X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=sysadmin.adoc;h=883f9bd3fe9fc791f82f455aa7857cb0b5c14c52;hb=3d5c55fca7d31860c7453b0dc2eabc56762b3462;hp=13c949d92a383ff5f2a18e718edb703fb4a44f93;hpb=6b5fc47ba210e7a7ec7fd555cc2f963d4f7f9ad3;p=pve-docs.git diff --git a/sysadmin.adoc b/sysadmin.adoc index 13c949d..883f9bd 100644 --- a/sysadmin.adoc +++ b/sysadmin.adoc @@ -1,72 +1,25 @@ +[[chapter_system_administration]] Host System Administration ========================== -include::attributes.txt[] - -{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 +ifndef::manvolnum[] +:pve-toplevel: +endif::manvolnum[] + +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 explains 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. - -{pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed -storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter-storage[chapter storage]. - -Minimum requirements, for evaluation -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64) - -* Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support - -* RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests - -* Hard drive - -* One NIC - -Recommended system requirements -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended - -* Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support - -* RAM: 8 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests - -* 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 NICs, depending on the used storage technology you need more +Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a comprehensive +introduction to the Debian operating system (see xref:Hertzog13[]). ifdef::wiki[] @@ -75,14 +28,19 @@ 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] +* link:/wiki/External_Metric_Server[External Metric Server] + +* link:/wiki/Disk_Health_Monitoring[Disk Health Monitoring] + * link:/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(LVM)[Logical Volume Manager (LVM)] * link:/wiki/ZFS_on_Linux[ZFS on Linux] +* link:/wiki/Certificate_Management[Certificate Management] endif::wiki[] @@ -94,10 +52,20 @@ include::system-software-updates.adoc[] include::pve-network.adoc[] +include::system-timesync.adoc[] + +include::pve-external-metric-server.adoc[] + +include::pve-disk-health-monitoring.adoc[] + include::local-lvm.adoc[] include::local-zfs.adoc[] +include::certificate-management.adoc[] + +include::system-booting.adoc[] + endif::wiki[]