Linux Containers and Virtualization: Utilizing Rust for Linux Containers

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S. M. JainLinux Containers and Virtualizationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9768-1_2

2. Hypervisors

Shashank Mohan Jain¹  

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Bengaluru, India

 

In Chapter 1, we discussed what virtualization is and covered the two types of virtualization—VM based and container based. The coverage of VM-based virtualization briefly discussed the role and importance of the hypervisor, which facilitates the creation of virtual machines.

In this chapter, we do a deep dive into hypervisors. Most of the chapter explains virtualization using components like the Linux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) and the Quick Emulator (QEMU). Based on these components, we then look at how VMs ...