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Topic 20 – Virtualisation Flashcards

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how is

hardware support for virtualistaion acheived

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To achieve this there must be hardware support for it. More specifically the processor must support it.

the processor does this by introducing a new mode that can be used along with user mode and kernel mode. Called hypervisor mode

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this view from the containers perspective

it will only be able to see the parts of the system it has access to

running any system commands will only reveal the parts of the system it has been allocated to use

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describe the

system view

that a container will have

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describe the

file system view

of a container

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this view of a container can be summarised as:

it will share the file system of the base OS however any changes made are not made to the base OS instead a layer known as the overlay file system will keep track of any changes and present it to the container with a merged view of the OS file system and the overlay file system

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give 1 advantage that an

overlay file system brings for containers

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an advantage of this is:

  • A simultaneous Shared and separate file system - Only file changes made by the container are held here. any files that are used but unchanged from the underlying file system can be shared directly from the underlying file system to the container
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describe the term

merged view file system

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this is the view of the file system that the container will see

it is a combination of:

  • base file system - held on the host OS
  • overlay file system - which reflects any changes or added data that has been made by the container
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describe the term

copy on write

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a method for modifying files while maintaining the original file.

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This is software that can emulate hardware.

It is able to perform very much like an OS in that it will share resources between the different virtual machines that run on top of it and ensure that each gets its fair share of time to process

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describe a

hypervisor

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This is also known as a hosted hypervisor and is software that will run as a device driver on the host OS.

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describe a

type 2 hypervisor

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this is software that can imitate hardware.

One use of this is emulating old hardware so that old applications and games can be bought into the modern age and ran on new hardware.

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describe

Hardware/machine emulation

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describe

Application virtualisation

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where an application offers functionality but is able to virtualise that functionality between different instances.

One example is Apache web server that can host many websites within its application but resources between the websites must be kept isolated

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software that can emulate hardware and present it to a virtual machine

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describe the term

hypervisor

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describe the term

overlay file system

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a file system used by a single container that allows it to:

  • Share the underlying file system
  • make changes to the shared underlying file system. Without changing the host file system
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these include:

  • Virtual runtime environments
  • Hardware/machine emulation
  • Application virtualisation
  • Network virtualisation
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name 4

types of virtualisation which are not in relation to the OS

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a file system used by a single container that allows it to:

  • Share the underlying file system
  • make changes to the shared underlying file system. Without changing the host file system
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describe the term

overlay file system

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an action carried out by the hypervisor that allows it to switch between the different virtual machines by saving and restoring there state.

This is a similar behaviour of an OS context switch

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describe a

vm switch

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each of these actions are summarised below

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describe how a containers merged view of a file system would look when there is

  • no change made by the container
  • a modification by the container to the original file on the host file system
  • a deleted file by the container
  • a created file by the container
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where an application offers functionality but is able to virtualise that functionality between different instances.

One example is Apache web server that can host many websites within its application but resources between the websites must be kept isolated

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describe

Application virtualisation

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how can an

overlay file system for a container be implemented

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This can be achieved by the container creating its own mounted file system and writing changes to the mounted file system using the method known as copy-on-write

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To achieve this there must be hardware support for it. More specifically the processor must support it.

the processor does this by introducing a new mode that can be used along with user mode and kernel mode. Called hypervisor mode

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how is

hardware support for virtualistaion acheived

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describe

containerisation

A

This is a virtualisation solution that will create what are known as containers.

Each container can run one or more applications and shares the underlying kernel and file system.

However each container is unaware that it is a container and believes it has sole control of the system

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upon a

VM switch

what information would be saved/restored

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when this occurs the following information would be saved/restored

  • The hardware view for the VM
  • Whether the VM is in an active state or a inactive state
  • The values of the registers
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this requires a linux kernel as a base OS this problem is solved by:

  • Linux - the already installed linux kernel is used as the base OS
  • macOS - a linux kernel is installed and that is used as the base OS instead of the macOS
  • Windows - the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is installed that is a customized version of the linux kernel that is and will integrate with the windows OS
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what does docker require in order to run and how is this problem solved for:

  • linux
  • macOS
  • windows
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describe a

hypervisor

A

This is software that can emulate hardware.

It is able to perform very much like an OS in that it will share resources between the different virtual machines that run on top of it and ensure that each gets its fair share of time to process

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properties of this include:

  1. Isolation - Applications or even full operating systems can be ran alongside each other without any knowledge of the others existence
    1. Has the benefit of protection from malware or system corruption
    2. Different instances of the same application can be run but serve separate purposes
    3. Each can mange there own files
    4. Upgrades can be achieved on a container or vm basis and only affect that instance
  2. Management - can be easily managed without any disturbance to other running processes
    1. Start, stop or pause
    2. Add/remove resources such as memory or processing time
  3. Encapsulation - any data created can be encapsulated into a file and imported and exported to different systems
  4. Flexibility - the ability to quickly create and destroy different environments is a great benefit in development of applications or for testing purposes
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give 4

properties that virtualisation has

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this is a repository offered by docker where pre built containers can be downloaded from

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what is the

docker hub

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how can

copy-on-write

be implemented

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this can be implemented by copying the file to a new destination when ever a change must be made.

