Should the virtualization host be allowed to run any service?
- by Giordano
I recently setup a virtualization server for the small company I'm running.
This server runs few virtual machines that are used for development, testing, etc...
My business partner works from a remote location, thus I also installed a vpn server on the virtualization host to make it possible for him to safely reach the company services. Moreover, again on the virtualization host, I installed bacula to perform the backup of the data.
Is it advisable/good practice to do so or should I create one more virtual machine to do backups and VPN? Is it a bad idea to run these services on the host itself? If yes, why?
Thanks in advance!