LPIC-3 Host Configuration Management Part 1

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Weight: 2 Description: Candidates should be familiar with the use of RCS and Puppet for host configuration management. Key Knowledge Areas ◈ RCS ◈ Puppet Terms and Utilities ◈ RCS ◈ ci/co ◈ rcsdiff ◈ puppet ◈ puppetd ◈ puppetmasterd ◈ /etc/puppet/ Configuring Puppet Master Centralized server management...

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Linux Essentials - What is the Certification

Before Linux Essentials Over the last few years, I have been writing many free video tutorials for learning Linux. In the main, they have been aimed at existing system administrators who may be new to Linux but versed in IT management tasks. Linux is not just for seasoned...

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Setup a TeamSpeak 3 Server on Linux (Ubuntu / Debian)

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TeamSpeak 3 is a heavily used solution (if not the most used one) to do low latency voice chat while gaming. For e.g. if you use Skype, the delay and the traffic between the talking people will be much higher, besides the Skype client being way more bloated...

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Proxy over SSH on Windows, Mac or Linux

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SSH: A tool not only to do remote work SSH (Secure Shell) is mostly used to do maintenance on your Linux machines. However, over the years the capabilities of SSH has been extended from a simple secure “remote maintenance protocol” to a utility which is capable of doing...

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Exploring DevOps Tools - How to Choose the Tools Right for You

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The popularity of the DevOps movement has resulted in a wide range of tools in the marketplace; the XebiaLabs DevOps Tool Chest alone lists over 200 different individual tools. And while DevOps is about more than just which tools you use, they are essential to benefiting from the...

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How OpenBSD and Linux Mitigate Security Bugs

At Open Source Summit in Prague, Giovanni Bechis will discuss tools that improve software security by blocking unwanted syscalls. Bechis is CEO and DevOps engineer at SNB s.r.l., a hosting provider and develops web applications based on Linux/BSD operating systems that is mainly focused on integrating web applications...

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Installing the Perl Interpreter on Windows and Customize Notepad++

The Perl Interpreter on Windows Of course if you are learning Perl on Linux it is usually included in the OS and does not need to be added by yourself but, if you would like to try it on Windows then you are going to need to install...

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LPIC-1 Using the command type

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For objective 104.7 of the LPIC-1 101 exam there are a few commands to look at, one of which is type. The command type itself is a shell builtin, in other words the program is part of the BASH shell and not a stand-alone program. Try the following...

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Creating Arch Linux Packages

In this blog, we take a look at creating Arch Linux packages. Working through an example we create an Arch Linux package with the latest SED source code.  In Arch, we have pkg files stat make up the software packages used to encapsulate out software that we install...

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7 Steps to Start Your Linux SysAdmin Career

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Linux is hot right now. Everybody is looking for Linux talent. Recruiters are knocking down the doors of anybody with Linux experience, and there are tens of thousands of jobs waiting to be filled. But what if you want to take advantage of this trend and you’re new...

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Join the Linux Professional Institute Development Community and earn your LPIC-2 Linux Engineer certification for free.

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The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) has updated the objectives for LPIC-2 and is offering free beta exams to a limited number of qualified candidates. The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is organizing select events worldwide that offer a rare opportunity for eligible LPIC-1 certificate holders to be among the...

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What is DevOps? or: Why Another DevOps Certification?

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The Linux Professional Institute ("LPI") recently announced the objectives for a new certification – the LPIC-OT DevOps Tools Engineer – which tests the skills and understanding of the open source tools commonly used by organisations trying to create a DevOps environment. If you want a brief introduction into...

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Installing Arch Linux

Installing Arch Linux is not the easy way to get Linux up and running and neither should it be. The idea behind Arch is that your learn Linux. Nothing is hidden from you and you control everything. Using this approach you do gain real control over the Operating...

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