Virtual Machine Administration
tiCrypt virtual machines run on isolated infrastructure with encrypted drives. The VM lifecycle starts with an image and a hardware setup, passes through a realm that binds compute to storage and networking, and ends with a running VM that the data owner controls. Administrators manage the infrastructure layer (hosts, storage pools, images, hardware setups); the data layer (what happens inside a running VM) is controlled by the VM Owner, not the admin.
For how VM roles (Owner, Co-Owner, Manager, User) work independently from system roles, see VM Roles and Permissions. For how VMs compare to traditional shared computing cluster nodes, see Shared Computing to tiCrypt.
Infrastructure
Realms
Logical groupings that bind hosts, storage, and networking.
Libvirt Hosts
Physical or virtual servers that run VMs.
Libvirt Storage Pools
Storage backends for VM drives.
Libvirt Volumes
Individual storage volumes within pools.
Licensing Servers
License server configuration for software inside VMs.
VM Definitions
VM Images
OS images that VMs boot from.
Hardware Profiles
Templates defining CPU, memory, and device allocation.
VM Hardware Setups
Bundled configurations pairing an image with a hardware profile.
Devices
GPU and device passthrough configuration.
ISO Images
ISO files available to mount inside VMs.
NFS Mounts
NFS shares accessible from within VMs.