Chapter 3. Configuring Virtual Machine Security
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Configuring administrative access options
- Securing the guest OS
- Configuring virtual machine hardening
- Configuring virtual machine resource isolation
- Configuring the standard image templates
- Managing snapshots
Introduction
The proliferation of Virtual Machines (VM) has promoted a lack of security in many instances as well as oversight, especially in cases of development or test lab scenarios. Much of the blame can be placed on the ease with which a VM can be brought online and made functional with a variety of capabilities. The term sprawl has been used to describe the state of many virtualization projects; that extends to private cloud scenarios as well. ...
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