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Hands-On Linux Administration on Azure - Second Edition

By : Kamesh Ganesan, Rithin Skaria, Frederik Vos
Book Image

Hands-On Linux Administration on Azure - Second Edition

By: Kamesh Ganesan, Rithin Skaria, Frederik Vos

Overview of this book

Thanks to its flexibility in delivering scalable cloud solutions, Microsoft Azure is a suitable platform for managing all your workloads. You can use it to implement Linux virtual machines and containers, and to create applications in open source languages with open APIs. This Linux administration book first takes you through the fundamentals of Linux and Azure to prepare you for the more advanced Linux features in later chapters. With the help of real-world examples, you’ll learn how to deploy virtual machines (VMs) in Azure, expand their capabilities, and manage them efficiently. You will manage containers and use them to run applications reliably, and in the concluding chapter, you'll explore troubleshooting techniques using a variety of open source tools. By the end of this book, you'll be proficient in administering Linux on Azure and leveraging the tools required for deployment.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Index

Further Reading

Similar to the previous chapter, I strongly suggest you visit Chapter 11, Troubleshooting and Monitoring Your Workloads, to read about logging in Linux, because often, the systemctl status command doesn't provide you with enough information. I have also already pointed to the blog by Lennart Poettering, and the systemd website.

For Linux security in general, you can start reading the book Mastering Linux Security and Hardening, by Donald A. Tevault. Many of the topics covered in this chapter, and many more besides, are explained in great detail.

The firewalld daemon has a project website, https://firewalld.org, with a blog and excellent documentation. For older distributions, the wiki of Arch Linux is a good place to start to learn more: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/iptables. And since iptables is utilized by firewalld, it's a good start before diving into the man page of firewalld.richlanguage.

All the details regarding SELinux are covered...