“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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Author(s): Jeff Dike
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2006
Format(s): PDF
File size: 35.91 MB
Number of pages: 352
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Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2006
Format(s): PDF
File size: 35.91 MB
Number of pages: 352
Link: Download.