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Mastering Linux Network Administration
Credits
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Chapter 1. Setting up Your Environment
Getting started
Distributions to consider
Physical machines versus virtual machines
Setting up and configuring VirtualBox
Acquiring and installing Debian 8
Acquiring and installing CentOS 7
Summary
Chapter 2. Revisiting Linux Network Basics
Understanding the TCP/IP protocol suite
Naming the network device
Understanding Linux hostname resolution
Understanding the net-tools and iproute2 suites
Manually managing network interfaces
Managing connections with Network Manager
Summary
Chapter 3. Communicating Between Nodes via SSH
Using OpenSSH
Installing and configuring OpenSSH
The OpenSSH config file
Understanding and utilizing scp
Generating public keys
Keeping SSH connections alive
Exploring an alternative to SSH – utilizing Mosh (mobile shell)
Summary
Chapter 4. Setting up a File Server
File server considerations
NFS v3 versus NFS v4
Learning the basics of Samba
Mounting network shares
Automatically mounting network shares via fstab and systemd
Creating networked filesystems with SSHFS
Summary
Chapter 5. Monitoring System Resources
Inspecting and managing processes
Understanding load average
Checking available memory
Using shell-based resource monitors
Scanning used storage
Introduction to logging
Maintaining log size with logrotate
Understanding the systemd init system
Understanding the systemd journal
Summary
Chapter 6. Configuring Network Services
Planning your IP address layout
Installing and configuring a DHCP server
Installing and configuring a DNS server
Setting up an internal NTP server
Summary
Chapter 7. Hosting HTTP Content via Apache
Installing Apache
Configuring Apache
Adding modules
Setting up virtual hosts
Summary
Chapter 8. Understanding Advanced Networking Concepts
Dividing your network into subnets
Understanding the CIDR notation
Implementing Quality of Service
Routing TCP/IP traffic
Creating redundant DHCP and DNS servers
Summary
Chapter 9. Securing Your Network
Limiting the attack surface
Securing OpenSSH
Configuring the iptables firewall
Protecting system services with fail2ban
Understanding SELinux
Configuring Apache to utilize SSL
Deploying security updates
Summary
Chapter 10. Troubleshooting Network Issues
Tracing routing issues
Troubleshooting DHCP issues
Troubleshooting DNS issues
Displaying connection statistics with netstat
Scanning your network with Nmap and Zenmap
Installing missing firmware on Debian systems
Troubleshooting issues with Network Manager
Summary
Index
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