CompTIA Linux+ Portable Command Guide: All the commands for the CompTIA XK0-004 exam in one compact, portable resource, 2nd Edition

Chapter 5. Compare and contrast cloud and virtualization concepts and technologies

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

Templates

• VM

• OVA

• OVF

• JSON

• YAML

• Container images

Bootstrapping

• Cloud-init

• Anaconda

• Kickstart

Storage

• Thin vs. thick provisioning

• Persistent volumes

• Blob

• Block

Network considerations

• Bridging

• Overlay networks

• NAT

• Local

• Dual-homed

Types of hypervisors

Tools

• libvirt

• virsh

• vmm

Note

It is important to realize for the exam that this objective asks you to “compare and contrast cloud and virtualization concepts and technologies.” For the Linux+ exam, you should not be asked any questions on configuration or administration of these technologies. Cloud and virtualization are very large ...