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Mastering Ubuntu Server - Fourth Edition

By : Jay LaCroix
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Mastering Ubuntu Server - Fourth Edition

4.7 (7)
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.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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Index

Preventing disasters

As we proceed through this chapter, we’ll look at ways we can recover from disasters. However, if we can prevent a disaster from occurring in the first place, then that’s even better. We certainly can’t prevent every type of disaster that could possibly happen but having a good plan in place and following that plan will lessen the likelihood. A good disaster recovery plan will include a list of guidelines to be followed with regard to implementing new servers and managing current ones.

This plan may include information such as an approved list of hardware (such as hardware configurations known to work efficiently in an environment), as well as rules and regulations for users, a list of guidelines to ensure physical and software security, proper training for end users, and method change control. Some of these concepts we’ve touched on earlier in the book but are worth repeating from the standpoint of disaster prevention.

First...