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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)

Introduction

It is a common notion that the more you use the Terminal (as opposed to the GUI), the more efficient you are. Typing out commands is much easier and faster than clicking around the screen. However, to someone who has just begun using the Terminal, it may not be so. Over time, as administrators grow more and more comfortable with the Terminal, they learn to configure it for speed and efficiency, much like training a horse. Further, most efficient administrators like automating several parts of their workflow—customizing .bashrc and Vim scripts are examples of this. In this chapter, we will familiarize ourselves with the different consoles and tools that work with PowerShell, and will also look at a few simple recipes that would help customize our workspace, so that we can be more efficient.