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Linux in Action
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Linux in Action

by David Clinton
September 2018
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
13h 43m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 11. System monitoring: Working with log files

This chapter covers

  • Filtering log entries to maintain system health
  • The care and feeding of your Linux logging system
  • Filtering text streams using grep, awk, and sed
  • Deploying intrusion detection systems

If all you had to work with was just the things you’ve learned so far in this book, I’d say you’re ready to put together a pretty respectable server. It’ll be connected, automated, backed up, open for remote clients requesting data and other services, and at least reasonably secure. All the comforts of home.

Time to put your feet up and enjoy the view? Not yet. Your server may be properly configured, but you’ll also need to keep an eye on the way it handles the road once it enters its ...

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