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Tired of looking for all pieces of the puzzle yourself?
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Tired of fighting through an endless djungle of (obsolete) HowTos and Information
just to discover that you only needed a small piece of all that information
maybe because most of it is written for big infrastructures like Facebook
instead for a common environment? -
Tired of trying out every tool yourself
and just want to know which are the tried-and-true ones?
Then maybe this book could be for you.
- Pragmatic solutions, tips, tricks and tools for common SysAdmin work
- Written from the Admin for the Admin
During my career I wished there was such a book.
There was none, so I write it myself:a) to use it as my own reference
b) to give back what I learned from others and my own experience
Target Audience
- Basic knowledge with the CLI and some SysAdmin experience
What is a sysadmin ?
"Aside from the rigors of setting up all the usual software and hardware,
your primary job as a sysadmin is to find solutions.There will be times when you encounter a problem outside your job description,
and it may not even be possible for you to fix it, but it'll be up to you to find a workaround."
What is a pragmatic one ?
Setting up and maintaining all these solutions
in the most efficient (hopefully also elegant) way
with minimal overhead (progressive enhancement design principle)
so that you have time to improve and learn the other new stuff-- swick
progressive enhancement design principle:
The "progressive enhancement" design principle
requires minimal functionality using what is available
and progressively upgrading based on what is detected-- rwxrob