Qubes for running virtual servers

[darr...@redskiesgroup.com]

How does Qubes perform as the host OS in a virtualised server environment?

I'm thinking of a configuration where the host OS is Qubes with VM's running for things like a virtualised email server, IDS server, perhaps a Tor relay etc. I've used Qubes as a desktop host, I'm just curious about whether it's a practical host for virtualised serviers?

[Nicklaus McClendon]

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You might want to look into using Xen instead. https://www.xenproject.or
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Xen is the hypervisor Qubes uses, and should do what you're looking for.

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[johny...@sigaint.org]

I would think it would perform wonderfully as a virtualized server. Most
commercial places that rent you virtual servers use Xen, and Qubes is
based upon Xen, so . . .

And the separation of server to prevent cross-contamination is a great
feature.

I used a Xen-based virtual server at Rackspace for years, and it performed
wonderfully.

Now, if you have a server that's going to be handling a high level of
traffic, you're going to want some correspondingly powerful hardware and
memory behind it.

But the success of running servers under Xen is a proven thing.

JJ

[darr...@redskiesgroup.com]

Thanks, that's what I had hoped. Traffic levels will be low since this is a small office environment and so just a few virtual servers handling small amounts of traffic.

[Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)]

On 08/23/2016 04:07 PM, darr...@redskiesgroup.com wrote:
> How does Qubes perform as the host OS in a virtualised server environment?
>
> I'm thinking of a configuration where the host OS is Qubes with VM's running for things like a virtualised email server, IDS server, perhaps a Tor relay etc. I've used Qubes as a desktop host, I'm just curious about whether it's a practical host for virtualised serviers?
>

This should help: https://github.com/Rudd-O/qubes-network-server


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[darr...@redskiesgroup.com]

Thanks, that looks like it could be just what I'm looking for.