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Mastering Ubuntu Server - Second Edition

By : Jay LaCroix
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Mastering Ubuntu Server - Second Edition

By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

Ubuntu Server has taken the data centers by storm. Whether you're deploying Ubuntu for a large-scale project or for a small office, it is a stable, customizable, and powerful Linux distribution that leads the way with innovative and cutting-edge features. For both simple and complex server deployments, Ubuntu's flexible nature can be easily adapted to meet to the needs of your organization. With this book as your guide, you will learn all about Ubuntu Server, from initial deployment to creating production-ready resources for your network. The book begins with the concept of user management, group management, and filesystem permissions. Continuing into managing storage volumes, you will learn how to format storage devices, utilize logical volume management, and monitor disk usage. Later, you will learn how to virtualize hosts and applications, which will cover setting up KVM/QEMU, as well as containerization with both Docker and LXD. As the book continues, you will learn how to automate configuration with Ansible, as well as take a look at writing scripts. Lastly, you will explore best practices and troubleshooting techniques when working with Ubuntu Server that are applicable to real-world scenarios. By the end of the book, you will be an expert Ubuntu Server administrator who is well-versed in its advanced concepts.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we worked through several examples of connecting to other networks. We started off by configuring our hostname, managing network interfaces, assigning static IP addresses, as well as a look at how name resolution works in Linux. A decent portion of this chapter was dedicated to topics regarding OpenSSH, which is an extremely useful utility that allows you to remotely manage your servers. While we'll revisit OpenSSH in Chapter 15, Securing Your Server with a look at boosting its security, overall, we've only begun to scratch the surface of this tool. Entire books have been written about SSH, but the examples in this chapter should be enough to make you productive with it. The name of the game is to practice, practice, practice!

In the next chapter, we'll talk about managing software packages. We'll work through adding and removing them...