CentOS System Administration Essentials

Become an efficient CentOS administrator by acquiring real-world knowledge of system setup and configuration

About This Book

• Centralize user accounts in openLDAP and understand how Directory can be at the back-end of many services
• Learning Puppet to centralize server configuration will free up your time as configuration is handled just once on the configuration server
• A step-by-step guide that covers the very popular Linux Distribution CentOS 6.5 with easy-to-follow instructions.

Who This Book Is For

If you are a Linux administrator who is looking to gain knowledge that differentiates yourself from the crowd, then this is the book for you. Beginners who have a keen interest to learn more about Linux administration will also progress quickly with this resourceful learning guide.

In Detail

CentOS is widely respected as a very powerful and flexible Linux distribution, and it can be used as a web server, file server, FTP server, domain server, or a multirole solution. It is designed to handle the more demanding needs of business applications such as network and system administration, database management, and web services. CentOS is self-sufficient and fast while working, with the added benefit of global acceptance as a large number of the world’s web servers run on it.

This book not only concentrates on the basics, but also supplements your existing knowledge on subject areas that are important in the Enterprise market, such as directory services, security configuration management, and web-based architecture. By the end of this book, you will be able to manage an Enterprise Linux network focused on management-centralized configuration, user management, and filesystem enhancements by covering everything from the latest filesystem advances with BTRFS through to learning about the new web server on the block—Nginx.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Taming vi
Chapter 2: Cold Starts
Chapter 3: CentOS Filesystems – A Deeper Look
Chapter 4: YUM – Software Never Looked So Good
Chapter 5: Herding Cats – Taking Control of Processes
Chapter 6: Users – Do We Really Want Them?
Chapter 7: LDAP – A Better Type of User
Chapter 8: Nginx – Deploying a Performance-centric Web Server
Chapter 9: Puppet – Now You Are the Puppet Master
Chapter 10: Security Central
Chapter 11: Graduation Day