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50UNIX/LinuxSysadminTutorials
byRameshNatarajanonDecember25,2010
MerryChristmasandHappyHolidaystoallTGSReaders.
Towrapthisyear,Ivecollected50UNIX/Linuxsysadminrelatedtutorialsthatwevepostedsofar.
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time.
1. Disktodiskbackupusingddcommand:ddisapowerfulUNIXutility,whichisusedbythe
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explainshowtobackupentireharddiskandcreateanimageofaharddiskusingddcommand.
2. 15rsynccommandexamples:[Link]
[Link],rsync
[Link],rsync
transfersonlythechangedblocksorbytestothedestinationlocation,whichmakesthetransfer
reallyfast.
3. Threesysadminrules:Ifyouareasysadmin,youcant(andshouldnt)breakthesethreesysadmin
rules.
4. Userandgroupdiskquota:Thisarticleexplainshowtosetupuserandgroupquotewithsoft
limit,[Link],ifyouspecify2GBashardlimit,userwillnotbe
abletocreatenewfilesafter2GB.
5. Troubleshootusingdmesg:Usingdmesgyoucanviewbootupmessagesthatdisplays
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helpfulduringtroubleshootingprocess.
6. RPMpackagemanagementexamples:15examplesprovidedinthisarticleexplainseverything
youneedtoknowaboutmanagingRPMpackagesonredhatbasedsystem(includingCentOS).
7. 10netstatexamples:Netstatcommanddisplaysvariousnetworkrelatedinformationsuchas
networkconnections,routingtables,interfacestatistics,masqueradeconnections,multicast
membershipsetc.,
8. Managepackagesusingapt*commands:These13practicalexamplesexplainshowtomanage
packagesusingaptget,aptcache,aptfileanddpkgcommands.
9. Modprobecommandexamples:modprobeutilityisusedtoaddloadablemodulestotheLinux
[Link].
10. Ethtoolexamples:[Link]
exampleswillexplainhowyoucanmanipulateyourethernetNICcardusingethtool.
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11. NFSmountusingexportfs:[Link]
explainshowtoexportafilesystemtoaremotemachineandmountitbothtemporarilyand
permanently.
12. Changetimezone:DependingonyourLinuxdistribution,useoneofthemethodsexplainedin
thisarticletochangethetimezoneonyoursystem.
13. InstallphpMyAdmin:phpMyAdminisawebbasedtoolwritteninPHPtomanagetheMySQL
[Link](andotherdbobjects),youcanperformlotofDBA
[Link].
14. Setupsquidtocontrolinternetaccess:[Link]
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torestrictinternetaccessinannetwork.
15. Addnewswapspace:Usedd,[Link]
eitheruseadedicatedharddrivepartitiontoaddnewswapspace,orcreateaswapfileonan
existingfilesystemanduseitasswapspace.
16. Installandconfiguresnort:Snortisafreelightweightnetworkintrusiondetectionsystemforboth
[Link],writerules,and
performbasictesting.
17. RegisterRHEL/OELlinuxtosupport:IfyouhavepurchasedsupportfromOracleforyour
Linux,youcanregistertooraclesupportnetwork(ULN)usingup2dateasexplainedhere.
18. tftpbootsetup:YoucaninstallLinuxfromnetworkusingPXEbyinstallingandconfiguring
tftpbootserverasexplainedhere.
19. Deletealliptablesrules:Whenyouarestartingtosetupiptables,youmightwanttodelete(flush)
alltheexistingiptablesasshownhere.
20. Disablepingreplies:[Link]
explainedherewecanavoidthisflooding.
21. Blockipaddressusingfail2ban:Fail2banisaintrusionpreventonframeworkthatscanslogfiles
forvariousservices(SSH,FTP,SMTP,Apache,etc.,)andbanstheIPthatmakestoomany
[Link].
22. Packagemanagementusingdpkg:Ondebian,youcaninstallorremovedebpackagesusingdpkg
utility.
23. Alfrescocontentmanagementsystem:Alfrescoisthebestopensourcecontentmanagement
[Link].
24. Bugzillabugtrackingsystem:[Link]
youneedtoknowtoinstallandconfigureBugzillaisexplainedhere.
25. Rpm,deb,dpotandmsipackages:Thisarticleexplainshowtoviewandextractfilesfromvarious
packagetypesusedbydifferentLinux/UNIXdistributions.
26. Backupusingrsnapshot:Youcanbackupeitheralocalhostorremotehostusingrsnapshotrsync
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[Link],thereisabsolutelyno
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backups.
