How to Deploy A Server
- Mar
- 26
When I write my column, I try to stick to specific hacks or tips you can
use to make life with Linux a little easier. Usually, I describe with pretty
specific detail how to accomplish a particular task including command-line
and configuration file examples. This time, however, I take a
step off this tried-and-true path of tech tips and instead talk about
more-general, high-level concepts, strategies and, frankly, personal opinions
about systems administration.
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Troubleshooting with Telnet
- Mar
- 01
Poor telnet, it used to be the cool kid on the block. It was the program all
sysadmins turned to when they needed to connect to a remote server. Telnet
just wasn’t that good at keeping a secret—all communication went over plain
text—so administrators started switching to SSH for encrypted remote shell
sessions. more>>
Android System Administration Utilities
- Feb
- 04
“Change is inevitable in a progressive society. Change is constant” Benjamin Disraeli 1867. Quite a fitting quote if I say so myself. When I started in systems administration back in the mid 90’s everything was done either remoted in from your desktop, a server, or you plugged a terminal into the back of the server. more>>
Digital Duct Tape
Getting Started with Salt Stack-the Other Configuration Management System Built with Python
- Jan
- 09
I was proudly wearing one of my Salt Stack shirts the other day when my daughter
asked me, “What is Salt Stack?”
I began by explaining the problem it solved.
If you have multiple servers and want to do things to those servers, you
would need to log in to each one and do those things one at a time on each one.
They could be fairly simple tasks like restarting them or checking how long
they have been running. Or, you might want to do more complicated things like
installing software and then configuring that software based upon your own specific
criteria. You also might want to add users and configure permissions for them.
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Rsync, It’s GRRRRaphical!
- Jan
- 02
Introducing Vagrant
- Nov
- 14
