Its been a few months since I graduated with a degree in computer science and was wanting to fill a few gaps in knowledge -- primarily linux system administration and networking. I was hoping that someone could recommend books on these subjects. I did take CCNA classes before going to school, and would like to start there but currently I have no access to the sort of equipment used. Given that what would you suggest?
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Linux administration / networking texts?
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Do you have a computer? Perfect, you can load up vmware workstation or virtualbox and fireup a linux distro or three to get a feel for it.
I'd recommend starting with CentOS, but don't neglect ubuntu or suse ( as much as it pains me to say it. I hate working with suse, but it is popular enough to warrant consideration ).
btw; this might be better served under the OS/Linux subforum.
I'd recommend starting with CentOS, but don't neglect ubuntu or suse ( as much as it pains me to say it. I hate working with suse, but it is popular enough to warrant consideration ).
btw; this might be better served under the OS/Linux subforum.
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Use linux as an everyday OS for a while, you will learn the basics of it real fast!
Came here to say the same thing. Excellent advice.
If you don't want to do that... load up VirtualBox and install CentOS... setting up a LAMP stack would be a good beginner project.
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This isn't a free as in beer solution like the previous ones suggested, but consider Digital Ocean as a very good resource for this. You can get a good enough VPS for just $5/month and they have an excellent library of guides and tutorials here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/
I went with them because, like you, I wanted to learn how to set up and administrate my own web server (and I wanted to start working on a pet project web application I've dreaming up or a while). Using their tutorials I was able to get 2 web application stacks running without too much hassle (Nginx, Postgres and Python, along with Django Framework and Green Unicorn; and Nginx, Postgres and PHP-FPM, along with Zend Framework 2). In addition to learning alot about how to secure the server (disabling root login, setting up SSH Keys and disabling logins altogether, etc). The best parts are that I don't have the manage the actual server myself, and they offer free manual snapshots and cheap automatic backups in case I screw up and need to start over.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/
I went with them because, like you, I wanted to learn how to set up and administrate my own web server (and I wanted to start working on a pet project web application I've dreaming up or a while). Using their tutorials I was able to get 2 web application stacks running without too much hassle (Nginx, Postgres and Python, along with Django Framework and Green Unicorn; and Nginx, Postgres and PHP-FPM, along with Zend Framework 2). In addition to learning alot about how to secure the server (disabling root login, setting up SSH Keys and disabling logins altogether, etc). The best parts are that I don't have the manage the actual server myself, and they offer free manual snapshots and cheap automatic backups in case I screw up and need to start over.