Virtualization and Containers

As computing has become more prevalent in daily life, the need for computing resources, accessibility, and extensibility is larger than ever. With access to computing resources limited, technology has needed to adapt to allow those without direct access to resources to still access modern technology. Thus, cloud computing and virtualization have come to the forefront of technology as a solution for individuals, small and large businesses, and everything in between.

Apart from cloud computing, virtualization can also be used to partition and create virtual machines (VMs). This allows for atomic testing, development, research, and other uses that we will expand on throughout this room.

In this room, we will take a high-level overview of virtualization and its applications, gradually investigating specific virtualization technologies used in modern environments.

Learning Objectives

• Understand what virtualization is, how and why it is used.
• Learn common virtualization technologies, including hypervisors and containers.
• Use virtualization technologies practically and understand their applications to security and modern computing.

This room is designed to teach high-level concepts from the ground up and requires no prerequisites.