Linux Bible, 10th Edition
Linux BIBLE, 10th Edition
Introduction
How This Book Is Organized
Jumping into Linux
Visit the Linux Bible website
How to Contact Wiley or the Author
Part I Getting Started
Understanding What Linux Is
Understanding How Linux Differs from Other Operating Systems
Exploring Linux History
Understanding How Linux Distributions Emerged
Finding Professional Opportunities with Linux Today
Summary
Understanding Linux Desktop Technology
Starting with the Fedora GNOME Desktop Live image
Using the GNOME 3 Desktop
Using the GNOME 2 Desktop
Summary
Exercises
Part II Becoming a Linux Power User
About Shells and Terminal Windows
Choosing Your Shell
Running Commands
Recalling Commands Using Command History
Connecting and Expanding Commands
Using Shell Variables
Creating Your Shell Environment
Getting Information about Commands
Summary
Exercises
Linux Filesystems versus Windows-Based Filesystems
Using Basic Filesystem Commands
Using Metacharacters and Operators
Listing Files and Directories
Identifying Directories
Understanding File Permissions and Ownership
Moving, Copying, and Removing Files
Summary
Exercises
Editing Files with vim and vi
Exploring Other Text Editors
Finding Files
Summary
Exercises
Understanding Processes
Listing Processes
Managing Background and Foreground Processes
Killing and Renicing Processes
Limiting Processes with cgroups
Summary
Exercises
Understanding Shell Scripts
Escaping Special Shell Characters
Summary
Exercises
Part III Becoming a Linux System Administrator
Understanding System Administration
Using Graphical Administration Tools
Using the root User Account
Exploring Administrative Commands, Configuration Files, and Log Files
Using Other Administrative Accounts
Checking and Configuring Hardware
Summary
Exercises
Choosing a Computer
Installing Fedora from Live Media
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux from Installation Media
Understanding Cloud-Based Installations
Installing Linux in the Enterprise
Exploring Common Installation Topics
TIP
Coming from Windows
Summary
Exercises
Managing Software on the Desktop
Going Beyond the Software Window
Understanding Linux RPM and DEB Software Packaging
Managing RPM Packages with YUM
Installing, Querying, and Verifying Software with the rpm Command
Managing Software in the Enterprise
Summary
Exercises
Creating User Accounts
Understanding Group Accounts
Managing Users in the Enterprise
Centralizing User Accounts
Summary
Exercises
Understanding Disk Storage
Coming from Windows
Partitioning Hard Disks
Changing partitioning can make a system unbootable!
Using Logical Volume Manager Partitions
Mounting Filesystems
Coming from Windows
Using the mkfs Command to Create a Filesystem
Managing Storage with Cockpit
Summary
Exercises
Part IV Becoming a Linux Server Administrator
Starting with Server Administration
Checking and Setting Servers
Managing Remote Access with the Secure Shell Service
Configuring System Logging
Checking System Resources with sar
Checking System Space
Managing Servers in the Enterprise
Summary
Exercises
Configuring Networking for Desktops
Configuring Networking from the Command Line
Configuring Networking in the Enterprise
Summary
Exercises
Understanding the Initialization Daemon (init or systemd)
Checking the Status of Services
Stopping and Starting Services
Enabling Persistent Services
Configuring a Default Runlevel or Target Unit
Adding New or Customized Services
Summary
Exercises
Common UNIX Printing System
Printing Directly from Windows to CUPS
Setting Up Printers
Working with CUPS Printing
Using Printing Commands
Configuring Print Servers
Summary
Exercises
Understanding the Apache Web Server
Getting and Installing Your Web Server
Starting Apache
Troubleshooting Your Web Server
Summary
Exercises
Understanding FTP
Installing the vsftpd FTP Server
Starting the vsftpd Service
Securing Your FTP Server
Configuring Your FTP Server
Using FTP Clients to Connect to Your Server
Summary
Exercises
Understanding Samba
Installing Samba
Starting and Stopping Samba
Securing Samba
Configuring Samba
Accessing Samba Shares
Using Samba in the Enterprise
Summary
Exercises
Installing an NFS Server
Starting the NFS service
Sharing NFS Filesystems
Securing Your NFS Server
Using NFS Filesystems
Unmounting NFS filesystems
Summary
Exercises
Boot-Up Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Software Packages
Using cron for Software Updates
Troubleshooting Networking
Troubleshooting Memory
Troubleshooting in Rescue Mode
Summary
Exercises
Part V Learning Linux Security Techniques
Implementing Physical Security
Monitoring Your Systems
Auditing and Reviewing Linux
Summary
Exercises
Implementing Linux Security with Cryptography
Implementing Linux Security with PAM
Summary
Exercises
Understanding SELinux Benefits
Understanding How SELinux Works
Configuring SELinux
Monitoring and Troubleshooting SELinux
Putting It All Together
Obtaining More Information on SELinux
Summary
Exercises
Auditing Network Services
Working with Firewalls
Summary
Exercises
Part VI Engaging with Cloud Computing
Understanding Linux Containers
Starting with Linux Containers
Summary
Exercises
Overview of Linux and Cloud Computing
Trying Basic Cloud Technology
Setting Up a Small Cloud
Summary
Exercises
Getting Linux to Run in a Cloud
Creating Linux Images for Clouds
Using OpenStack to Deploy Cloud Images
Using Amazon EC2 to Deploy Cloud Images
Summary
Exercises
Understanding Ansible
Exploring Ansible Components
Stepping Through an Ansible Deployment
Installing Ansible
Running Ad-Hoc Ansible Commands
Automating Tasks with Ansible Tower Automation Framework
Summary
Exercises
Understanding Kubernetes
Trying Kubernetes
Enterprise-Quality Kubernetes with OpenShift
Summary
Exercises
Part VII Appendixes
Getting Fedora
Getting Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Getting Ubuntu
Booting Linux from a USB Drive
Creating Linux CDs and DVDs
APPENDIX B: Exercise Answers
Chapter 1: Starting with Linux
Chapter 2: Creating the Perfect Linux Desktop
Chapter 3: Using the Shell
Chapter 4: Moving Around the Filesystem
Chapter 5: Working with Text Files
Chapter 6: Managing Running Processes
Chapter 7: Writing Simple Shell Scripts
Chapter 8: Learning System Administration
Chapter 9: Installing Linux
Chapter 10: Getting and Managing Software
Chapter 11: Managing User Accounts
Chapter 12: Managing Disks and Filesystems
Chapter 13: Understanding Server Administration
Chapter 14: Administering Networking
Chapter 15: Starting and Stopping Services
Chapter 16: Configuring a Print Server
Chapter 17: Configuring a Web Server
Chapter 18: Configuring an FTP Server
Chapter 19: Configuring a Windows File Sharing (Samba) Server
Chapter 20: Configuring an NFS File Server
Chapter 21: Troubleshooting Linux
Chapter 22: Understanding Basic Linux Security
Chapter 23: Understanding Advanced Linux Security
Chapter 24: Enhancing Linux Security with SELinux
Chapter 25: Securing Linux on a Network
Chapter 26: Shifting to Clouds and Containers
Chapter 27: Using Linux for Cloud Computing
Chapter 28: Deploying Linux to the Cloud
Chapter 29: Automating Apps and Infrastructure with Ansible
Chapter 30: Deploying Applications as Containers with Kubernetes
About the Author
About the Technical Editors
Acknowledgments
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