Changes are then made to the file in the new destination so that the original file can be preserved

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a lightweight and fast virtualisation solution that is able to share the underlying OS kernel and file system.

while at the same time running applications in a virtual isolated environment and managing its own files

A

describe the term

container

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a method for modifying files while maintaining the original file.

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describe the term

copy on write

29
Q

this is as the diagram below

A

describe the

structure of the system when using containers

30
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this can be implemented by copying the file to a new destination when ever a change must be made.

Changes are then made to the file in the new destination so that the original file can be preserved

A

how can

copy-on-write

be implemented

31
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these must be supported by the OS

  • Known as partitions in windows
  • Jails in BSD-based versions of linux
A

to make use of containers what must have support for them

32
Q

describe the

overlay file system

A

This is a key feature of containers and is what allows a container to create its own file system.

Any changes the container makes to the underlying file system will be held here and then a merged view can be presented to the container such that:

base file system + this = merged view of file system

33
Q

this is the view of the file system that the container will see

it is a combination of:

  • base file system - held on the host OS
  • overlay file system - which reflects any changes or added data that has been made by the container
A

describe the term

merged view file system

34
Q

give 3

advantages of containers

A

advantages of this include:

  • fast execution - Are fast to run as a kernel does not need to be loaded it is already running
  • conflict avoidance - Dependency hell can be avoided as each container has its own file system via the overlay file system and can be updated independently
  • Lightweight - as they can contain only what is needed to run the applications within the container and can also share resources already on the base OS
35
Q

This can be achieved by the container creating its own mounted file system and writing changes to the mounted file system using the method known as copy-on-write

A

how can an

overlay file system for a container be implemented

36
Q

an advantage of this is:

  • A simultaneous Shared and separate file system - Only file changes made by the container are held here. any files that are used but unchanged from the underlying file system can be shared directly from the underlying file system to the container
A

give 1 advantage that an

overlay file system brings for containers

37
Q

describe

Hardware/machine emulation

A

this is software that can imitate hardware.

One use of this is emulating old hardware so that old applications and games can be bought into the modern age and ran on new hardware.

38
Q

give 4

properties that virtualisation has

A

properties of this include:

  1. Isolation - Applications or even full operating systems can be ran alongside each other without any knowledge of the others existence
    1. Has the benefit of protection from malware or system corruption
    2. Different instances of the same application can be run but serve separate purposes
    3. Each can mange there own files
    4. Upgrades can be achieved on a container or vm basis and only affect that instance
  2. Management - can be easily managed without any disturbance to other running processes
    1. Start, stop or pause
    2. Add/remove resources such as memory or processing time
  3. Encapsulation - any data created can be encapsulated into a file and imported and exported to different systems
  4. Flexibility - the ability to quickly create and destroy different environments is a great benefit in development of applications or for testing purposes
39
Q

give 3 points about the processor

hypervisor mode

A

points for this include:

  • More privileged than kernel mode and takes priority
  • Contains extra instructions
  • Specific instructions and interrupts will put the processor into this processor mode
40
Q

points for this include:

  • More privileged than kernel mode and takes priority
  • Contains extra instructions
  • Specific instructions and interrupts will put the processor into this processor mode
A

give 3 points about the processor

hypervisor mode

41
Q

describe the term

container

A

a lightweight and fast virtualisation solution that is able to share the underlying OS kernel and file system.

while at the same time running applications in a virtual isolated environment and managing its own files

42
Q

when this occurs the following information would be saved/restored

  • The hardware view for the VM
  • Whether the VM is in an active state or a inactive state
  • The values of the registers
A

upon a

VM switch

what information would be saved/restored

43
Q

describe a

type 2 hypervisor

A

This is also known as a hosted hypervisor and is software that will run as a device driver on the host OS.

44
Q

describe the

structure of the system when using containers

A

this is as the diagram below

45
Q

what does docker require in order to run and how is this problem solved for:

  • linux
  • macOS
  • windows
A

this requires a linux kernel as a base OS this problem is solved by:

  • Linux - the already installed linux kernel is used as the base OS
  • macOS - a linux kernel is installed and that is used as the base OS instead of the macOS
  • Windows - the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is installed that is a customized version of the linux kernel that is and will integrate with the windows OS
46
Q

give the 6 steps of the following scenario

an I/O operation issued by a virtual machine that has completed

A

the 6 steps for this scenario include:

  1. An I/O operation issued by a VM completes and issues an interrupt
  2. The processor switches to hypervisor mode
  3. The hypervisor now decides which VM the interrupt is for
  4. The hypervisor then proceeds to present the virtualised hardware to the VM in a ready state
  5. The processor is switched to kernel mode and the interrupt is passed to the VM
  6. The VM carries out its usual execution process such as calling the appropriate interrupt service routine (ISR)

note

When an interrupt does occur and the processor is in hypervisor mode the hypervisor can take this time to schedule which VM should run next.

