5 Virtualization

This section contains the following chapters:

• Linux Containers describes how to use Linux Containers (LXC) to isolate applications and entire operating system images from the other processes that are running on a host system.

• Using KVM With Oracle Linux describes how to use an Oracle Linux system as a hypervisor with Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and provides information on installing virtualization packages.

Note:

Information about using the Docker engine to manage containers and images under Oracle Linux is provided in Oracle Linux: Oracle Container Runtime for Docker User's Guide.

Linux Containers

This chapter describes how to use Linux Containers (LXC) to isolate applications and entire operating system images from the other processes that are running on a host system.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux 7: Working With LXC.

For information about how to use the Docker Engine to create application containers, see the Oracle Container Runtime for Docker User's Guide.

Using KVM With Oracle Linux

This chapter describes the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) feature.

Note:

The information in this chapter has been migrated to separate and more updated documentation. See Oracle Linux: KVM User's Guide.