Linux Administration Cookbook
Insightful recipes to work with system administration tasks on Linux
Language - English
Updated on Oct, 2020
About the Book
Book description
Over 100 recipes to get up and running with the modern Linux administration ecosystem
Key Features
- Understand and implement the core system administration tasks in Linux
- Discover tools and techniques to troubleshoot your Linux system
- Maintain a healthy system with good security and backup practices
Book Description
Linux is one of the most widely used operating systems among system administrators,and even modern application and server development is heavily reliant on the Linux platform.
The Linux Administration Cookbook is your go-to guide to get started on your Linux journey. It will help you understand what that strange little server is doing in the corner of your office, what the mysterious virtual machine languishing in Azure is crunching through, what that circuit-board-like thing is doing under your office TV, and why the LEDs on it are blinking rapidly.
This book will get you started with administering Linux, giving you the knowledge and tools you need to troubleshoot day-to-day problems, ranging from a Raspberry Pi to a server in Azure, while giving you a good understanding of the fundamentals of how GNU/Linux works.
Through the course of the book, you’ll install and configure a system, while the author regales you with errors and anecdotes from his vast experience as a data center hardware engineer, systems administrator, and DevOps consultant.
By the end of the book, you will have gained practical knowledge of Linux, which will serve as a bedrock for learning Linux administration and aid you in your Linux journey.
What you will learn
- Install and manage a Linux server, both locally and in the cloud
- Understand how to perform administration across all Linux distros
- Work through evolving concepts such as IaaS versus PaaS, containers, and automation
- Explore security and configuration best practices
- Troubleshoot your system if something goes wrong
- Discover and mitigate hardware issues, such as faulty memory and failing drives
Who this book is for
If you are a system engineer or system administrator with basic experience of working with Linux, this book is for you.
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Author Details
Packt Publishing
Founded in 2004 in Birmingham, UK, Packt's mission is to help the world put software to work in new ways, through the delivery of effective learning and information services to IT professionals.
Working towards that vision, we have published over 6,500 books and videos so far, providing IT professionals with the actionable knowledge they need to get the job done - whether that's specific learning on an emerging technology or optimizing key skills in more established tools.
As part of our mission, we have also awarded over $1,000,000 through our Open Source Project Royalty scheme, helping numerous projects become household names along the way.
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