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PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

By : Prashanth Jayaram, Ram Iyer
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PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

By: Prashanth Jayaram, Ram Iyer

Overview of this book

PowerShell Core, the open source, cross-platform that is based on the open source, cross-platform .NET Core, is not a shell that came out by accident; it was intentionally created to be versatile and easy to learn at the same time. PowerShell Core enables automation on systems ranging from the Raspberry Pi to the cloud. PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook uses simple, real-world examples that teach you how to use PowerShell to effectively administer your environment. As you make your way through the book, you will cover interesting recipes on how PowerShell Core can be used to quickly automate complex, repetitive, and time-consuming tasks. In the concluding chapters, you will learn how to develop scripts to automate tasks that involve systems and enterprise management. By the end of this book, you will have learned about the automation capabilities of PowerShell Core, including remote management using OpenSSH, cross-platform enterprise management, working with Docker containers, and managing SQL databases.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)

Overview of Docker Hub and its operations

Docker Hub is an online repository for sharing Docker images. Docker Hub is a cloud-based registry service that allows you to link to code repositories, build your images, and test them. It also stores manually pushed images and links to Docker Cloud so that you can deploy images to your hosts. Organizations can even create workgroups to manage access to image repositories:

Getting ready

It is recommended that you have met the following prerequisites steps before you proceed:

  1. Create a Docker ID at https://hub.docker.com.
  2. PowerShell should be available on the host machine.
  3. The Docker module manifest should be available and loaded into the session.
  4. You must be logged in to the session...