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Linux Service Management Made Easy with systemd

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Linux Service Management Made Easy with systemd

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Overview of this book

Linux Service Management Made Easy with systemd will provide you with an in-depth understanding of systemd, so that you can set up your servers securely and efficiently.This is a comprehensive guide for Linux administrators that will help you get the best of systemd, starting with an explanation of the fundamentals of systemd management.You’ll also learn how to edit and create your own systemd units, which will be particularly helpful if you need to create custom services or timers and add features or security to an existing service. Next, you'll find out how to analyze and fix boot-up challenges and set system parameters. An overview of cgroups that'll help you control system resource usage for both processes and users will also be covered, alongside a practical demonstration on how cgroups are structured, spotting the differences between cgroups Version 1 and 2, and how to set resource limits on both. Finally, you'll learn about the systemd way of performing time-keeping, networking, logging, and login management. You'll discover how to configure servers accurately and gather system information to analyze system security and performance. By the end of this Linux book, you’ll be able to efficiently manage all aspects of a server running the systemd init system.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Using systemd
12
Section 2: Understanding cgroups
16
Section 3: Logging, Timekeeping, Networking, and Booting

Technical requirements

This time, we'll use a Fedora virtual machine that's set to use as many CPU cores and as much memory as you can spare. (I'll still have mine set to use four CPU cores and eight GB of memory.) So, download your favorite spin of Fedora, and create a virtual machine from it.

For the Understanding cpuset section, it would be helpful to have a host computer with at least two physical CPUs. I realize that not many people will have access to a machine like that, and that's okay. I do have such a machine, so I can show you what you need to see.

We'll also use the AlmaLinux machine for a couple of brief demos.

All right, let's get with it.

Check out the following link to see the Code in Action video: https://bit.ly/3xJNcDx