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Effectively set up and manage any version of Linux on individual servers or entire networks using this practical resource. Fully updated to cover the latest tools and techniques, Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Seventh Edition features clear explanations, step-by-step instructions, and real-world examples. Find out how to configure hardware and software, work from the GUI or command line, maintain Internet and network services, and secure your data. Performance tuning, virtualization, containers, software management, and backup solutions are covered in detail.* Install and configure Linux, including the latest distributions from Fedora, Ubuntu, CentOS, openSUSE, Debian, and RHEL* Manage users, permissions, files, folders, and applications* Set up and administer system services and daemons* Manage software from source code or binary packages* Customize, build, or patch the Linux kernel* Work with physical and virtual file systems, such as proc, SysFS, and cgroup* Understand networking protocols, including TCP/IP, ARP, and sub-netting* Build reliable firewalls and routers with Netfilter (iptables and nftables) and Linux* Monitor and test network activity and minimize security threats* Create and maintain DNS, FTP, Web, e-mail, and VoIP servers* Share resources using GlusterFS, NFS, and Samba* Implement popular cloud-based technologies using Linux virtualization and containers using KVM and Docker
About the Author
Wale Soyinka is a Systems/Network Engineering consultant with several years experience in the field. He has written a modest sized library of texts and other training materials used as part of the curriculum in various colleges and universities. In addition to the 4th and 5th editions of Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, He is also the author of a projects lab manual - "Microsoft Windows 2000 Managing Network Environments" which is part of the Microsoft certification series published by Prentice Hall. He recently wrote "Wireless Network Administration A Beginner's Guide" - also published by McGraw-Hill. Wale participates in several Open Source Ventures, Projects and discussions. One such venture is caffe*nix (www.caffenix.com) where he usually hangs out and dreams up (albeit unsuccessfully) plans to take over the world. caffenix is possibly the world's first (or only existing) brick and mortar store committed and dedicated to prompting and show-casing open source technologies and culture. His latest pet project is a Canadian Technology TV show called - tech-ER (www.tech-er.com) . The show aims to tackle different complicated technology related topics and issues, break them down into simple and easy to understand formats that everyday people can understand.Another ongoing project that Wale is involved with can be found at www.labmanual.org.
