sysadmin.adoc

   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 it's 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/download/stable/debian-handbook.pdf[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/External_Metric_Server[External Metric Server]
  36
  37 * link:/wiki/Disk_Health_Monitoring[Disk Health Monitoring]
  38
  39 * link:/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(LVM)[Logical Volume Manager (LVM)]
  40
  41 * link:/wiki/ZFS_on_Linux[ZFS on Linux]
  42
  43 * link:/wiki/Certificate_Management[Certificate Management]
  44 endif::wiki[]
  45
  46
  47 ifndef::wiki[]
  48
  49 include::pve-package-repos.adoc[]
  50
  51 include::system-software-updates.adoc[]
  52
  53 include::pve-network.adoc[]
  54
  55 include::system-timesync.adoc[]
  56
  57 include::pve-external-metric-server.adoc[]
  58
  59 include::pve-disk-health-monitoring.adoc[]
  60
  61 include::local-lvm.adoc[]
  62
  63 include::local-zfs.adoc[]
  64
  65 include::pvenode.adoc[]
  66
  67 include::certificate-management.adoc[]
  68
  69 include::system-booting.adoc[]
  70
  71 endif::wiki[]
  72
  73
  74 ////
  75 TODO:
  76
  77 Working with 'systemd'
  78 ----------------------
  79
  80 Journal and syslog
  81 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  82
  83 TODO: explain persistent journal...
  84
  85 ////