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Linux Service Management Made Easy with systemd

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Linux Service Management Made Easy with systemd

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Overview of this book

Linux Service Management Made Easy with systemd will provide you with an in-depth understanding of systemd, so that you can set up your servers securely and efficiently.This is a comprehensive guide for Linux administrators that will help you get the best of systemd, starting with an explanation of the fundamentals of systemd management.You’ll also learn how to edit and create your own systemd units, which will be particularly helpful if you need to create custom services or timers and add features or security to an existing service. Next, you'll find out how to analyze and fix boot-up challenges and set system parameters. An overview of cgroups that'll help you control system resource usage for both processes and users will also be covered, alongside a practical demonstration on how cgroups are structured, spotting the differences between cgroups Version 1 and 2, and how to set resource limits on both. Finally, you'll learn about the systemd way of performing time-keeping, networking, logging, and login management. You'll discover how to configure servers accurately and gather system information to analyze system security and performance. By the end of this Linux book, you’ll be able to efficiently manage all aspects of a server running the systemd init system.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Section 1: Using systemd
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Section 2: Understanding cgroups
16
Section 3: Logging, Timekeeping, Networking, and Booting

Setting the locale parameter

Computers are used all over the world, by people of many different cultures and languages. (I know that you already knew that, but I'm telling you anyway.) Fortunately, all major operating systems have ways to accommodate users of almost all languages on Earth. On Unix and Linux systems, the locale set of parameters helps us out with that. Let's start by taking a closer look at it.

Understanding the locale

locale is a set of parameters that define lots of things that could be important to a user. There are parameters for the user's preferred language, character encoding, currency formats, and several other things.

Normally, locale is set when you install the operating system, and you won't have to mess around with it afterward. Linux installers don't have a screen that specifically says Choose your locale, but they do have a screen for you to choose a keyboard layout and another for you to choose your time zone. In my case...