User Mode Linux

“User Mode Linux”, written by Jeff Dike, is a free eBook from Bruce Perens’ Open Source Series. User Mode Linux (UML) is a virtual Linux machine that runs on Linux. Technically, UML is a port of Linux to Linux.

Book Description

This book covers the following topics:

• What User Mode Linux is, how it works, and its uses in Linux networks
• Key applications, including server consolidation, development, and disaster recovery
• Booting and exploration: logins, consoles, swap space, partitioned disks, and more
• Copy-On-Write (COW): UML’s efficient approach to storing filesystem changes
• In-depth discussion of User Mode Linux networking and security
• Centrally managing User Mode Linux instances, and controlling their hardware resources
• Implementing clusters and other specialized configurations
• Setting up User Mode Linux servers, step-by-step: small-scale and large-scale examples
• The future of virtualization and User Mode Linux

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• A Quick Look at UML
• Exploring UML
• A Second UML Instance
• Playing with a UML Instance
• UML Filesystem Management
• UML Networking in Depth
• Managing UML Instances from the Host
• Host Setup for a Small UML Server
• Large UML Server Management
• Compiling UML from Source
• Specialized UML Configurations
• The Future of UML
• UML Command-Line Options
• UML Utilities Reference

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