Mastering Linux System Administration

Introduction

Over the last few decades, the Linux operating system has evolved from being a hobbyist curiosity to becoming the operating system of choice for most servers on the Internet. The explosion in popularity of cloud computing is due to the robustness of Linux servers, and knowing how to install, configure, and manage Linux servers has become a necessary skill for most data center system administrators.

This book covers what you'll need to know to work in a Linux server environment. One of the difficulties of working on Linux servers is that more often than not, you don't have access to a graphical desktop, so knowing how to interact with the server using text commands is a crucial skill to have for Linux system administrators. This ...