sysadmin.adoc

   1 [[chapter_system_administration]]
   2 Host System Administration
   3 ==========================
   4 ifndef::manvolnum[]
   5 :pve-toplevel:
   6 endif::manvolnum[]
   7
   8 {pve} is based on the famous https://www.debian.org/[Debian] Linux
   9 distribution. That means that you have access to the whole world of
  10 Debian packages, and the base system is well documented. The
  11 https://debian-handbook.info/download/stable/debian-handbook.pdf[Debian
  12 Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a
  13 comprehensive introduction to the Debian operating system (see
  14 xref:Hertzog13[]).
  15
  16 A standard {pve} installation uses the default repositories from
  17 Debian, so you get bug fixes and security updates through that
  18 channel. In addition, we provide our own package repository to roll
  19 out all {pve} related packages. This includes updates to some
  20 Debian packages when necessary.
  21
  22 We also deliver a specially optimized Linux kernel, where we enable all
  23 required virtualization and container features. That kernel includes
  24 drivers for http://zfsonlinux.org/[ZFS], and several hardware drivers.
  25 For example, we ship Intel network card drivers to support their
  26 newest hardware.
  27
  28 The following sections will concentrate on virtualization related
  29 topics. They either explains things which are different on {pve}, or
  30 tasks which are commonly used on {pve}. For other topics, please refer
  31 to the standard Debian documentation.
  32
  33
  34 ifdef::wiki[]
  35
  36 See Also
  37 --------
  38
  39 * link:/wiki/Package_Repositories[Package Repositories]
  40
  41 * link:/wiki/Network_Configuration[Network Configuration]
  42
  43 * link:/wiki/System_Software_Updates[System Software Updates]
  44
  45 * link:/wiki/External_Metric_Server[External Metric Server]
  46
  47 * link:/wiki/Disk_Health_Monitoring[Disk Health Monitoring]
  48
  49 * link:/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(LVM)[Logical Volume Manager (LVM)]
  50
  51 * link:/wiki/ZFS_on_Linux[ZFS on Linux]
  52
  53 endif::wiki[]
  54
  55
  56 ifndef::wiki[]
  57
  58 include::pve-package-repos.adoc[]
  59
  60 include::system-software-updates.adoc[]
  61
  62 include::pve-network.adoc[]
  63
  64 include::system-timesync.adoc[]
  65
  66 include::pve-external-metric-server.adoc[]
  67
  68 include::pve-disk-health-monitoring.adoc[]
  69
  70 include::local-lvm.adoc[]
  71
  72 include::local-zfs.adoc[]
  73
  74 endif::wiki[]
  75
  76
  77 ////
  78 TODO:
  79
  80 Working with 'systemd'
  81 ----------------------
  82
  83 Journal and syslog
  84 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  85
  86 TODO: explain persistent journal...
  87
  88 ////