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Linux: Powerful Server Administration

By : Jonathan Hobson, William Leemans, Uday Sawant, Oliver Pelz
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Linux: Powerful Server Administration

By: Jonathan Hobson, William Leemans, Uday Sawant, Oliver Pelz

Overview of this book

Linux servers are frequently selected over other server operating systems for their stability, security and flexibility advantages.This Learning Path will teach you how to get up and running with three of the most popular Linux server distros: Ubuntu Server, CentOS 7 Server, and RHEL 7 Server. We will begin with the Ubuntu Server and show you how to make the most of Ubuntu’s advanced functionalities. Moving on, we will provide you with all the knowledge that will give you access to the inner workings of the latest CentOS version 7. Finally, touching RHEL 7, we will provide you with solutions to common RHEL 7 Server challenges.This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: 1)Ubuntu Server Cookbook 2)CentOS 7 Linux Server Cookbook, Second Edition 3)Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Cookbook

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Table of Contents (6 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What this learning path covers
What you need for this learning path
Who this learning path is for
Customer support
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1. Module 1
1. Module 1
1. Managing Users and Groups
2. Networking
3. Working with Web Servers
4. Working with Mail Servers
5. Handling Databases
6. Network Storage
7. Cloud Computing
8. Working with Containers
9. Streaming with Ampache
10. Communication Server with XMPP
11. Git Hosting
12. Collaboration Tools
13. Performance Monitoring
14. Centralized Authentication Service
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2. Module 2
2. Module 2
1. Installing CentOS
2. Configuring the System
3. Managing the System
4. Managing Packages with YUM
5. Administering the Filesystem
6. Providing Security
7. Building a Network
8. Working with FTP
9. Working with Domains
10. Working with Databases
11. Providing Mail Services
12. Providing Web Services
13. Operating System-Level Virtualization
14. Working with SELinux
15. Monitoring IT Infrastructure
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3. Module 3
3. Module 3
1. Working with KVM Guests
2. Deploying RHEL "En Masse"
3. Configuring Your Network
4. Configuring Your New System
5. Using SELinux
6. Orchestrating with Ansible
7. Puppet Configuration Management
8. Yum and Repositories
9. Securing RHEL 7
10. Monitoring and Performance Tuning
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Bibliography
Bibliography
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Index
Index

Chapter 10. Working with Databases

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Installing a MariaDB database server
  • Managing a MariaDB database
  • Allowing remote access to a MariaDB server
  • Installing a PostgreSQL server and managing a database
  • Configuring remote access to a PostgresSQL
  • Installing phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin

Introduction

This chapter is a collection of recipes that deliver the necessary steps to implement and maintain two of the most popular database management systems in the Linux world. The need for data is everywhere and is a must have service for almost any server, and this chapter provides the starting point required to deploy these database systems in any environment.

Installing a MariaDB database server

Supporting over 70 collations, more than 30 character sets, multiple storage engines, and deployment in virtualized environment, MySQL is a mission-critical database server that is used by production servers all over the world. It is capable of hosting a vast number of individual...

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