You're reading from Mastering Ubuntu Server Gain expertise in the art of deploying, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Ubuntu Server

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800564640

Length 702 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Ubuntu Server

Concepts

System Administration

Author (1):

Jay LaCroix

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Deploying Ubuntu Server

2. Managing Users and Permissions FREE CHAPTER

3. Managing Software Packages

4. Navigating and Essential Commands

5. Managing Files and Directories

6. Boosting Your Command-line Efficiency

7. Controlling and Managing Processes

8. Monitoring System Resources

9. Managing Storage Volumes

10. Connecting to Networks

11. Setting Up Network Services

12. Sharing and Transferring Files

13. Managing Databases

14. Serving Web Content

15. Automating Server Configuration with Ansible

16. Virtualization

17. Running Containers

18. Container Orchestration

19. Deploying Ubuntu in the Cloud

20. Automating Cloud Deployments with Terraform

21. Securing Your Server

22. Troubleshooting Ubuntu Servers

23. Preventing Disasters

24. Another Book You May Enjoy

25. Index

Preparations for setting up a database server

Before we get started with setting up our database server, there are a few odds and ends to get out of the way. As we go through this chapter, we'll set up a basic database server using MariaDB. I'm sure more than a few of my readers are familiar with MySQL. MySQL is a tried and true solution that is still in use in many data centers today, and that will probably continue to be the case for the foreseeable future. There's a good chance that a popular website or two that you regularly visit utilizes it on the backend. So, you may be wondering then, why not go over that instead of MariaDB?

There are two reasons why this book will focus on MariaDB. First, the majority of the Linux community is migrating over to it (more on that later), and it's also a drop-in replacement for MySQL. This means that any databases or scripts you've already written for MySQL will most likely work just fine with MariaDB, barring...