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Create a Virtual Machine

Each Virtual Machine (VM) is an independent system with an independent set of virtual hardware. Its main features are the following:

  • A virtual machine resembles and works like a regular computer. It has its own virtual hardware. Software applications can run on virtual machines without any modifications or adjustments.
  • Virtual machine configuration can be changed easily by, for instance, adding new virtual disks or memory.
  • Although virtual machines share physical hardware resources, they are fully isolated from each other (file system, processes, sysctl variables) and the compute node.
  • A virtual machine can run on any supported guest operating system.