Building Virtual Machines: A Hands-On Guide

This textbook is literally brand new. Book Overview: Virtualization is a skill that most IT or security pros take for granted. The sheer number of choices and requirements can be a daunting challenge to face for beginners and veterans alike. With this book, you'll learn how to build a robust, customizable virtual environments suitable for both a personal home lab, as well as a dedicated office training environment. You will learn how to: - Understand the mechanics of virtualization and how they influence the design of your lab - Build an extensive baseline lab environment on any one of five commonly used hypervisors (VMware vSphere Hypervisor, VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, Oracle Virtualbox, and Microsoft Client Hyper-V) - Harden your lab environment against VM escapes and other security threats… Product information: Publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (June 1, 2017) Language ‎English Paperback ‎600 pages ISBN-10 ‎1546932631 ISBN-13 ‎978-1546932635 Item Weight ‎3.44 pounds Dimensions ‎8.5 x 1.36 x 11 inches