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Official Ubuntu Server Book, The, 2nd Edition
- By Kyle Rankin, Benjamin Hill
- Published Aug 8, 2010 by Prentice Hall.
- Copyright 2011
- Pages: 592
- Edition: 2nd
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-13-708133-2
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-708133-2
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Product Author Bios
Kyle Rankin, senior system administrator for Quinstreet, Inc., is President of the North Bay Linux Users' Group and a columnist for Linux Journal. His books include Knoppix Hacks, Knoppix Pocket Reference, Linux Multimedia Hacks, and Ubuntu Hacks. Benjamin Mako Hill was part of the founding Ubuntu team, and one of Canonical Ltd.'s first employees. He is now a Fellow at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media; Senior Researcher at MIT's Sloan School of Management; and a contractor for the One Laptop Per Child project. He remains a member of Ubuntu's Community Council governance board, and an active contributor. He is co-author of The Official Ubuntu Book.
Ubuntu Server is a complete, free server operating system that just works, with the extra Ubuntu polish, innovation, and simplicity that administrators love.
Now, there’s a definitive, authoritative guide to getting up-and-running quickly with the newest, most powerful versions of Ubuntu Server. Written by leading members of the Ubuntu community, The Official Ubuntu Server Book, Second Edition, covers all you need to know to make the most of Ubuntu Server, whether you’re a beginner or a battle-hardened senior system administrator.
The authors cover Ubuntu Server from start to finish: installation, basic administration and monitoring, security, backup, troubleshooting, system rescue, and much more. They walk through deploying each of the most common server applications, from file and print services to state-of-the-art, cost-saving virtualization and cloud computing.
In addition, you’ll learn how to
- Make the most of Ubuntu Server’s latest, most powerful technologies
- Discover easy, fast ways to perform key administration tasks
- Automate Ubuntu installs, no matter how many servers you’re installing
- Quickly set up low-cost Web servers and e-mail
- Protect your server with Ubuntu’s built-in and optional security tools
- Minimize downtime with fault tolerance and clustering
- Master proven, step-by-step server and network troubleshooting techniques
- Walk through rescuing an Ubuntu server that won’t boot
- Create your own private cloud computing infrastructure
The included disks contain the versions of Ubuntu Server you’ll need for different CPU architectures: Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS 64-bit CD, and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32-bit DVD, both of which are supported by Canonical for five years.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Not a good reference, By Music_Blue "sapian" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Official Ubuntu Server Book (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
Well, I probably bought this book based on the title and thinking it would be a good reference but its more like a random walk through the server. Yes, it does show you some things about setting up stuff, but its more for a seasoned user of Linux. There are many references to online information instead of giving it in a book. The online stuff can change or get deleted without notice so you are left with a useless thing on the shelf.I did not think it was well written with the newbie in mind. regards,
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Very good for Ubuntu beginners (like me), but effect wears out really soon, By
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This review is from: The Official Ubuntu Server Book (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
This book is partially as the title intended, an official server book. If you're migrating from another OS (likely Windows), then you will appreciate that this makes it clear on the differences that mainly concern the Ubuntu (Linux-like) file system, boot loading process (very technical in my opinion) and the like. Problem is that this book starts mentioning really cool stuff all too often and then lets you down omitting specific details to really get started in most topics. Some will appreciate the mentioning of the existence of any feature, but others like me will end up craving for more and in this particular matter the Official Server Book will disappoint; all the time claiming that X topic is too vast to fit into this book. For appetite openers, or people really wanting to know what else is out there other than Bill Gates or Steve Jobs money hungry Operating Systems, this book is a winner. You will at least know that Ubuntu (and most Linux offerings) are technically more advanced...
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This review is from: The Official Ubuntu Server Book (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
The official Ubuntu server book has proven to be a worthwhile Ubuntu reference. This book covers a wide range of topics; including RAID, DNS & SAMBA, just to name a few. It was well organized, easy to read and understand, and has a good index (something I have always valued in a reference book.) My only reason for not rating it 5 stars is I would consider this book a great "get started" book, but it does not go into much detail on any of it's topics. Regardless, I would recommend it as well worth the purchase price. For those who are interested, other good Ubuntu/Linux books are Linux Administration Handbook (Publisher Prentice Hall) and The Complete Reference Ubuntu (Publisher McGraw Hill).
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Package Management in Ubuntu Server
Table of Contents
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxvii
About the Authors xxix
Introduction xxxi
Chapter 1: Installation 1
Get Ubuntu 2
Boot Screen 3
Disk Partitioning 5
Server Roles 13
Installer Console 15
Reboot the System 16
Chapter 2: Essential System Administration 17
Basic Command-Line Administration 18
Ubuntu Boot Process 24
File System Hierarchy 39
Networking 45
Chapter 3: Package Management 51
Introduction to Package Management 52
Debian Packages 60
Package Management in Ubuntu 63
Making Your Own Packages 77
Chapter 4: Automated Ubuntu Installs 83
Preseeding 84
Kickstart 104
PXE Boot Server Deployment 111
Customize Automated Installs 118
Chapter 5: Guide to Common Ubuntu Servers 125
DNS Server 126
Web Server 135
Mail Server 144
POP/IMAP Server 156
OpenSSH Server 158
DHCP Server 160
Database Server 163
File Server 172
Edubuntu and LTSP 179
LTSP Server Configurations 184
Chapter 6: Security 199
General Security Principles 200
Sudo 201
AppArmor 206
SSH Security 210
Firewalls 214
Intrusion Detection 226
Incident Response 232
Chapter 7: Backups 237
Backup Principles 238
Drive Imaging 240
Database Backups 242
BackupPC 247
Chapter 8: Monitoring 265
Local Monitoring Tools 266
Ganglia 271
Nagios 278
Chapter 9: Virtualization 295
KVM 296
VMware Server 313
Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud 324
Chapter 10: Fault Tolerance 333
Fault Tolerance Principles 334
RAID 335
LVM 361
Ethernet Bonding 364
Clusters 369
Chapter 11: Troubleshooting 391
General Troubleshooting Philosophy 392
Localhost Troubleshooting 395
Network Troubleshooting 408
Hardware Troubleshooting 417
Chapter 12: Rescue and Recovery 421
Ubuntu Recovery Mode 422
Ubuntu Server Recovery CD 427
Ubuntu Desktop Live CD 431
Chapter 13: Help and Resources 441
Paid Support from Canonical 442
Forums 443
Internet Relay Chat 444
Mailing Lists 447
Online Documentation 448
Localhost Documentation 449
Local Community Teams 450
Other Languages 451
Tech Answers System (Launchpad) 451
Bug Reporting 451
Summary 453
Chapter 14: Basic Linux Administration 455
Shell Globs 456
Pipes and Redirection 458
File Permissions and Ownership 464
Linux File Types 466
At and Cron 470
Appendix: Cool Tips and Tricks 477
Avoid That grep Command in grep Output 477
Shortcut to a Command Path 478
Wipe a Drive in One Line 478
Run a Command Over and Over 479
Make a Noise When the Server Comes Back Up 479
Search and Replace Text in a File 479
find and exec Commands 480
Bash Commands with Too Many Arguments 480
Use Your Bash History 481
Are These Files Identical? 481
Go Back to Your Previous Directory 481
Find Out Who Is Tying Up a File System You Want to Unmount 482
Send a Test E-mail Using telnet 482
Easy SSH Key Sharing 483
Get the Most Out of Dig 484
Index 487
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