+[[chapter_system_administration]]
Host System Administration
==========================
+ifndef::manvolnum[]
+:pve-toplevel:
+endif::manvolnum[]
{pve} is based on the famous https://www.debian.org/[Debian] Linux
distribution. That means that you have access to the whole world of
Debian packages, and the base system is well documented. The
https://debian-handbook.info/download/stable/debian-handbook.pdf[Debian
-Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provide a
+Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a
comprehensive introduction to the Debian operating system (see
xref:Hertzog13[]).
newest hardware.
The following sections will concentrate on virtualization related
-topics. They either explains things which are different on {pve}, or
+topics. They either explain things which are different on {pve}, or
tasks which are commonly used on {pve}. For other topics, please refer
to the standard Debian documentation.
-System requirements
--------------------
-For production servers, high quality server equipment is needed. Keep
-in mind, if you run 10 Virtual Servers on one machine and you then
-experience a hardware failure, 10 services are lost. {pve}
-supports clustering, this means that multiple {pve} installations
-can be centrally managed thanks to the included cluster functionality.
+ifdef::wiki[]
-{pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed
-storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter-storage[chapter storage].
+See Also
+--------
-Minimum requirements, for evaluation
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* link:/wiki/Package_Repositories[Package Repositories]
-* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
+* link:/wiki/Network_Configuration[Network Configuration]
-* RAM: 1 GB RAM
+* link:/wiki/System_Software_Updates[System Software Updates]
-* Hard drive
+* link:/wiki/External_Metric_Server[External Metric Server]
-* One NIC
+* link:/wiki/Disk_Health_Monitoring[Disk Health Monitoring]
-Recommended system requirements
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* link:/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(LVM)[Logical Volume Manager (LVM)]
-* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended
+* link:/wiki/ZFS_on_Linux[ZFS on Linux]
-* RAM: 8 GB is good, more is better
+* link:/wiki/Certificate_Management[Certificate Managment]
+endif::wiki[]
-* Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (BBU) or flash
- based protection
-* Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10
-
-* At least two NICĀ“s, depending on the used storage technology you need more
-
-
-include::getting-help.adoc[]
+ifndef::wiki[]
include::pve-package-repos.adoc[]
-include::pve-installation.adoc[]
-
include::system-software-updates.adoc[]
+include::pve-network.adoc[]
-Network Configuration
----------------------
-
-Basic network setup.
-
-image::images/cluster-nwdiag.svg[{pve} Cluster Network]
-
-image::images/node-nwdiag.svg[{pve} Default Network Setup]
+include::system-timesync.adoc[]
+include::pve-external-metric-server.adoc[]
-Local Storage
--------------
+include::pve-disk-health-monitoring.adoc[]
-Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+include::local-lvm.adoc[]
-TODO: info about LVM.
+include::local-zfs.adoc[]
+include::certificate-managment.adoc[]
-ZFS on Linux
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
+endif::wiki[]
-TODO: info about ZFS.
+////
+TODO:
Working with 'systemd'
----------------------
TODO: explain persistent journal...
-
-
-
-
-
-
+////