This behaviour is very much like how the OS scheduler works

47
Q

name 4

types of virtualisation which are not in relation to the OS

A

these include:

  • Virtual runtime environments
  • Hardware/machine emulation
  • Application virtualisation
  • Network virtualisation
48
Q

describe a

vm switch

A

an action carried out by the hypervisor that allows it to switch between the different virtual machines by saving and restoring there state.

This is a similar behaviour of an OS context switch

49
Q

This is a key feature of containers and is what allows a container to create its own file system.

Any changes the container makes to the underlying file system will be held here and then a merged view can be presented to the container such that:

base file system + this = merged view of file system

A

describe the

overlay file system

50
Q

This is open source container manager software that comes with everything needed to create and manage containers including the docker daemon that is used to start and stop containers

A

what is

docker

51
Q

this view of a container can be summarised as:

it will share the file system of the base OS however any changes made are not made to the base OS instead a layer known as the overlay file system will keep track of any changes and present it to the container with a merged view of the OS file system and the overlay file system

A

describe the

file system view

of a container

52
Q

describe the term

hypervisor

A

software that can emulate hardware and present it to a virtual machine

53
Q

one example of this is the Java virtual machine (JVM) that creates an environment for code to execute in

this will offer functionality similar to the OS such as memory management and process scheduling but is an application that runs on top the OS

A

describe an example of

Virtual runtime environments

54
Q

what is

docker

A

This is open source container manager software that comes with everything needed to create and manage containers including the docker daemon that is used to start and stop containers

55
Q

describe the term

Virtual machine manager

A

software that is used to create and run and mange virtual machines

example

virtual box

56
Q

describe the structure of a type 2 hypervisor being used and its bene

A

When a virtual machine manager creates a VM a hypervisor will also be installed as a device driver on the host OS.

benefit

This gives the hypervisor kernel privileges so that it can directly speak to hardware and the OS

57
Q

to make use of containers what must have support for them

A

these must be supported by the OS

  • Known as partitions in windows
  • Jails in BSD-based versions of linux
58
Q

software that is used to create and run and mange virtual machines

example

virtual box

A

describe the term

Virtual machine manager

59
Q

describe the

system view

that a container will have

A

this view from the containers perspective

it will only be able to see the parts of the system it has access to

running any system commands will only reveal the parts of the system it has been allocated to use

60
Q

the 6 steps for this scenario include:

  1. An I/O operation issued by a VM completes and issues an interrupt
  2. The processor switches to hypervisor mode
  3. The hypervisor now decides which VM the interrupt is for
  4. The hypervisor then proceeds to present the virtualised hardware to the VM in a ready state
  5. The processor is switched to kernel mode and the interrupt is passed to the VM
  6. The VM carries out its usual execution process such as calling the appropriate interrupt service routine (ISR)

note

When an interrupt does occur and the processor is in hypervisor mode the hypervisor can take this time to schedule which VM should run next.

This behaviour is very much like how the OS scheduler works

A

give the 6 steps of the following scenario

an I/O operation issued by a virtual machine that has completed

61
Q

describe 2 examples of

Network virtualisation

using vlans and virtual switches as the example

A

examples of this include:

  1. Virtual local area networks (VLANS) - where all clients can be plugged into the same switch but are logically separated so they appear to be on different networks and in turn cannot see each other
  2. Virtual switches - a database and a web server can be installed on the same system. Since communication must occur through networking protocols a virtual switch can be used in place of making use of actual networking hardware and so performance is increased
62
Q

describe how a containers merged view of a file system would look when there is

  • no change made by the container
  • a modification by the container to the original file on the host file system
  • a deleted file by the container
  • a created file by the container
A

each of these actions are summarised below

63
Q

This is a virtualisation solution that will create what are known as containers.

Each container can run one or more applications and shares the underlying kernel and file system.

However each container is unaware that it is a container and believes it has sole control of the system

A

describe

containerisation

64
Q

examples of this include:

  1. Virtual local area networks (VLANS) - where all clients can be plugged into the same switch but are logically separated so they appear to be on different networks and in turn cannot see each other
  2. Virtual switches - a database and a web server can be installed on the same system. Since communication must occur through networking protocols a virtual switch can be used in place of making use of actual networking hardware and so performance is increased
A

describe 2 examples of

Network virtualisation

using vlans and virtual switches as the example

65
Q

describe an example of

Virtual runtime environments

A

one example of this is the Java virtual machine (JVM) that creates an environment for code to execute in

this will offer functionality similar to the OS such as memory management and process scheduling but is an application that runs on top the OS

66
Q

When a virtual machine manager creates a VM a hypervisor will also be installed as a device driver on the host OS.

benefit

This gives the hypervisor kernel privileges so that it can directly speak to hardware and the OS

A

describe the structure of a type 2 hypervisor being used and its bene

67
Q

advantages of this include:

  • fast execution - Are fast to run as a kernel does not need to be loaded it is already running
  • conflict avoidance - Dependency hell can be avoided as each container has its own file system via the overlay file system and can be updated independently
  • Lightweight - as they can contain only what is needed to run the applications within the container and can also share resources already on the base OS
A

give 3

advantages of containers

68
Q

what is the

docker hub

A

this is a repository offered by docker where pre built containers can be downloaded from

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