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Mastering Ubuntu Server

Mastering Ubuntu Server - Fourth Edition

By : Jay LaCroix
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Mastering Ubuntu Server

Mastering Ubuntu Server

4.6 (36)
By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

Ubuntu Server is taking the server world by storm - and for a good reason! The server-focused spin of Ubuntu is a stable, flexible, and powerful enterprise-class distribution of Linux with a focus on running servers both small and large. Mastering Ubuntu Server is a book that will teach you everything you need to know in order to manage real Ubuntu-based servers in actual production deployments. This book will take you from initial installation to deploying production-ready solutions to empower your small office network, or even a full data center. You'll see examples of running an Ubuntu Server in the cloud, be walked through set up popular applications (such as Nextcloud), host your own websites, and deploy network resources such as DHCP, DNS, and others. You’ll also see how to containerize applications via LXD to maximize efficiency and learn how to build Kubernetes clusters. This new fourth edition updates the popular book to cover Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which takes advantage of the latest in Linux-based technologies. By the end of this Ubuntu book, you will have gained all the knowledge you need in order to work on real-life Ubuntu Server deployments and become an expert Ubuntu Server administrator who is well versed in its feature set.
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What is containerization?

In the last chapter, we covered virtualization. Virtualization allows us to run multiple virtual servers on one physical piece of hardware. We allocate CPU, RAM, and disk space to these VMs, and they run as if they were real servers. In fact, for all intents and purposes, a VM is a real server.

However, there are also weaknesses with VMs. Perhaps the most glaringly obvious is the fact that at least some of the resources you allocate to a VM are likely being wasted. For example, perhaps you’ve allocated 512 MB of RAM to a VM. What if the application only rarely uses more than 100 MB of RAM? That means most of the time, 412 MB of RAM that could otherwise be used for a useful purpose is just sitting idle. The same can be said of CPU usage. Nowadays, VM solutions do have ways of sharing unused resources, but effectively, resource efficiency is a natural weakness of the platform.

Containers, unlike VMs, are not actual servers. At least, not in the...

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