Automating Linux and Unix System Administration, Second Edition
Whether you need a network of ten Linux PCs and a server or a data center with a few thousand UNIX nodes, you need to know how to automate much of the installation, configuration, and standard system administration.\ Build your network once using cfengine, and the network build will work, without user intervention, on any hardware you prefer. Automating Linux and Unix System Administration, Second Edition is unique in its focus on how to make the system administrator’s job easier and more...
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This is the second edition of a title that succeeded before its time—this second edition comes at a timely juncture for Linux administrators and will become a key reference.If Linux administrators want to build a small or medium-sized network or datacenter, this is the book to show them how to do it by automating the build process. Linux datacenters have multiplied over the last 5 years and literally thousands of Linux system administrators on all 5 continents need this information.
Ch. 1 Introducing the Basics of Automation 1Ch. 2 Applying Practical Automation 19Ch. 3 Using SSH to Automate System Administration Securely 27Ch. 4 Configuring Systems with cfengine 49Ch. 5 Bootstrapping a New Infrastructure 79Ch. 6 Setting Up Automated Installation 101Ch. 7 Automating a New System Infrastructure 161Ch. 8 Deploying Your First Application 213Ch. 9 Generating Reports and Analyzing Logs 253Ch. 10 Monitoring 273Ch. 11 Infrastructure Enhancement 321Ch. 12 Improving System Security 353App. A Introducing the Basic Tools 375App. B Writing cfengine Modules 395Index 401
