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Virtualization

20 skills in 6 steps, from “Understand virtualization and choose a type of hypervisor” to “Build a private cloud with Incus”.

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• 6 steps in the order you learn them
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• 3 prerequisite domains to know before starting here

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In the order you learn them: each step builds on the previous one. Your status is computed in your browser, from what you have read and passed (quizzes, labs).

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1. 1

   Understand virtualization and choose a type of hypervisor

   1 skill

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   • Choose a type of virtualization and explain what a VM shares with its host 4 lessons · ~1 h 35 · then its quiz
2. 2

   Set up a hypervisor and its instances (KVM, Proxmox VE or Incus)

   4 skills

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   • Set up a hypervisor and check that it works 2 lessons · ~1 h 35 · then its quiz
   • Create ready-to-use instances: storage, creation, configured first boot and guest agent 3 lessons · ~2 h 50 · then its quiz
   • Connect instances to the network and expose their services: NAT, bridge, VLAN and troubleshooting 5 lessons · ~3 h 35 · then its quiz
   • Describe and deploy instances in Terraform with the hypervisor's provider 1 lesson · ~1 h 10 · then its quiz
3. 3

   Virtualize with KVM and libvirt

   4 skills

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   • Operate KVM VMs day to day with virsh, the guest agent and remote access 3 lessons · ~2 h 25 · then its quiz
   • Back up, clone and live-migrate a KVM VM with libvirt 2 lessons · ~1 h 40 · then its quiz
   • Fit a KVM VM to the host hardware: CPU, virtio, disk cache and VFIO passthrough 2 lessons · ~1 h 25 · then its quiz
   • Confine a KVM VM with libvirt: sVirt, Secure Boot, vTPM and nwfilter filtering 1 lesson · ~45 min · then its quiz
4. 4

   Operate an Incus host

   5 skills

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   • Operate Incus instances: OCI images, storage, profiles, projects and GPUs 4 lessons · ~45 min
   • Secure an Incus server and its remote administration 2 lessons · ~25 min
   • Troubleshoot an Incus VM stuck at boot 1 lesson · ~35 min
   • Automate Incus with Ansible: connection plugin, provisioning and custom images 2 lessons · ~50 min
   • Migrate to Incus: VMware VMs, an LXD installation, a physical or virtual machine 3 lessons · ~45 min
5. 5

   Operate a Proxmox VE platform

   3 skills

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   • Back up and restore VMs with Proxmox Backup Server 1 lesson · ~20 min
   • Drive Proxmox with Ansible: dynamic inventory and community.proxmox modules 2 lessons · ~40 min
   • Design Proxmox access rights: roles, paths, groups and tokens 1 lesson · ~30 min
6. 6

   Build a private cloud with Incus

   3 skills

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   • Administer Incus OS nodes through the API: seed installation, A/B updates, Tailscale, backup, monitoring and fleet 5 lessons · ~2 h 05
   • Build and run an Incus cluster: joining, quorum and roles, workers, shared CephFS storage 4 lessons · ~1 h 30
   • Isolate tenants on Incus: OVN VPCs, load balancer, ACLs, quotas, scoped credentials and a 3-tier deployment in Terraform 4 lessons · ~1 h 00

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