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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)
1
Section 1: Using systemd
12
Section 2: Understanding cgroups
16
Section 3: Logging, Timekeeping, Networking, and Booting

Summary

In this chapter, we looked at the basics of using cgroups Version 1 to control resources. A lot of information you've likely seen in your web searches is out of date and somewhat confusing. My goal for this chapter has been to bring you up-to-date information and present it in an understandable manner.

We started by looking at the cgroups Version 1 controllers and giving a brief explanation of each one. After that, we saw how to control CPU usage, memory usage, and block device bandwidth usage for both users and services. We wrapped up by showing you the old, non-cgroup way of setting limits, which is still useful.

In the next chapter, we'll look at cgroups Version 2. I'll see you there.