{{Header}} {{hide_all_banners}} {{Title|title= {{q_project_name_long}} Overview }} {{#seo: |description={{q_project_name_short}} -- Advanced Security and Anonymity |image=Qubes-logo-icon.png }} {{qubes_mininav}} {{ThumbGallery| [[File:Qubes-logo-icon.png|Qubes Logo|150px|thumb]] [[File:logo_box.png|Whonix Logo|150px|thumb]] }} {{intro |thumb=Qubes-logo-icon.png |{{q_project_name_short}} is the seamless combination of [https://www.qubes-os.org Qubes OS] and [https://www.whonix.org {{project_name_long}}] for advanced security and anonymity. }} = Overview = {{#widget:Download_Button |text=Download Qubes-Whonix (FREE!) |url=Qubes/Install |os=qubes }} In this configuration {{project_name_short}} runs on top of Qubes inside virtual machines (VMs), just like any other OS on the same platform (Fedora, Debian, Arch Linux and so on). The Qubes bare-metal hypervisor is based on [https://www.xenproject.org Xen] and [https://getfedora.org Fedora]. Via hardware support like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Intel_virtualization_(VT-x) VT-x] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#I/O_MMU_virtualization_(AMD-Vi_and_Intel_VT-d) VT-d] Qubes has successfully implemented a comprehensive yet strict security-by-isolation architecture. Hardware controllers and multiple user domains (qubes) are isolated using separate VMs that are explicitly assigned different levels of trust, yet the desktop experience is user-friendly and well-integrated. {{project_name_short}} is based on [https://www.debian.org Debian] and [https://www.torproject.org Tor]. The design provides a two-VM, split security architecture: an isolated [[{{project_name_gateway_short}}|{{project_name_gateway_long}}]] (ProxyVM; {{project_name_gateway_vm}}) for complete routing of traffic over Tor; and [[{{project_name_workstation_short}}|{{project_name_workstation_long}}]] (App Qube; {{project_name_workstation_vm}}) for all desktop applications, which serves as a tailored OS environment for Tor-based privacy/anonymity. To use [[Qubes|{{q_project_name_short}}]], Qubes must first be installed as a hypervisor on the physical host computer, followed by installation of the two separate {{project_name_short}} Templates -- {{project_name_gateway_template}} and {{project_name_workstation_template}} -- on top of Qubes. From this point, the {{project_name_short}} Templates can be used for customization and creation of multiple {{project_name_gateway_short}} ProxyVMs and {{project_name_workstation_short}} AppVMs, enabling enhanced compartmentalization of user activities for better privacy. The only limitation on the number of possible VMs is available disk space. For a more in-depth consideration of {{q_project_name_short}} advantages, see: [[Qubes/Why_use_Qubes_over_other_Virtualizers|Why use Qubes over other Virtualizers?]] [https://forums.whonix.org/t/qubes-whonix-security-disadvantages-help-wanted/8581 Qubes-Whonix Security Disadvantages - Help Wanted!] '''Figure:''' ''Qubes OS Design'' https://www.qubes-os.org/intro/ {{ContentImage| [[Image:Qubesosoverviewv2.png|border]] }} = Guides = == Common Tasks == For major Template and AppVM operations, refer to the following guides:
* [[Qubes/Install|Install {{q_project_name_short}}]] * [[Qubes/Update|Update {{q_project_name_short}}]] * [[Qubes/Tor_Browser|Update Tor Browser]] * [[Qubes/Reinstall|Reinstall {{q_project_name_short}} Templates]] * [[Qubes/Uninstall|Uninstall {{q_project_name_short}} Templates]]
* [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-install-software-in-dom0/ Install and update software in dom0] * [https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-back-up-restore-and-migrate/ Backup, restore and migrate VMs] ** [https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4167 Qubes backups do not yet include qvm-tags] which will result in [https://forums.whonix.org/t/qubes-os-4-1-denied-whonix-newstatus-dom0-permission/12954 Denied: whonix.NewStatus dom0 notifications]
* [[Qubes/Troubleshooting|{{q_project_name_short}} Tor Connectivity and sdwdate Troubleshooting]]
== Security and Anonymity == For improved security and anonymity after installing {{q_project_name_short}}, refer to the following guides:
* [[Post_Install_Advice|Post-installation security advice]] * [[Bridges#How_to_Use_Bridges_in_{{project_name_short}}|How to use Tor Bridges]] * [[Multiple Whonix-Workstation|Multiple {{project_name_workstation_short}}]] * [[Qubes/Disposables|Disposables]] * {{kicksecure_wiki |wikipage=Kicksecure-Qubes_Security |text=Qubes Security Guide }} ** ({{q_project_name_short}} is based on Kicksecure)
== Advanced == * [[Multiple Whonix-Gateway|Multiple {{project_name_gateway_short}}]] * [[Multiple Qubes-Whonix Templates|Multiple {{q_project_name_short}} Templates]] * [[Qubes/UpdatesProxy|dom0 / Template updates over Tor]] = Qubes Persistence = Qubes (non-)persistence is a Qubes default and [[Unspecific|unspecific to {{project_name_short}}]]. {{Qubes_persistence}} = Qubes Template Modifications = If a Qubes template has been modified, to make changes in App Qubes based on that Template take effect, it is required to shutdown the Template and restart the App Qubes based on that Template. This is a Qubes default and [[Unspecific|unspecific to {{project_name_short}}]]. = Support = Before seeking personal support, please first search for the issue and a possible, documented solution. In many cases the issue can be solved by inspecting the phabricator issues tracker, reading {{project_name_short}} guides/documentation, conducting web searches, and examining past support requests. If a search yields no results, support requests should be directed to the most appropriate forum: * Qubes: ** [https://www.qubes-os.org/support/ Qubes Support] ** [https://forum.qubes-os.org Qubes OS forum] The former [https://web.archive.org/web/20210608222223/https://qubes-os.discourse.group/ discourse forum] was discontinued on 1 July, 2021. ** [https://www.mail-archive.com/qubes-users@googlegroups.com/ The Mail Archive qubes-users forum]. * {{q_project_name_short}}-specific: [https://forums.whonix.org/c/qubes-whonix {{project_name_short}} Qubes Forum] * {{project_name_short}}, Debian and Tor: [[Support|{{project_name_short}} Support]] = Footnotes = {{reflist|close=1}} {{Footer}} [[Category:Documentation]]