You're reading from Mastering Linux Administration Take your sysadmin skills to the next level by configuring and maintaining Linux systems

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837630691

Length 764 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Linux

Concepts

System Administration

Authors (2):

Julian Balog

Alexandru Calcatinge

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Basic Linux Administration

2. Chapter 1: Installing Linux FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: The Linux Shell and Filesystem

4. Chapter 3: Linux Software Management

5. Chapter 4: Managing Users and Groups

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

7. Part 2:Advanced Linux Administration

8. Chapter 6: Working with Disks and Filesystems

9. Chapter 7: Networking with Linux

10. Chapter 8: Linux Shell Scripting

11. Chapter 9: Securing Linux

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

13. Part 3:Server Administration

14. Chapter 11: Working with Virtual Machines

15. Chapter 12: Managing Containers with Docker

16. Chapter 13: Configuring Linux Servers

17. Part 4:Cloud Administration

18. Chapter 14: Short Introduction to Cloud Computing

19. Chapter 15: Deploying to the Cloud with AWS and Azure

20. Chapter 16: Deploying Applications with Kubernetes

21. Chapter 17: Infrastructure and Automation with Ansible

22. Index

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Summary

This chapter provided a relatively condensed view of basic Linux networking principles. We 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 will be taken for a practical spin in Chapter 13, Configuring Linux Servers, where we’ll focus on real-world implementations of network servers. Chapter 10, Disaster Recovery, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting, 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.

The following chapter will introduce you to Linux shell scripting, where you...