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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)

Introducing PowerShell Core

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Installing PowerShell
  • Updating and using Help
  • Exploring the about_ topics
  • Discovering cmdlets
  • Finding and installing PowerShell modules
  • Listing the various providers in PowerShell
  • Understanding objects
  • Parsing input from text to object
  • Comparing the outputs of Bash and PowerShell
  • Comparing Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core
  • Working with aliases
  • Dissecting a .NET Core Object
  • Listing the execution policies and setting a suitable one