CentOS Quick Start Guide: Get up and running with CentOS server administration
Authors: Shiwang Kalkhanda
ISBN-10: 1789344875
ISBN-13: 9781789344875
Released: 2018-12-26
Paperback: 320 pages
Book Description
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A concise walk-through of CentOS 7,starting from installation to securing it’s environment.
Linux kernel development has been the worlds largest collaborative project to date. With this practical guide,you will learn Linux through one of its most popular and stable distributions.
This book will introduce you to essential Linux skills using CentOS 7. It describes how a Linux system is organized,and will introduce you to key command-line concepts you can practice on your own. It will guide you in performing basic system administration tasks and day-to-day operations in a Linux environment.
You will learn core system administration skills for managing a system running CentOS 7 or a similar operating system,such as RHEL 7,Scientific Linux,and Oracle Linux. You will be able to perform installation,establish network connectivity and user and process management,modify file permissions,manage text files using the command line,and implement basic security administration after covering this book.
By the end of this book,you will have a solid understanding of working with Linux using the command line.
What you will learn
Understand file system hierarchy and essential command-line skills
Use Vi editor,I/O redirections and how to work with common text manipulating tools
Create,delete,modify user accounts and manage passwords and their aging policy
Manage file ownership,permissions,and ACL
Execute process management and monitoring on the command line
Validate and manage network configuration using nmcli
Manage remote logins using SSH and file transfer using SCP and Rsync
Understand system logging,how to control system services with systemd and systemctl,and manage firewalId
contents
1 Getting Started with CentOS 7
2 Command-Line and Filesystem Navigation
3 Managing Text Files
4 User and Group Management
5 Managing File Permissions
6 Process Management
7 Managing Networking in CentOS
8 Software Package Management
9 Overview of Essential Advance Utilities