Learn Linux Administration and Supercharge Your Career

Learn Linux Administration and Supercharge Your Career

by Linux Training Academy
Released June 2022
Publisher(s): Manning Publications
ISBN: 100000DIHV202277

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Video description

In this course you will fully understand the most important and fundamental concepts of Linux server administration. More importantly, you will be able to put those concepts to use in practical real-world situations. You'll be able to configure, maintain, and support a variety of Linux systems. You can even use the skills you learned to become a Linux System Engineer or Linux System Administrator.

Table of contents

  1. The Linux Boot Process and System Logging
    1. The Linux Boot Process
    2. The Linux Boot Process - Demo
    3. System Logging
  2. Disk Management
    1. Disk Management - Part I
    2. Disk Management - Part II - Creating partitions with fdisk
    3. Disk Management - Part III - File Systems
  3. Logical Volume Manager Summary
    1. Introduction to the Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
    2. Layers of Abstraction in LVM
    3. Creating Physical Volumes (PVs), Volume Groups (VGs), and Logical Volumes (LVs)
    4. Extending Volume Groups and Logical Volumes
    5. Mirroring Logical Volumes
    6. Removing Logical Volumes, Physical Volumes, and Volume Groups
    7. Migrating Data from One Storage Device to Another
    8. Logical Volume Manager Summary
  4. User Management
    1. Managing Users and Groups, Part One
    2. Managing Users and Groups, Part Two
    3. Switching Users, Running Commands as Others, and sudo
  5. Networking
    1. TCP/IP Networking for Linux System Administrators
    2. Networking - DNS and hostnames
    3. Networking - DHCP, Dynamic and Static Addressing
    4. Network Troubleshooting, Part I
    5. Network Troubleshooting, Part II
  6. Managing Processes and Jobs
    1. Processes and Job Control
    2. Scheduling Jobs with Cron
  7. Linux Permissions
    1. File and Directory Permissions, Part One
    2. File and Directory Permissions, Part Two
    3. Special Permission Modes, Part I
    4. Special Permission Modes, Part II
  8. Managing Software
    1. Installing Software on RPM Based Systems
    2. Installing Software on Debian Based Systems
  9. Viewing and Editing Files
    1. Viewing Files and the Nano Editor
    2. The Vi editor
    3. Emacs
    4. Graphical editors
  10. Shell Scripting
    1. Shell Scripting, Part One
    2. Shell Scripting, Part Two
  11. Summary
    1. Conclusion - Congratulations and Thank You!
  12. Put Your Skills Into Practice
    1. Installing NGINX, MySQL, PHP and WordPress on an Ubuntu system.
  13. Bonus - Command Line Kung Fu
    1. Tab completion
    2. Repeat as Root
    3. Rerun a command starting with a string
    4. Reuse arguments
    5. Strip out comments and blank lines
    6. Reuse the last item from the previous command

Product information

  • Title: Learn Linux Administration and Supercharge Your Career
  • Author(s): Linux Training Academy
  • Release date: June 2022
  • Publisher(s): Manning Publications
  • ISBN: 100000DIHV202277