Linux Administration Cookbook

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.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Environment Setup
2. Remote Administration with SSH
3. Networking and Firewalls
4. Services and Daemons
5. Hardware and Disks
6. Security, Updating and Package Management
7. Monitoring & Logging
8. Permissions, SELinux, and AppArmour
9. Containers, and Virtualisation
10. Git, Configuration Management, and Infrastructure as Code
11. Web Servers, Databases, and Mail Servers
12. Troubleshooting and Workplace Diplomacy
13. BSDs, Solaris, Windows, IaaS and PaaS, and DevOps

中文：

书名：Linux Administration Cookbook

使用现代Linux管理生态系统启动和运行的100多个食谱

主要特点

• 理解并执行Linux中的核心系统管理任务
• 了解排除您的Linux系统故障的工具和技术
• 通过良好的安全和备份做法维护健康的系统

图书描述

Linux是系统管理员使用最广泛的操作系统之一，即使是现代应用程序和服务器开发也严重依赖于Linux平台。

《Linux管理指南》是您开始Linux之旅的首选指南。它将帮助你了解办公室角落里那个奇怪的小服务器在做什么，Azure中萎靡不振的神秘虚拟机在处理什么，电路板一样的东西在你的办公室电视下做什么，以及为什么它上的LED在快速闪烁。

这本书将让你从管理Linux开始，为你提供解决日常问题所需的知识和工具，从Raspberry PI到Azure中的服务器，同时让你很好地理解GNU/Linux如何工作的基本原理。

在这本书的整个过程中，你将安装和配置一个系统，而作者将向你讲述他作为数据中心硬件工程师、系统管理员和DevOps顾问的丰富经验中的错误和轶事。

到本书结束时，您将获得Linux的实用知识，这些知识将成为学习Linux管理的基石，并在您的Linux之旅中帮助您。

你将学到什么

• 在本地和云中安装和管理Linux服务器
• Understand how to perform administration across all Linux distros
• 了解不断发展的概念，如IaaS与PaaS、容器和自动化
• Explore security and configuration best practices
• 如果出现问题，请对系统进行故障排除
• 发现并缓解硬件问题，例如内存故障和驱动器故障

Who this book is for

如果您是一名系统工程师或系统管理员，具有基本的Linux工作经验，这本书适合您。

目录表

1. Introduction and Environment Setup
2. 使用SSH进行远程管理
3. 网络和防火墙
4. 服务和守护程序
5. 硬件和磁盘
6. 安全、更新和包管理
7. 监控和日志记录
8. 权限、SELinux和AppArmour
9. 容器和虚拟化
10. Git、配置管理和基础架构作为代码
11. Web服务器、数据库和邮件服务器
12. 故障排除和工作场所外交
13. BSD、Solaris、Windows、IaaS和PaaS以及DevOps