Packt – Learning Linux 5 for System Administration

Set up and configure a Linux server with administrative skills
Do you wish to become confident and master commands and operations in the Latest Linux version? This course is a one-stop guide covering everything you need to know to become an efficient Linux systems administrator.

With this course, you’ll explore the new features of Linux 5 while administering your Linux machine. You’ll master the installation and administration of a Linux machine, whether a workstation or a Linux server. You’ll gain command-line knowledge of how to set up services with the Linux terminal, install and work on a Linux server, perform user permission management by invoking commands arguments, write a shell program like an administrator, and work remotely with SSH (secure shell) and putty; finally you’ll manage Linux services using systemctl and journalctl.

By the end of the course, you will have gained practical knowledge of Linux that will serve as a foundation for getting hands-on with Linux workstation and server administration.
Style and Approach

This step-by-step and fast-paced guide will help you learn the best industry techniques and master monitoring and tuning tools that can be used to check performance-related issues on Linux servers, and analyze results via a practical approach.
Features

Perform administrative tasks such as keeping the system up-to-date, installing new software, monitoring systems, and configuring new services
Perform practical tasks that every Linux administrator has to implement by working through them in real-world lab tasks
Administer Linux machines by deploying, securing, and maintaining a web server, a Linux server, and Linux systems

Learn

Take control and master the administration of a Linux machine, whether a workstation or a Linux server
Deploy services-such as a web server-on a Linux machine
Create the desired system by installing and removing software
Maintain a Linux server by reading its logs/installations and working with a web server, and monitor its resources
Secure a system by setting the correct file permissions, removing inactive users, creating new users, and changing user passwords
Perform Linux administrative shell scripting
Create a program for working on a shell scripting project
Schedule administration tasks with SSH, so that you can also perform them remotely. Make the Linux system work for you!