Ebook: Notes of a Linux Server Administrator

As a responsible Linux admin, I keep documentation. I have this documentation written in LaTeX. I decided to tidy up and expand this text, and I'm now publishing it in the form of an ebook, so that it can help other, less experienced Linux admins too.

Ebook contents

Ebook: Notes of a Linux server administrator is not a guide on how to install and configure a Linux server. Nor is it a description of technologies or tools. In the book you'll find various notes I came across in my practice while upgrading servers, configuring them, or solving problems.

Outline

• Planning: hardware, services
• Preinstall: choosing a distribution, BIOS settings..
• Installation: disks, LVM, RAID, SSH, firewall, network
• Postinstall: sensors, cron, SMART
• Backup
• Services
  • DNS
  • versioning
  • CUPS
  • NFS
  • Samba
  • VPN
  • Database
  • Web server (webhosting)
  • Statistics
  • Digital TV
  • Log monitoring
  • Backup power source
  • Torrents
  • Jabber/XMPP
  • Mail server (mailhosting)
  • DLNA
  • DHCP server
  • NTP
  • PXE
  • Munin
  • Monit
  • VoIP: Asterisk, GNU Gatekeeper
• Projects
• Upgrade
• Explanation of common mistakes
• Glossary

Video introducing the ebook

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And here is the ebook Notes of a Linux server administrator ebook to download in PDF.