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Preface
In This Chapter
About This Guide.................................................................................................................. 7
Who Should Read This Guide............................................................................................... 7
Organization of This Guide................................................................................................... 8
Documentation Conventions................................................................................................. 8
Feedback ............................................................................................................................... 10
About This Guide
This guide is meant to provide comprehensive information on OpenVZ– high-end server
virtualization software for Linux-based computers. The issues discussed in this guide cover the
necessary theoretical conceptions as well as practical aspects of working with OpenVZ. The
guide will familiarize you with the way to create and administer
Virtual Private Servers
(sometimes also called
Virtual Environments
, or
VEs
) on OpenVZ-based Hardware Nodes and
to employ the command line interface for performing various tasks.
Familiarity with Red Hat Linux Operating System and certain Linux administrator’s skills are
desirable for a person reading the guide. You can obtain some useful information regarding OS
installation issues from
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/
.
Who Should Read This Guide
The primary audience for this book is anyone responsible for administering one or more systems
running OpenVZ. To fully understand the guide, you should have strong Linux system
administration habits. Attending Linux system administration training courses might be helpful.
Still, no more than superficial knowledge of Linux OS is required in order to comprehend the
major OpenVZ notions and learn to perform the basic administrative operations.