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[[chapter_system_administration]]
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Host System Administration
==========================
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ifndef::manvolnum[]
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:pve-toplevel:
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endif::manvolnum[]
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{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
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Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a
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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
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topics. They either explain things which are different on {pve}, or
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tasks which are commonly used on {pve}. For other topics, please refer
to the standard Debian documentation.
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ifdef::wiki[]
See Also
--------
* link:/wiki/Package_Repositories[Package Repositories]
* link:/wiki/Network_Configuration[Network Configuration]
* link:/wiki/System_Software_Updates[System Software Updates]
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* link:/wiki/External_Metric_Server[External Metric Server]
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* link:/wiki/Disk_Health_Monitoring[Disk Health Monitoring]
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* link:/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(LVM)[Logical Volume Manager (LVM)]
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* link:/wiki/ZFS_on_Linux[ZFS on Linux]
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* link:/wiki/Certificate_Management[Certificate Management]
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endif::wiki[]
ifndef::wiki[]
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include::pve-package-repos.adoc[]
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include::system-software-updates.adoc[]
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include::pve-network.adoc[]
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include::system-timesync.adoc[]
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include::pve-external-metric-server.adoc[]
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include::pve-disk-health-monitoring.adoc[]
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include::local-lvm.adoc[]
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include::local-zfs.adoc[]
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include::certificate-management.adoc[]
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endif::wiki[]
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TODO:
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Working with 'systemd'
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Journal and syslog
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TODO: explain persistent journal...
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