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Mastering Ubuntu Server

By : Jay LaCroix
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Mastering Ubuntu Server

By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux operating system, and has various versions targeted at servers, desktops, phones, tablets and televisions. The Ubuntu Server Edition, also called Ubuntu Server, offers support for several common configurations, and also simplifies common Linux server deployment processes. With this book as their guide, readers will be able to configure and deploy Ubuntu Servers using Ubuntu Server 16.04, with all the skills necessary to manage real servers. The book begins with the concept of user management, group management, as well as file-system permissions. To manage your storage on Ubuntu Server systems, you will learn how to add and format storage and view disk usage. Later, you will also learn how to configure network interfaces, manage IP addresses, deploy Network Manager in order to connect to networks, and manage network interfaces. Furthermore, you will understand how to start and stop services so that you can manage running processes on Linux servers. The book will then demonstrate how to access and share files to or from Ubuntu Servers. You will learn how to create and manage databases using MariaDB and share web content with Apache. To virtualize hosts and applications, you will be shown how to set up KVM/Qemu and Docker and manage virtual machines with virt-manager. Lastly, you will explore best practices and troubleshooting techniques when working with Ubuntu Servers. By the end of the book, you will be an expert Ubuntu Server user well-versed in its advanced concepts.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Mastering Ubuntu Server
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Serving IP addresses with isc-dhcp-server


While most network appliances you purchase nowadays often come with their own DHCP server, rolling your own gives you ultimate flexibility. Some of these built-in DHCP servers are full-featured and come with everything you need, while others may contain just enough features for it to function, but nothing truly exciting. Ubuntu servers make great DHCP servers, and rolling your own server is actually very easy to do.

First, the server that serves DHCP will need a static IP address. This means you'll need to configure the /etc/network/interfaces file with a manual IP assignment, with an IP address that no other device is using.

Note

If you have yet to set a static IP, Chapter 4, Connecting to Networks, has a section that will walk you through the process.

Once you assign a static IP address, the next step is to install the isc-dhcp-server package:

# apt-get install isc-dhcp-server

Depending on your configuration, the isc-dhcp-server service may have started...