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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Essentials

By : Neil Smyth
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Book Image

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Essentials

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By: Neil Smyth

Overview of this book

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is one of the most secure and dependable operating systems available. For this reason, the ambitious system or network engineer will find a working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise 8 to be an invaluable advantage in their respective fields. This book, now updated for RHEL 8.1, begins with a history of Red Enterprise Linux and its installation. You will be virtually perform remote system administration tasks with cockpit web interface and write shell scripts to maintain server-based systems without desktop installation. Then, you will set up a firewall system using a secure shell and enable remote access to Gnome desktop environment with virtual network computing (VNC). You’ll share files between the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8) and Windows System using Samba client and NFS. You will also run multiple guest operating systems using virtualization and Linux containers, and host websites using RHEL 8 by installing an Apache web server. Finally, you will create logical disks using logical volume management and implement swap space to maintain the performance of a RHEL 8 system. By the end of this book, you will be armed with the skills and knowledge to install the RHEL 8 operating system and use it expertly.
Table of Contents (32 chapters)
32
Index

Index

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05-redhat.conf file 127

.bashrc file 63

/etc/exports file 134

/etc/fstab 29, 31

/etc/fstab file 231

/etc/yum.repos.d/ directory 72

/home directory 65

/proc/swaps file 245

.requires folder 82

.ssh 107

.wants folder 82

A

ACC Corporation 4

AMD-V 154

checking availability 157

Apache web server 211

configure firewall 212

domain configuration 213

httpd.conf file 213

HTTPS 214, 215

installation 211

Secure web site 214

SSL certificate 215

starting 212

testing 212

Application Stream 71

AppStream 71, 73

modules 73

packages 73

profiles 73

AppStream repository 71

B

BaseOS repository 71, 72

Bash shell 57

Aliases 61

.bashrc file 63

command-line editing 58

Environment Variables 62

filename shorthand 60

history 59

I/O redirection 60

path completion 60

pattern matching 60

pipes 61

shell scripts 63

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