To get the most out of this book
Many of the recipes in this book can be carried out on your desktop system, leveraging Oracle VM VirtualBox to run some complex systems as VMs. We are assuming you are familiar with the basic Linux installation process and admin skills such as becoming the root user.
Software/hardware covered in the book |
OS requirements |
Oracle Linux 8 |
Oracle Linux 8 |
Many of these recipes assume you are the root user, and most admin tasks require this access.
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code via the GitHub repository (link available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.