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Hands-On Linux System Administration [Video]

By : Jack-Benny Persson
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Hands-On Linux System Administration [Video]

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By: Jack-Benny Persson

Overview of this book

Have you only come into brief contact with Linux before, but now you need to set up or maintain a Linux server? Then this course is for you. With this course you'll learn how to master any Linux machine. Control and master the administration of a Linux machine, whether a workstation or a server. You'll learn how to set up services, monitor the system, perform backups, and schedule common tasks. By the end of the course you will be ready to start your career as a Linux system administrator. The code bundle for this video course is available at: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hands-on-Linux-System-Administration

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Hands-On Linux System Administration [Video]
Jack-Benny Persson
Sep, 2018 | 3 hours 28 minutes
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Table of Contents (6 chapters)
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1
The Fundamentals
The Course Overview
Moving Around the Filesystem
Seeing What's inside the Files and Searching for Text
Finding Files
Edit Files with vi
Edit Files with nano
Becoming Root Using su or sudo
2
Install Your First Service
Install the Apache Web Server on Debian and Ubuntu
Installing the Apache Web Server on Red Hat, CentOS, and Fedora
Create a Web Page Using nano or vi and Let Apache Serve it
Accessing the Web Page
3
Package Management
Master the apt Tools for Debian and Ubuntu
Master the yum Tool for Red Hat and CentOS
Master the DNF Tool for Fedora
4
User Management and Permissions
Creating and Removing Users
Changing User Settings
Creating User Groups
Reading File Permissions and Owners
Setting File Permissions and Owners
Viewing Process Owners
5
Managing Services
Controlling Services with systemctl
Creating and Modifying Services
Reading Logs via journalctl
Reading Logs in /var/log
Editing Configuration Files
Changing Apache Configuration
6
System Maintenance
Monitor the System
Examine the System Hardware
Working with Storage
Creating Backups
Run Scheduled Tasks
Schedule Backups
Chapter 5
Managing Services
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Controlling Services with systemctl
In this video we learn how to manage services on a Linux system that is starting and stopping services enabling and disabling services and reloading their configuration files. - Start this video by taking a look at what systemctl and systemd is. After that we go over some terminology we need to know. - Use the systemctl tool to list currently running services on the machine. - Try to start, stop, disable and enable the httpd / apache2 service that we installed in section two of this course.
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