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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Gain Essential Linux Administration Skills Easily Effectively set up and manage popular Linux distributions on individual servers and build entire network infrastructures using this practical resource. Fully updated to cover the latest tools and techniques, Linux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide, Eighth Edition features clear explanations, step-by-step instructions, and real-world examples. Find out how to configure hardware and software, work from the command line or GUI, maintain Internet and network services, and secure your data. Performance tuning, virtualization, containers, software management, security, and backup solutions are covered in detail. Install and configure Linux, including the latest distributions from Fedora, Ubuntu, CentOS, openSUSE, Debian, and RHEL. Set up and administer core system services, daemons, users, and groups. Manage software applications from source code or binary packages. Customize, build, or patch the Linux kernel. Understand and manage the Linux network stack and networking protocols, including TCP/IP, ARP, IPv4, and IPv6. Minimize security threats and build reliable firewalls and routers with Netfilter (iptables and nftables) and Linux. Create and maintain DNS, FTP, web, e-mail, print, LDAP, VoIP, and SSH servers and services. Share resources using GlusterFS, NFS, and Samba. Spin-up and manage Linux-based servers in popular cloud environments, such as OpenStack, AWS, Azure, Linode, and GCE. Explore virtualization and container technologies using KVM, Docker, Kubernetes, and Open Container Initiative (OCI) tooling. Download specially curated Virtual Machine image and containers that replicate various exercises, software, servers, commands, and concepts covered in the book. Wale Soyinka is a father, system administrator, a DevOps/SecOps aficionado, an open source evangelist, a hacker, and a well-respected world-renowned chef (in his mind). He is the author of Advanced Linux Administration as well as other Linux, Network, and Windows administration training materials.

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Author:   Wale Soyinka
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Education
Edition:   8th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.166kg
ISBN:  

9781260441703

ISBN 10:   1260441709
Pages:   688
Publication Date:   28 April 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

PART 1: Introduction and Installation Chapter 1: Introduction to Linux, Distributions and FOSS Chapter 2: Installing Linux in a Server Chapter 3: Deploying Linux Servers in the Cloud PART 2: Single-Host Administration Chapter 4: The Command Line Chapter 5: Managing Software Chapter 6: Managing Users and Groups Chapter 7: Booting and Shutting Down Chapter 8: File Systems Chapter 9: Core System Services Chapter 10: The Linux Kernal Chapter 11: Knobs and Dials: API (Virtual) File Systems PART 3: Networking and Security Chapter 12: TCP/IP for System Administrators Chapter 13: Network Configuration Chapter 14: Linux Firewall (Netfilter) Chapter 15: Local Security Chapter 16: Network Security PART 4: Internet Services Chapter 17: DNS Chapter 18: FTP Chapter 19: Appache Web Server Chapter 20: SMTP Chapter 21: POP and IMAP Chapter 22: Voice Over IP (IP) Chapter 23: The Secure Shell PART 5: Intranet Services Chapter 24: Network File System Chapter 25: Samba Chapter 26: Distributed File Systems Chapter 27: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Chapter 28: Printing Chapter 29: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Chapter 30: Virtualization Chapter 31: Backups PART 6: Appendices Appendix A: Creating a Linux Installer on Flash/USB Devices Appendix B: Using the Demo Virtual Machine Images and Cloud Images

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Wale Soyinka wears many hats, all fitting to varying degrees. he is a father, an author, a producer, a system administrator, an open source evangelist, a network administrator, a hacker, an entrepreneur, and a chef. Wale has written an extensive librar of Linux administration training materials, including the fifth, and sixth editions of Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide. He is also the author or Wireless Netowrk Administration: A Beginner's Guide.

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