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| − | | style="background:#eaeaea" | Candidates should | + | | style="background:#eaeaea" | Candidates should be able to manage virtualization hosts and virtual machines (‘libvirt domains’) using libvirt and related tools. |
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'''Key Knowledge Areas:''' | '''Key Knowledge Areas:''' | ||
| − | * | + | * Understand the architecture of libvirt |
| − | * | + | * Manage libvirt connections and nodes |
| − | * | + | * Create and manage KVM and Xen domains, including snapshots |
| + | * Manage and analyze resource consumption of domains | ||
| + | * Create and manage storage pools and volumes | ||
| + | * Create and manage virtual networks | ||
| + | * Migrate domains between nodes | ||
| + | * Understand how libvirt interacts with Xen and KVM | ||
| + | * Understand libvirt XML configuration files | ||
'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:''' | '''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:''' | ||
* libvirtd | * libvirtd | ||
* /etc/libvirt/ | * /etc/libvirt/ | ||
| − | * virsh | + | * virsh (including relevant subcommands) |
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Revision as of 08:38, 27 February 2019
Contents
Introduction
The description of the entire LPIC-3 programme is listed here.
Version Information
These objectives are version 2.0.0.
There is also a summary and detailed information on the changes from version 1.0 to 2.0 of the objectives.
The version 1.x objectives can be found here.
Translations of Objectives
The following translations of the objectives are available on this wiki:
Objectives
Topic 341: Virtualization
341.1 Virtualization Concepts and Theory (weight: 6)
| Weight | 6 |
| Description | Candidates should know and understand the general concepts, theory and terminology of Virtualization. This includes Xen, KVM and libvirt terminology. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Terminology
- Pros and Cons of Virtualization
- Variations of Virtual Machine Monitors
- Migration of Physical to Virtual Machines
- Migration of Virtual Machines between Host systems
- Cloud Computing
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- Hypervisor
- Hardware Virtual Machine (HVM)
- Paravirtualization (PV)
- Container Virtualization
- Emulation and Simulation
- CPU flags
- /proc/cpuinfo
- Migration (P2V, V2V)
- IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
341.2 Xen (weight: 6)
| Weight | 6 |
| Description | Candidates should be able to install, configure, maintain, migrate and troubleshoot Xen installations. The focus is on Xen version 4.x. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Xen architecture, networking and storage
- Xen configuration
- Xen utilities
- Troubleshooting Xen installations
- Basic knowledge of XAPI
- Awareness of XenStore
- Awareness of Xen Boot Parameters
- Awareness of the xm utility
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- Domain0 (Dom0), DomainU (DomU)
- PV-DomU, HVM-DomU
- /etc/xen/
- xl
- xl.cfg
- xl.conf
- xe
- xentop
341.3 KVM (weight: 6)
| Weight | 6 |
| Description | Candidates should be able to install, configure, maintain, migrate and troubleshoot KVM installations. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- KVM architecture, networking and storage
- KVM configuration
- KVM utilities
- Troubleshooting KVM installations
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- Kernel modules: kvm, kvm-intel and kvm-amd
- /etc/kvm/
- /dev/kvm
- kvm
- KVM monitor
- qemu
- qemu-img
341.4 Libvirt Virtual Machine Management (weight: 9)
| Weight | 9 |
| Description | Candidates should be able to manage virtualization hosts and virtual machines (‘libvirt domains’) using libvirt and related tools. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Understand the architecture of libvirt
- Manage libvirt connections and nodes
- Create and manage KVM and Xen domains, including snapshots
- Manage and analyze resource consumption of domains
- Create and manage storage pools and volumes
- Create and manage virtual networks
- Migrate domains between nodes
- Understand how libvirt interacts with Xen and KVM
- Understand libvirt XML configuration files
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- libvirtd
- /etc/libvirt/
- virsh (including relevant subcommands)
341.5 Cloud Management Tools (weight: 2)
| Weight | 2 |
| Description | Candidates should have basic feature knowledge of commonly available cloud management tools. |
Key Knowledge Areas:
- Basic feature knowledge of OpenStack and CloudStack
- Awareness of Eucalyptus and OpenNebula
The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- OpenStack
- CloudStack
- Eucalyptus
- OpenNebula
Topic 342: Container Virtualization
342.1 Container Virtualization Concepts (weight: 6)
342.2 LXC (weight: 4)
342.3 Docker (weight: 9)
342.4 Container Orchestration Platforms (weight: 2)
Topic 343: VM Deployment and Provisioning
