Automating UNIX and Linux Administration
Using the techniques in this book, you can get closer to the ideal world of fully automated system administration.
Automating UNIX and Linux Administration
Chapter 1 - Introducing the Basics of Automation
Chapter 2 - Using SSH to Securely Automate System Administration
Chapter 3 - Creating Login Scripts and Shell Scripts
Chapter 4 - Pre-Installation—Network Preparation and Management
Chapter 5 - Automating and Customizing Installation
Chapter 6 - Automatic System Configuration
Chapter 7 - Sharing Data Between Systems
Chapter 8 - Packages and Patches
Chapter 9 - System Maintenance and Changes
Chapter 10 - System Monitoring
Chapter 11 - Improving System Security
Chapter 12 - Backing Up and Restoring Data
Chapter 13 - User Interfaces
Appendix A - Introduction to Basic Tools
Appendix B - Customizing and Automating Red Hat Linux Installation
Appendix C - Building Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) Packages
Wouldn’t you like to automate the tedious daily tasks of system administration?
Automating UNIX and Linux Administration will show you how, by exploring existing tools and offering real-world examples. Parts of the book are Linux-specific, but most of it applies to a UNIX system, including multiple variants of UNIX. Author Kirk Bauer briefly overviews tools and technologies—and assumes preliminary knowledge about editing a configuration file or mounting a file system.
The techniques, methods, and tools in this book will help you manage a single system—but will prove especially powerful across multiple systems. No matter if the systems are desktops, servers, or Beowulf clusters—all of them will benefit from this automation. And managing five to five thousand systems will become a simpler task!