sysadmin.adoc

   1 [[chapter_system_administration]]
   2 Host System Administration
   3 ==========================
   4 include::attributes.txt[]
   5 ifndef::manvolnum[]
   6 :pve-toplevel:
   7 endif::manvolnum[]
   8
   9 {pve} is based on the famous https://www.debian.org/[Debian] Linux
  10 distribution. That means that you have access to the whole world of
  11 Debian packages, and the base system is well documented. The
  12 https://debian-handbook.info/download/stable/debian-handbook.pdf[Debian
  13 Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a
  14 comprehensive introduction to the Debian operating system (see
  15 xref:Hertzog13[]).
  16
  17 A standard {pve} installation uses the default repositories from
  18 Debian, so you get bug fixes and security updates through that
  19 channel. In addition, we provide our own package repository to roll
  20 out all {pve} related packages. This includes updates to some
  21 Debian packages when necessary.
  22
  23 We also deliver a specially optimized Linux kernel, where we enable all
  24 required virtualization and container features. That kernel includes
  25 drivers for http://zfsonlinux.org/[ZFS], and several hardware drivers.
  26 For example, we ship Intel network card drivers to support their
  27 newest hardware.
  28
  29 The following sections will concentrate on virtualization related
  30 topics. They either explains things which are different on {pve}, or
  31 tasks which are commonly used on {pve}. For other topics, please refer
  32 to the standard Debian documentation.
  33
  34
  35 ifdef::wiki[]
  36
  37 See Also
  38 --------
  39
  40 * link:/wiki/Package_Repositories[Package Repositories]
  41
  42 * link:/wiki/Network_Configuration[Network Configuration]
  43
  44 * link:/wiki/System_Software_Updates[System Software Updates]
  45
  46 * link:/wiki/External_Metric_Server[External Metric Server]
  47
  48 * link:/wiki/Disk_Health_Monitoring[Disk Health Monitoring]
  49
  50 * link:/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(LVM)[Logical Volume Manager (LVM)]
  51
  52 * link:/wiki/ZFS_on_Linux[ZFS on Linux]
  53
  54 endif::wiki[]
  55
  56
  57 ifndef::wiki[]
  58
  59 include::pve-package-repos.adoc[]
  60
  61 include::system-software-updates.adoc[]
  62
  63 include::pve-network.adoc[]
  64
  65 include::system-timesync.adoc[]
  66
  67 include::pve-external-metric-server.adoc[]
  68
  69 include::pve-disk-health-monitoring.adoc[]
  70
  71 include::local-lvm.adoc[]
  72
  73 include::local-zfs.adoc[]
  74
  75 endif::wiki[]
  76
  77
  78 ////
  79 TODO:
  80
  81 Working with 'systemd'
  82 ----------------------
  83
  84 Journal and syslog
  85 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  86
  87 TODO: explain persistent journal...
  88
  89 ////