disk
  - Follow the wizzard to configure
  - Login to the management interface