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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Cookbook

By : Jakub Gaj, Leemans
5 (1)
Book Image

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Cookbook

5 (1)
By: Jakub Gaj, Leemans

Overview of this book

Dominating the server market, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system gives you the support you need to modernize your infrastructure and boost your organization’s efficiency. Combining both stability and flexibility, RHEL helps you meet the challenges of today and adapt to the demands of tomorrow. This practical Cookbook guide will help you get to grips with RHEL 7 Server and automating its installation. Designed to provide targeted assistance through hands-on recipe guidance, it will introduce you to everything you need to know about KVM guests and deploying multiple standardized RHEL systems effortlessly. Get practical reference advice that will make complex networks setups look like child’s play, and dive into in-depth coverage of configuring a RHEL system. Also including full recipe coverage of how to set up, configuring, and troubleshoot SELinux, you’ll also discover how secure your operating system, as well as how to monitor it.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Index

Introduction


Originally, you needed to compile your GNU/Linux system manually from source, which used to be time consuming and could be problematic if you couldn't get your dependencies straight. Red Hat created Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) in 1998 to address the concerns of dependencies and reduce the time needed to install a system (among others). Since then, RPM has been improved by the Open Source community. One such improvement is yum.

Yellowdog Updater, Modified (yum) is a package management tool using RPM. It allows RPM to access remote repositories of RPM files and will automatically download the required RPM files based on the dependency information provided by RPM.

Without a Red Hat Network subscription, you will not get access to updates.

Besides Red Hat Network, you can purchase Red Hat Satellite if you want even more control of your Red Hat systems.