Ten Steps to Linux Survival
Essentials for Navigating the Bash Jungle
by James Lehmer
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Linux systems may appear in your shop as virtual machines or in the cloud, including web servers, databases, mobile device managers, version control, and monitoring systems. When one of them falters, this primer leads you through some diagnostic and recovery tasks so you can quickly get your site back up. 
Book Description
Linux systems are everywhere today, even in companies once considered "pure Windows." If you're a sysadmin, network administrator, or developer in a small Windows shop, you may have to jump in and fix a system problem when your site goes down. What if you have no Linux knowledge? This short guide provides tips to help you survive.Linux systems may appear in your shop as virtual machines or in the cloud, including web servers, databases, mobile device managers, version control, and monitoring systems. When one of them falters, this primer leads you through some diagnostic and recovery tasks so you can quickly get your site back up.
This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY). You can download Ten Steps to Linux Survival ebook for free in PDF format (6.3 MB).
Table of Contents
Chapter 0
Step 0: Don't Panic
Chapter 1
Step 1: Getting In
Chapter 2
Step 2: Getting Around
Chapter 3
Step 3: Peeking at Files
Chapter 4
Step 4: Finding Files
Chapter 5
Step 5: Search Me
Chapter 6
Step 6: What's Going On?
Chapter 7
Step 7: Filesystems
Chapter 8
Step 8: Transferring Files
Chapter 9
Step 9: Starting and Stopping
Chapter 10
Step 10: Where to Go for Help
Chapter 11
The End
Appendix A
Cheat Sheet
Book Details
Title
Ten Steps to Linux Survival
Subject
Computer Science
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Published
2016
Pages
74
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13 Digital
9781491959183
ISBN10 Digital
1491959185
PDF Size
6.3 MB
License
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