Mastering Ubuntu server : get up to date with the finer points of Ubuntu server using this comprehensive guide

Mastering Ubuntu server get up to date with the finer points of Ubuntu server using this comprehensive guide

Get up to date with the finer points of Ubuntu Server using this comprehensive guide About This Book Get well-versed with newly-added features in Ubuntu 16.04 Master the art of installing, managing, and troubleshooting Ubuntu Server A practical easy-to-understand book that will help you enhance your...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: LaCroix, Jay, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Birmingham : Packt Publishing 2016.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Community experience distilled.
Materias:
Ubuntu (Electronic resource)
Client/server computing.
Debugging in computer science.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Credits
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Reviewers
  • www.PacktPub.com
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Deploying Ubuntu Server
  • Setting up our lab
  • Determining your server's role
  • Obtaining Ubuntu Server
  • Deciding between 32-bit and 64-bit installations
  • Creating a bootable Ubuntu Server flash drive (Windows)
  • Creating a bootable Ubuntu Server flash drive (Linux)
  • Creating a bootable Ubuntu Server flash drive (Mac)
  • Planning the partition layout
  • Installing Ubuntu Server
  • Installing Ubuntu Server (Raspberry Pi)
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2: Managing Users
  • Understanding when to use root
  • Creating and removing users
  • Understanding the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files
  • Distributing default configuration files with /etc/skel
  • Switching between users
  • Managing groups
  • Managing passwords and password policies
  • Configuring administrator access with sudo
  • Setting permissions on files and directories
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3: Managing Storage Volumes
  • Viewing disk usage
  • Adding additional storage volumes
  • Partitioning and formatting volumes
  • Mounting and unmounting storage volumes
  • Understanding the /etc/fstab file
  • Managing swap
  • Utilizing LVM volumes
  • Using symbolic and hard links
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4: Connecting to Networks
  • Setting the hostname
  • Managing network interfaces
  • Assigning static IP addresses
  • Understanding Linux name resolution
  • Understanding Network Manager
  • Getting started with OpenSSH
  • Getting started with SSH key management
  • Simplifying SSH connections with a ~/.ssh/config file
  • Summary
  • Chapter 5: Managing Software Packages
  • Understanding Linux package management
  • Installing and removing software
  • Searching for packages
  • Managing software repositories
  • Keeping your server up to date.
  • Backing up and restoring packages
  • Making use of aptitude
  • Installing Snap packages
  • Summary
  • Chapter 6: Controlling and Monitoring Processes
  • Showing running processes with the ps command
  • Managing jobs
  • Killing misbehaving processes
  • Utilizing htop
  • Managing system processes
  • Monitoring memory usage
  • Scheduling tasks with Cron
  • Understanding load average
  • Summary
  • Chapter 7: Managing Your Ubuntu Server Network
  • Planning your IP address scheme
  • Serving IP addresses with isc-dhcp-server
  • Setting up name resolution (DNS) with bind
  • Creating a secondary DNS server
  • Setting up an Internet gateway
  • Keeping your system clock in sync with NTP
  • Summary
  • Chapter 8: Accessing and Sharing Files
  • File server considerations
  • Sharing files with Windows users using Samba
  • Setting up NFS shares
  • Transferring files with rsync
  • Transferring files with SCP
  • Mounting remote filesystems with SSHFS
  • Summary
  • Chapter 9: Managing Databases
  • Preparations for setting up a database server
  • Installing MariaDB
  • Taking a look at MariaDB configuration
  • Understanding how MariaDB differs in Ubuntu 16.04
  • Managing databases
  • Setting up a slave DB server
  • Summary
  • Chapter 10: Serving Web Content
  • Installing and configuring Apache
  • Installing additional Apache modules
  • Securing Apache with SSL
  • Setting up high availability with keepalived
  • Installing and configuring ownCloud
  • Summary
  • Chapter 11 : Virtualizing Hosts and Applications
  • Setting up a virtual machine server
  • Creating virtual machines
  • Bridging the virtual machine network
  • Creating, running, and managing Docker containers
  • Summary
  • Chapter 12 : Securing Your Server
  • Lowering your attack surface
  • Securing OpenSSH
  • Installing and configuring Fail2ban
  • MariaDB best practices
  • Setting up a firewall.
  • Encrypting and decrypting disks with LUKS
  • Locking down sudo
  • Summary
  • Chapter 13: Troubleshooting Ubuntu Servers
  • Evaluating the problem space
  • Conducting a root-cause analysis
  • Viewing system logs
  • Tracing network issues
  • Troubleshooting resource issues
  • Diagnosing defective RAM
  • Summary
  • Chapter 14: Preventing and Recovering from Disasters
  • Preventing disasters
  • Utilizing Git for configuration management
  • Implementing a backup plan
  • Creating system images with Clonezilla live
  • Utilizing bootable recovery media
  • Summary
  • Index.

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