X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=sysadmin.adoc;h=3f626197d5237110ecb50acea31e80c109ad1c53;hb=0a1739bd15ba88b0a384366994f1b8afe5073676;hp=21537f1d9d9cf9eac2aa00945833ea7f89dab5a5;hpb=118dceacc9dc74a9ab03f634a98a48e47954269f;p=pve-docs.git diff --git a/sysadmin.adoc b/sysadmin.adoc index 21537f1..3f62619 100644 --- a/sysadmin.adoc +++ b/sysadmin.adoc @@ -5,31 +5,21 @@ 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 +The following sections will focus on common virtualization tasks and explain the +{pve} specifics regarding the administration and management of the host machine. + +{pve} is based on https://www.debian.org/[Debian GNU/Linux] with additional +repositories to provide the {pve} related packages. This means that the full +range of Debian packages is available including security updates and bug fixes. +{pve} provides it's own Linux kernel based on the Ubuntu kernel. It has all the +necessary virtualization and container features enabled and includes +https://zfsonlinux.org[ZFS] and several extra hardware drivers. + +For other topics not included in the following sections, please refer to the +Debian documentation. The https://debian-handbook.info/download/stable/debian-handbook.pdf[Debian -Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a -comprehensive introduction to the Debian operating system (see -xref:Hertzog13[]). - -A standard {pve} installation uses the default repositories from -Debian, so you get bug fixes and security updates through that -channel. In addition, we provide our own package repository to roll -out all {pve} related packages. This includes updates to some -Debian packages when necessary. - -We also deliver a specially optimized Linux kernel, where we enable all -required virtualization and container features. That kernel includes -drivers for http://zfsonlinux.org/[ZFS], and several hardware drivers. -For example, we ship Intel network card drivers to support their -newest hardware. - -The following sections will concentrate on virtualization related -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. - +Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a comprehensive +introduction to the Debian operating system (see xref:Hertzog13[]). ifdef::wiki[] @@ -38,7 +28,7 @@ See Also * link:/wiki/Package_Repositories[Package Repositories] -* link:/wiki/Network_Configuration[Network Configuration] +* link:/wiki/Network_Configuration[Network Configuration] * link:/wiki/System_Software_Updates[System Software Updates] @@ -72,8 +62,12 @@ include::local-lvm.adoc[] include::local-zfs.adoc[] +include::pvenode.adoc[] + include::certificate-management.adoc[] +include::system-booting.adoc[] + endif::wiki[]