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Mastering Linux Administration

Linux is an omnipresent operating system running on many computing platforms, including personal computers, smartphones, servers, IoT devices, and cloud infrastructures. Mastering Linux Administration will help you become a proficient sysadmin and quickly adapt to the challenges of modern server and cloud administration technologies.

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Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Completion Time

25h44m

Language

English

About Book

Who Is This Book For?

If you are a Linux administrator who wants to understand the fundamentals and as well as modern concepts of Linux system administration, this book is for you. Windows System Administrators looking to extend their knowledge to the Linux OS will also benefit from this book.

Book content

chapters 25h44m total length

Installing Linux and Setting up the Environment

Linux Structure, Basic Commands, Files and Text Editors

Linux Software Management

Managing User Accounts and Permissions

Working with Processes, Signals, Services and Disks

Linux Server Setup and Remote Administration

Basic Networking with Linux: TCP/IP and Network Configuration

Configuring Servers: Print, Web, FTP, Samba, NFS, E-Mail, DNS, DHCP

Securing Linux: AppArmor, SELinux, PAM, Cryptography, iptables, firewalls

Disaster recovery, diagnostics and troubleshooting

Short Introduction to Cloud Computing

Working with Containers and Virtual Machines

Orchestration with Kubernetes

Deploying to the Cloud: OpenStack, AWS, Azure

Infrastructure and Automation with Ansible

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