You're reading from Mastering Linux Administration A comprehensive guide to installing, configuring, and maintaining Linux systems in the modern data center

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789954272

Length 772 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

System Administration

Authors (2):

Alexandru Calcatinge

Julian Balog

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Linux Basic Administration

2. Chapter 1: Installing Linux FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: The Linux Filesystem

4. Chapter 3: Linux Software Management

5. Chapter 4: Managing Users and Groups

6. Chapter 5: Working with Processes, Daemons, and Signals

7. Section 2: Advanced Linux Server Administration

8. Chapter 6: Working with Disks and Filesystems

9. Chapter 7: Networking with Linux

10. Chapter 8: Configuring Linux Servers

11. Chapter 9: Securing Linux

12. Chapter 10: Disaster Recovery, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting

13. Section 3: Cloud Administration

14. Chapter 11: Working with Containers and Virtual Machines

15. Chapter 12: Cloud Computing Essentials

16. Chapter 13: Deploying to the Cloud with AWS and Azure

17. Chapter 14: Deploying Applications with Kubernetes

18. Chapter 15: Automating Workflows with Ansible

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Summary

This chapter represents a relatively condensed view of basic Linux networking principles. We have learned about network communication layers and protocols, IP addressing schemes, TCP/IP configurations, well-known network application servers, and VPN. A good grasp of networking paradigms will give Linux administrators a more comprehensive view of the distributed systems and underlying communication between the application endpoints involved.

Some of the theoretical aspects covered in this chapter are taken for a practical spin in Chapter 8, Configuring Linux Servers, focusing on real-world implementations of network servers. Chapter 9, Securing Linux, will further explore network security internals and practical Linux firewalls. Everything we have learned so far will serve as a good foundation for the assimilation of these upcoming chapters.