Linux Administration Cookbook

VM Nginx install

There's a small consideration to take into account here, and that's the fact we're running a VM inside a VM, but it highlights a few problems.

Some positives are:

• It has pretty much complete OS segregation (except for some vulnerabilities like Meltdown)
• Good control over resource allocation for the VM
• Ability to tear down and spin up on a whim
• If you need to specifically make hardware changes to account for software requirements, VMs are the only way to do this easily

Some negatives are:

• VMs can be slower than containers, and there's a lot of factors you have to account for (such as if your server is already a VM)
• You're running an entirely separate OS and kernel, for the sake of one program (in this example)
• VMs usually ...