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K. HitchcockThe Enterprise Linux Administratorhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8801-6_12

12. Example Use Cases for Linux

Kenneth Hitchcock1  
(1)
Hampshire, UK
 

This chapter is the first chapter where we will start using our Linux servers to provide a service. There are many different uses of Linux, but for this chapter, we will focus on how to build a Linux web server and how to build a Linux file server.

During the building process of each use case, we will discuss configuration files, firewall and SELinux configuration, custom configuration, and finally how to automate the configuration for each use case type.

As with other chapters, there will be exercises ...

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