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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