27. CreateLinuxuser:Thisarticleexplainshowtocreateuserswithdefaultconfiguration,create
userswithcustomconfiguration,createusersinteractively,andcreatingusersinbulk.
28. MountandviewISOfile:[Link]
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andmountanyISOfilebothasregularuseandasrootuser.
29. Managepasswordexpirationandaging:Linuxchagecommandcanbeusedtoperformseveral
practicalpasswordagingactivitiesincludinghowtoforceuserstochangetheirpassword.
30. ifconfigexamples:Interfaceconfiguratorcommandifconfigisusedtoinitializethenetwork
interfaceandtoenableordisabletheinterfacesasshowninthese7examples.
31. Oracledbstartupansthudown:[Link]
explainshowtoshutdownandstarttheoracledatabase.
32. PostgreSQLinstallandconfigure:SimilartomySQL,postgreSQLisveryfamousandfeature
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fromsourceonLinux.
33. MagicSysRqkey:[Link]
[Link].
34. WakeonlanTutorial:UsingWakeonlanWOL,youcanturnontheremoteserverswhereyou
donthavephysicalaccesstopressthepowerbutton.
35. Listhardwarespecusinglshw:ls+hw=lshw,whichliststhehardwarespecsofyoursystem.
36. Viewhardwarespecusingdmidecode:dmidecodecommandreadsthesystemDMItableto
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thesystem,youcanalsogetinformationaboutmaximumsupportedconfigurationofthesystem
[Link],dmidecodegivesboththecurrentRAMonthesystemandthe
maximumRAMsupportedbythesystem.
37. Usethesupporteffectively:Companiesspendlotofcashonsupportmainlyfortworeasons:1)
Togethelpfromvendorstofixcriticalproductionissues2)Tokeepuptodatewiththelatest
[Link],Ivegiven10
practicaltipsforDBAs,sysadminsanddeveloperstousetheirhardwareandsoftwaresupport
effectively.
38. Install/UpgradeLAMPusingYum:InstallingLAMPstackusingyumisagoodoptionfor
[Link],InstallingLAMPstackusing
yumisagoodchoice,ifyouwanttokeepthingssimpleandjustusethedefaultconfiguration.
39. Templatetotrackyourhardwareassests:Ifyouaremanagingmorethanoneequipmentinyour
organization,itisveryimportanttodocumentandtrackALLinformationabouttheservers
[Link],Ihavelisted36attributesthatneedstobetrackedforyourequipments,
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withthesefieldsthatwillgiveyouajumpstart.
40. DisableSELinux:IfyoudontunderstandhowSELinuxworksandthefundamentaldetailson
howtoconfigureit,[Link]
implementationdetailsofSELinuxyoumaywanttodisableittoavoidsomeunnecessaryissues
asexplainedhere.
41. InstallPHP5fromsource:ThisisastepbystepguidetoinstallPHP5fromsourceonUNIX
environment.
42. InstallMySQLfromsource:ThisisastepbystepguidetoinstallMySQLfromsourceonUNIX
environment.
43. LaunchLinuxclientsonwindows:IfyouareusingSSHclienttoconnecttoLinuxserverfrom
yourWindowslaptop,sometimesitmaybenecessarytolaunchUIapplicationontheremote
Linuxserver,[Link]
onLinuxfromWindowsandlaunchLinuxXclientsoftwareonWindows.
44. IPCS:[Link]
[Link],andread/write
thefile,whichrequireslotofI/[Link]
IPCSandprovides10IPCScommandexamples.
45. LogicalVolumeManager:UsingLVMwecancreatelogicalpartitionsthatcanspanacrossone
[Link],lvcreate,and
lvextendlvm2commandsasshownhere.
46. 15Tcpdumpexamples:[Link]
packetsthatarecaptured,[Link]
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tcpdumppcapfiles.
47. Managepartitionusingfdisk:Usingfdiskyoucancreateamaximumoffourprimarypartition,
deleteanexistingpartition,[Link]
maximumoffourprimarypartition,andanynumberoflogicalpartitions,basedonthesizeofthe
disk.
48. VMWarefundamentals:[Link]
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fundamentalinformationforyoutogetajumpstartonVMWare.
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49. Rotatethelogsautomatically:[Link]
makeiteasybyallowingyoutosetupautomaticalogrotationbasedonseveralconfigurations.
Usinglogrotateyoucanalsoconfigureittoexecutecustomshellscriptsimmediatelyafterlog
rotation.
50. PasswordlessSSHloginsetup:Usingsshkeygenandsshcopyidyoucansetuppasswordless
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thelocalhostspublickeytotheremotehostsauthorized_keysfile.
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