eBook - Linux Patch Management: Keeping Linux Systems Up To Date

"Linux Patch Management: Keeping Linux® Systems Up To Date"

Linux® Patch Management offers Linux professionals start-to-finish solutions, strategies, and examples for every environment, from single computers to enterprise-class networks.

Michael Jang presents patching solutions for Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Debian, and other distributions. He systematically covers both distribution-specific tools and widely used community tools, such as apt and yum. This book's streamlined patch management techniques minimize impacts on users, networks, and administrators, and address applications as well as the underlying OS. Whatever your role in managing Linux® systems, Linux Patch® Management will reduce your costs, enhance the availability of your systems, and dramatically improve your personal efficiency.

 * The first start-to-finish guide to patching Linux® systems in production environments For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Debian, and other leading distributions
 * Comprehensive coverage of apt, yum, Red Hat Network, YaST Online Update, Zenworks Linux Management, and other tools
 * High-efficiency techniques that minimize impacts on networks, users, and administrators
 * Consolidating patches on a Red Hat network, including cached updates, as well as patching systems based on RHEL rebuild distributions
 * Working with SUSE's update systems, including YaST Online Update and Zenworks Linux Management
 * Making the most of apt commands and the GUI-based Synaptic Package Manager
 * Configuring apt for RPM distributions such as Fedora and SUSE Linux
 * Creating repositories that can manage gigabytes of patches on diverse Linux® systems
 * Updating networks of Linux computers without overloading WAN or Internet connections
 * Configuring yum clients, including coverage of emerging GUI tools such as Yum Extender

By: Michael Jang. Published by Prentice Hall. Part of the Bruce Perens' Open Source Series.

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eBook - User Mode Linux

"User Mode Linux®"
In this book, you'll find authoritative advice on bootup, compilation, administration, specialized configurations, and much more.

With User Mode Linux®; you can create virtual Linux machines within a Linux computer and use them to safely test and debug applications, network services, and even kernels. You can try out new distributions, experiment with buggy software, and even test security. Now, for the first time, the creator and maintainer of User Mode Linux®; shows how to put it to work hands-on. Jeff Dike covers everything from getting started through running enterprise-class User Mode Linux® servers. Coverage includes:

 * What User Mode Linux® is, how it works, and its uses in Linux networks
 * Key applications, including server consolidation, development, and disaster recovery
 * Booting and exploration: logins, consoles, swap space, partitioned disks, and more
 * Copy-On-Write (COW): UML's efficient approach to storing filesystem changes
 * In-depth discussion of User Mode Linux® networking and security
 * Centrally managing User Mode Linux® instances, and controlling their hardware resources
 * Implementing clusters and other specialized configurations
 * Setting up User Mode Linux® servers, step-by-step: small-scale and large-scale examples
 * The future of virtualization and User Mode Linux®

Whether you're a netadmin, sysadmin, teacher, student, or programmer, User Mode Linux®--the technology and this book--is indispensable.

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eBook - Java Application Development on Linux

"Java™ Application Development on Linux® - Free 599 Page eBook"

Linux is the fastest-growing Java development platform because it saves money and time by serving as a platform for both development and deployment. But developers face significant platform-specific challenges when managing and deploying Java applications in a controlled production environment.

Written for Java and Linux developers alike, Java™ Application Development on Linux® is the hands-on guide to the full Java application development lifecycle on Linux.

Determined to spare other developers hours of trial and error, Albing and Schwarz demonstrate the platform, tools, and application development by showing realistic, easy-to-follow examples. After a simple command-line application introduces basic tools, this program leads readers through business-logic object analysis, database design, Java servlet UIs, Java Server Pages (JSP) UIs, Swing GUIs, and Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) GUIs. Scaling up to the enterprise level provides the opportunity to use both the JBoss Application Server and the Apache Geronimo Application Servers, and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB).

Readers learn how to:
 * Use development tools available on Linux, such as the GNU Compiler for Java (gcj), Ant, the NetBeans IDE, IBM's Eclipse Java IDE, JUnit, and SunONE Studio
 * Develop business logic layers using Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC)
 * Add a Web interface using servlets and JSPs
 * Add a GUI using Sun's Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) and IBM's SWT
 * Deploy EJBs in Linux

The authors conclude by demonstrating how a hierarchy of budgets can be created, tracked, and shared with Concurrent Versions System (CVS). Java™ Application Development on Linux® can propel you from a standing start to the full-speed development and deployment of Java applications on Linux.

By Carl Albing, Michael Schwarz. Published by Prentice Hall. Part of the Bruce Perens' Open Source Series.

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eBook - Linux Quick Fix Notebook

Instant access to precise, step-by-step solutions for every essential Linux administration task from basic configuration and troubleshooting to advanced security and optimization.

If you're responsible for delivering results with Linux, Linux® Quick Fix Notebook brings together all the step-by-step instructions, precise configuration commands, and real-world guidance you need. This distilled, focused, task-centered guide was written for sysadmins, netadmins, consultants, power users...everyone whose livelihood depends on making Linux work, and keeping it working.

This book's handy Q&A format gives you instant access to specific answers, without ever forcing you to wade through theory or jargon. Peter Harrison addresses virtually every aspect of Linux administration, from software installation to security, user management to Internet services--even advanced topics such as software RAID and centralized LDAP authentication. Harrison's proven command-line examples work quickly and efficiently, no matter what Linux distribution you're using. Here's just some of what you'll learn how to do:

 * Build Linux file/print servers and networks from scratch
 * Troubleshoot Linux and interpret system error messages
 * Control every step of the boot process
 * Create, manage, secure, and track user accounts
 * Install, configure, and test Linux-based wireless networks
 * Protect your network with Linux iptables firewalls
 * Set up Web, email, DNS, DHCP, and FTP servers

And much more...
By Peter Harrison. Published by Prentice Hall. Part of the Bruce Perens' Open Source Series.

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