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Mastering Ubuntu Server

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564640
Length 702 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Jay LaCroix Jay LaCroix
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

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

Managing jobs

Up until now, everything we have been doing on the shell has been right in front of us, from execution to completion. We've installed applications, run programs, and walked through various commands. Each time, we've had control of our shell taken from us, and we've only been able to start a new task when the previous one had finished. For example, if we were to install the vim-nox package with the apt install command, we would watch helplessly while apt takes care of fetching the package and installing it for us. While this is going on, our cursor goes away and our shell completes the task for us without allowing us to queue up another command. We can always open a new shell to the server and multi-task by having two windows open at once, each doing different tasks. But that's likely not going to be the most efficient method of multitasking when working with the command line.

Instead, we can actually background a process without waiting for it...

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