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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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Scheduling tasks with cron

Earlier in this chapter, we worked through starting processes and enabling them to run in the background, and ensuring they start as soon as the server boots. In some cases, you may need an application to perform a job at a specific time, rather than to have it always running in the background. This is where cron comes in. With cron, you can set a process, program, or script to run at a specific time, down to the minute. Each user is able to have their own set of cron configurations (known as a crontab), which can perform any function that a user would be able to do normally. The root user has a crontab as well, which allows system-wide administrative tasks to be performed. Each crontab includes a list of cron jobs (one per line), which we’ll get into shortly. To view a crontab for a user, we can use the crontab command:

crontab -l 

With the -l option, the crontab command will show you a list of jobs for the user who executed the command...

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