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Hands-On Linux Administration on Azure

By : Frederik Vos
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Hands-On Linux Administration on Azure

By: Frederik Vos

Overview of this book

Azure’s market share has increased massively and enterprises are adopting it rapidly, while Linux is a widely-used operating system and has proven to be one of the most popular workloads on Azure. It has thus become crucial for Linux administrators and Microsoft professionals to be well versed with managing Linux workloads in an Azure environment. With this guide, system administrators will be able to deploy, automate, and orchestrate containers in Linux on Azure. The book follows a hands-on approach to help you understand DevOps, monitor Linux workloads on Azure and perform advanced system administration. Complete with systematic explanations of concepts, examples and self-assessment questions, the chapters will give you useful insights into Linux and Azure. You’ll explore some of Linux’s advanced features for managing multiple workloads and learn to deploy virtual machines (VMs) in Azure. Dedicated sections will also guide you with managing and extending Azure VMs’ capabilities and understanding automation and orchestration with Ansible and PowerShell DSC. In later chapters, you’ll cover useful Linux troubleshooting and monitoring techniques that will enable you to maintain your workload on Azure. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to make the most out of Azure’s services to efficiently deploy and manage your Linux workloads.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Further reading

There are many books that are published for users that are new to the Linux Operating System. Here I name a few of my personal favorites.

The book by Sander van Vugt, Beginning the Linux Command Line (ISBN 978-143021889), is one of the best introductions to Linux, with a great eye for detail, and covers all relevant commands.

I also enjoyed reading the book by Petru Ișfan and Bogdan Vaida, Working with Linux - Quick Hacks for the Command Line (ISBN 978-1787129184). It's a strange collection of nice tips and tricks, and sometimes that is all you need.

If you are able to read German, all the books by Michael Kofler (https://kofler.info) should be on your bookshelf, even if you are an experienced Linux user!

If you want to learn VI, I strongly suggest you read the book by Drew Neil, Practical VIM: Edit Text at the speed of Thought (ISBN 978-1680501278)...