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Beginning CentOS 7 Administration [Video]

By : Oliver Pelz
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Beginning CentOS 7 Administration [Video]

By: Oliver Pelz

Overview of this book

<p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">CentOS 7 is the brand new version of the CentOS Linux system. It is one of the most widely-used operating systems, being the choice of many organizations across the globe. Its consistent, manageable platform suits a variety of deployments. Being a predictable base to build upon, it covers extensive resources to build, test, release and maintain their code. </span></p> <p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">In this course, you’ll set up a complete training laboratory using virtualization and see the possibilities with CentOS 7. You’ll start by learning how to install CentOS 7, see the benefits of it, download and confirm checksum on Windows or OS X, run a net installation over HTTP, and troubleshoot the system. </span></p> <p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">Then you’ll learn how to set up a full-blown Virtual box Training lab. You’ll learn to install and adjust machines to make them communicate and see how to reset the machine. Next, you’ll configure the system learning static network connection. </span></p> <p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">Moving on, we’ll walk through managing the system and managing packages with Yum. You’ll then troubleshoot, configure, synchronize, and install packages and create repositories and packages. Finally, you’ll deep dive into administering the file system, where you’ll learn to create a virtual block, format, maintain, and extend the capacity of the filesystem.</span></p> <h2><span class="sugar_field">Style and Approach</span></h2> <p><span class="sugar_field"><span id="trade_selling_points_c" class="sugar_field">This engaging guide provides in-depth and comprehensive information on CentOS 7 in the easiest way to understand. All the concepts of Administration techniques are illustrated with real-world examples</span></span></p>
Table of Contents (6 chapters)
Chapter 1
Installing CentOS 7
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Section 8
Customizing the Boot Loader
When you turn on your computer, the GRUB2 boot loader is the first program that starts up and is responsible for loading and transferring control to an underlying operating system. It has a lot of flexibility in configuration and supports a lot of different operating systems - Make a backup of your default grub configuration file - Customize your default grub configuration file - Generate the GRUB2 configuration using the grub2-mkconfig program