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Automating Linux and Unix System Administration, Second Edition

Category:General - Books By:Apress
More info:www.apress.com ...Author(s):Nate Campi, Kirk Bauer
Pages:419Year of publication:2009

Build your network once using cfengine, and the network build will work, without user intervention, on any hardware you prefer.This book explains the technology to automate repetitive tasks & the methodology to automate successfully. After reading the reader will be able to set up anything from a Linux datacenter to a small office network.What you'll learn:- See how to make changes on many UNIX & Linux hosts at once in a reliable & repeatable manner;- Learn how to automate  » Read more...

Automating Linux and Unix System Administration, Second Edition

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Build your network once using cfengine, and the network build will work, without user intervention, on any hardware you prefer.This book explains the technology to automate repetitive tasks & the methodology to automate successfully. After reading the reader will be able to set up anything from a Linux datacenter to a small office network.What you'll learn:- See how to make changes on many UNIX & Linux hosts at once in a reliable & repeatable manner;- Learn how to automate things correctly so you only have to do it once, by leveraging the authors' experience in setting up small, medium, and large networks;- Set up a Linux datacenter or a network correctly;- Explore handling real-world environments where not all hosts are configured alike via a case study of a fictional new datacenter buildout;- Examine real-world examples for core infrastructure services (DNS, mail, monitoring, log analysis, security, cfengine, imaging) to build on in your environment;- Understand core system administration best practices, which are a key part of how cfengine & automations deployments are outlined in the book;- Learn how to make changes reversible, repeatable, and correct the first time through interaction with product/application stakeholders (programmers, product managers, customers, etc.).