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You're reading from Fundamentals of Unix and Linux System Administration Master Linux/Unix System administration through a practical and hands on approach

Product type Video

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787122222

Length 23hrs 36mins

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

System Administration

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER

Introduction

2. Where to Start

Linux UNIX Administration Fundamentals
Getting help on Linux
Advance man command

3. Package Management

Introduction to package management
Installing from RPM
Making a local apt-get repo
Making local yum repo
Tips and tricks

4. Shell Scripting Guide

Introduction to shell scripting
Using variables
The sort command
Basics of BASH Script
Shell Functions
Looping
Perl
Perl Arrays
Perl Script Arguments
Python Scripting - Part A
Python Scripting - Part B

5. Booting and Shutting Down

Starting up and Shutting down Machines
Start-up Daemons
Booting a second OS
System Run levels
Lab Exercise: Creating a custom Daemon

6. User Access Control

User Access Control Fundamentals
The Power of Root
Delegating Root Powers with Sudo
Delegating Root Powers with Sudo - Part B
System Accounts

7. Controlling Processes

Process Control Fundamentals
Ownership
Process Spawning and Termination
Terminating a process
Using the /proc file system

8. The File System

The File System Fundamentals
Important Directories
Device File Numbers
File Deletion with RM
What do permissions offer?
Changing File ownership

9. Adding New Users

User Management Part A
User Management Part B
UID - User Identification
The login shell
The useradd command

10. Storage

Storage
The basics - adding a disk Part A
The basics - adding a disk Part B
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)
LAB: create a RAID5 array on Red Hat Linux
Logical Volume Management (LVM)
Logical volume resizing Part A
Logical volume resizing Part B
SCSI ovet IP (iSCSI)

11. Periodic Processes

Cron and at jobs
The command field
The crontab command
The at command

12. Backups

Backups part A
Backups part B
LAB: Calculate the frequency by which file change
Using tar
Using dump Part A
Using dump Part B

13. Syslog and Log files

Log management
Severity levels
Lab: using logAnalyzer for central log management
Log rotation

14. TCP/IP Networking

TCP/IP overview
The Link layer
Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR)
Routing

15. Netfilter and IP tables

Net filter
The LOG action
IP tables configuration
Lab: configure a Linux box to act as a NAT device

16. DNS: The Domain name system

DNS
Caching Part A
Caching Part B
LAB: install a caching server
LAB: install a master DNS server
LAB: Configure DNS slave Server

17. The Network File System

NFS
Effecting changes
Using the shares
Mounting on demand

18. Sharing files with Windows

SAMBA
Allowing access through iptable
LAB; creating and using a SAMBA share

19. Email Services

E-mail services
LAB: configuring a mail server using Postfix

20. Network management and debugging

Network Analysis and Troubleshooting
Connection states
Sniffing on the network

21. Security

Linux Security
How to secure your system?
Scan for open ports (nmap)

22. SSH tips and tricks

Ssh tips and tricks
Key-based authentication
Tunnelling application traffic

23. Web Hosting

Web Hosting
The Apache web server
Secure HTTP (https)

24. Performance Analysis

Performance Analysis
Check your resources
Memory management

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