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CentOS 7 Linux Server Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Jonathan Hobson
Book Image

CentOS 7 Linux Server Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Jonathan Hobson

Overview of this book

This book will provide you with a comprehensive series of starting points that will give you direct access to the inner workings of the latest CentOS version 7 and help you trim the learning curve to master your server. You will begin with the installation and basic configuration of CentOS 7, followed by learning how to manage your system, services and software packages. You will then gain an understanding of how to administer the file system, secure access to your server and configure various resource sharing services such as file, printer and DHCP servers across your network. Further on, we cover advanced topics such as FTP services, building your own DNS server, running database servers, and providing mail and web services. Finally, you will get a deep understanding of SELinux and you will learn how to work with Docker operating-system virtualization and how to monitor your IT infrastructure with Nagios. By the end of this book, you will have a fair understanding of all the aspects of configuring, implementing and administering CentOS 7 Linux server and how to put it in control.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
CentOS 7 Linux Server Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing a PostgreSQL server and managing a database


In this recipe, we will not only learn how to install the PostgreSQL DBMS on our server, but we will also discover how to add a new user and create our first database. PostgreSQL is considered to be the most advanced open source database system in the world. It is known for being a solid, reliable, and well-engineered system that is fully capable of supporting high-transaction and mission-critical applications. PostgreSQL is a descendant of the Ingres database. It is community-driven and maintained by a large collection of contributors from all over the world. It may not be as flexible or as pervasive as MariaDB, but because PostgreSQL is a very secure database system that excels in data integrity, it is the purpose of this recipe to show you how to begin exploring this forgotten friend.

Getting ready

To complete this recipe, you will require a working installation of the CentOS 7 operating system with root privileges, a console-based...