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Mastering Linux Administration

You're reading from   Mastering Linux Administration A comprehensive guide to installing, configuring, and maintaining Linux systems in the modern data center

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Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789954272
Length 772 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Alexandru Calcatinge Alexandru Calcatinge
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Alexandru Calcatinge is an open-minded architect with a background in computer science and mathematics. He is a senior university lecturer with a PhD in urban planning from Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning and a postgraduate degree in DevOps from Caltech’s Center for Technology and Management Education (CTME). He teaches students about architectural programming and development and open source technologies. He has authored five books on architecture and urban planning and numerous scientific articles on urban and rural development. Alex was certified as a Linux trainer in 2017. He loves the DevOps philosophy and the possibilities that cloud technologies bring for the future. He is also a certified programming analyst, computer network administrator, trainer, designer, and life coach.
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Julian Balog is a senior software engineer with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. Currently, his work primarily focuses on application delivery controllers, containerized workflows, networking, and security. With a never-ending passion for Linux and open-source technologies, Julian is always in pursuit of learning new things while solving problems and making things work through simple, efficient, and practical engineering. He lives with his wife, two children, and an Aussie-doodle in the greater Seattle area, Washington.
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Preface 1. Section 1: Linux Basic Administration
2. Chapter 1: Installing Linux FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: The Linux Filesystem 4. Chapter 3: Linux Software Management 5. Chapter 4: Managing Users and Groups 6. Chapter 5: Working with Processes, Daemons, and Signals 7. Section 2: Advanced Linux Server Administration
8. Chapter 6: Working with Disks and Filesystems 9. Chapter 7: Networking with Linux 10. Chapter 8: Configuring Linux Servers 11. Chapter 9: Securing Linux 12. Chapter 10: Disaster Recovery, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting 13. Section 3: Cloud Administration
14. Chapter 11: Working with Containers and Virtual Machines 15. Chapter 12: Cloud Computing Essentials 16. Chapter 13: Deploying to the Cloud with AWS and Azure 17. Chapter 14: Deploying Applications with Kubernetes 18. Chapter 15: Automating Workflows with Ansible 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Short introduction to OpenStack

OpenStack has been governed by the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra Foundation) since October 2020 and offers a set of open source tools that are used for building and administering cloud infrastructures. OpenStack can be used for creating both public and private clouds.

OpenStack is a collection of tools designed to create and manage cloud infrastructures by providing the needed components as a granular model that serves cloud computing-specific services. OpenStack was initially released in 2010 as a joint project between Rackspace and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is written in Python, and is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.

Similar to the virtualization technologies, OpenStack uses a software layer based on specific APIs that abstract the virtual resources.

The latest release of OpenStack is called Victoria and was released in October 2020. It offers the founding cloud infrastructure for bare...

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Alexandru Calcatinge is an open-minded architect with a background in computer science and mathematics. He is a senior university lecturer with a PhD in urban planning from Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban Planning and a postgraduate degree in DevOps from Caltech's Center for Technology and Management Education (CTME). He teaches students about architectural programming and development and open source technologies. He has authored five books on architecture and urban planning and numerous scientific articles on urban and rural development. Alex was certified as a Linux trainer in 2017. He loves the DevOps philosophy and the possibilities that cloud technologies bring for the future. He is also a certified programming analyst, computer network administrator, trainer, designer, and life coach.
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Julian Balog is a senior software engineer with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. Currently, his work primarily focuses on application delivery controllers, containerized workflows, networking, and security. With a never-ending passion for Linux and open-source technologies, Julian is always in pursuit of learning new things while solving problems and making things work through simple, efficient, and practical engineering. He lives with his wife, two children, and an Aussie-doodle in the greater Seattle area, Washington.
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