[[chapter_system_administration]] Host System Administration ========================== ifndef::manvolnum[] :pve-toplevel: endif::manvolnum[] {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 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 explain things which are different on {pve}, or tasks which are commonly used on {pve}. For other topics, please refer to the standard Debian documentation. 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/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[] ifndef::wiki[] include::pve-package-repos.adoc[] 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[] endif::wiki[] //// TODO: Working with 'systemd' ---------------------- Journal and syslog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TODO: explain persistent journal... ////