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[[chapter_system_administration]]
Host System Administration
==========================
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 its 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/get[Debian
Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a comprehensive
introduction to the Debian operating system (see xref:Hertzog13[]).

ifdef::wiki[]

See Also
--------

* link:/wiki/Package_Repositories[Package Repositories]

* link:/wiki/Network_Configuration[Network Configuration]

* link:/wiki/System_Software_Updates[System Software Updates]

* link:/wiki/Firmware_Updates[Firmware Updates]

* link:/wiki/Host_Bootloader[Host Bootloader]

* link:/wiki/Time_Synchronization[Time Synchronization]

* 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/BTRFS[BTRFS]

* link:/wiki/Certificate_Management[Certificate Management]

* link:/wiki/Kernel_Samepage_Merging_(KSM)[Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM)]

endif::wiki[]


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include::system-software-updates.adoc[]

include::firmware-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::local-btrfs.adoc[]

include::pvenode.adoc[]

include::certificate-management.adoc[]

include::system-booting.adoc[]

include::kernel-samepage-merging.adoc[]

endif::wiki[]


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TODO:

Working with 'systemd'
----------------------

Journal and syslog
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TODO: explain persistent journal...

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	1	[[chapter_system_administration]]
	2	Host System Administration
	3	==========================
	4	ifndef::manvolnum[]
	5	:pve-toplevel:
	6	endif::manvolnum[]
	7
	8	The following sections will focus on common virtualization tasks and explain the
	9	{pve} specifics regarding the administration and management of the host machine.
	10
	11	{pve} is based on https://www.debian.org/[Debian GNU/Linux] with additional
	12	repositories to provide the {pve} related packages. This means that the full
	13	range of Debian packages is available including security updates and bug fixes.
	14	{pve} provides its own Linux kernel based on the Ubuntu kernel. It has all the
	15	necessary virtualization and container features enabled and includes
	16	https://zfsonlinux.org[ZFS] and several extra hardware drivers.
	17
	18	For other topics not included in the following sections, please refer to the
	19	Debian documentation. The
	20	https://debian-handbook.info/get[Debian
	21	Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a comprehensive
	22	introduction to the Debian operating system (see xref:Hertzog13[]).
	23
	24	ifdef::wiki[]
	25
	26	See Also
	27	--------
	28
	29	* link:/wiki/Package_Repositories[Package Repositories]
	30
	31	* link:/wiki/Network_Configuration[Network Configuration]
	32
	33	* link:/wiki/System_Software_Updates[System Software Updates]
	34
	35	* link:/wiki/Firmware_Updates[Firmware Updates]
	36
	37	* link:/wiki/Host_Bootloader[Host Bootloader]
	38
	39	* link:/wiki/Time_Synchronization[Time Synchronization]
	40
	41	* link:/wiki/External_Metric_Server[External Metric Server]
	42
	43	* link:/wiki/Disk_Health_Monitoring[Disk Health Monitoring]
	44
	45	* link:/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(LVM)[Logical Volume Manager (LVM)]
	46
	47	* link:/wiki/ZFS_on_Linux[ZFS on Linux]
	48
	49	* link:/wiki/BTRFS[BTRFS]
	50
	51	* link:/wiki/Certificate_Management[Certificate Management]
	52
	53	* link:/wiki/Kernel_Samepage_Merging_(KSM)[Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM)]
	54
	55	endif::wiki[]
	56
	57
	58	ifndef::wiki[]
	59
	60	include::pve-package-repos.adoc[]
	61
	62	include::system-software-updates.adoc[]
	63
	64	include::firmware-updates.adoc[]
	65
	66	include::pve-network.adoc[]
	67
	68	include::system-timesync.adoc[]
	69
	70	include::pve-external-metric-server.adoc[]
	71
	72	include::pve-disk-health-monitoring.adoc[]
	73
	74	include::local-lvm.adoc[]
	75
	76	include::local-zfs.adoc[]
	77
	78	include::local-btrfs.adoc[]
	79
	80	include::pvenode.adoc[]
	81
	82	include::certificate-management.adoc[]
	83
	84	include::system-booting.adoc[]
	85
	86	include::kernel-samepage-merging.adoc[]
	87
	88	endif::wiki[]
	89
	90
	91	////
	92	TODO:
	93
	94	Working with 'systemd'
	95	----------------------
	96
	97	Journal and syslog
	98	~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	99
	100	TODO: explain persistent journal...
	101
	102	////