Operation Manual

Reference (↑Reference)
Gives you a general understandingof openSUSE and covers advanced system
administrationtasks. It is intended mainly for system administratorsand home
users with basic system administrationknowledge.It provides detailed information
about advanced deployment scenarios,administrationof your system,the inter-
action of key system componentsand the set-up of various networkand file ser-
vices openSUSE offers.
Security Guide (↑SecurityGuide)
Introduces basic conceptsof system security,covering both local and network
securityaspects.Shows how to make use of the product inherent securitysoftware
like NovellAppArmor (whichletsyou specify per programwhichfiles the program
may read, write,and execute) or the auditing systemthat reliably collectsinfor-
mation about any security-relevantevents.
System Analysis and Tuning Guide (↑SystemAnalysis and Tuning Guide)
An administrator'sguide for problem detection,resolution and optimization. Find
how to inspectand optimize your systemby means of monitoringtools and how
to efficientlymanage resources. Also containsan overviewof common problems
and solutions and of additional help and documentationresources.
Virtualization with KVM (↑Virtualizationwith KVM)
This manual offersan introduction to settingup and managing virtualizationwith
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) on openSUSE.Also shows how to manage
VM Guests with
libvirt
and QEMU.
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