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

Getting started with Ansible

The first thing to know about Ansible is that it changes constantly. New versions with exciting features are released regularly, and it shows no sign of slowing down whatsoever. There is a lot of excitement around this technology, so it's regularly improving. The reason I'm bringing this up is that many distributions offer an older version of Ansible in their repositories, with Ubuntu being no exception. That means that if you simply run apt install ansible to get the software from Ubuntu's repositories, you may get an older version, and that version may not work with example solutions you find online. If you run into this situation, you may need to install a newer version of Ansible directly from the vendor's website to overwrite the older version that ships with Ubuntu 20.04.

The examples in this book were created with Ansible 2.9.x in mind, which is the version that ships with Ubuntu 20.04. However, depending on when you...