Pro Ubuntu Server Administration

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Dedication
3. Contents at a Glance
4. Contents
5. Foreword
6. About the Author
7. About the Technical Reviewer
8. Introduction
9. CHAPTER 1: Performing an Advanced Ubuntu Server Installation, Installing Ubuntu Server with RAID
   1. What's So Special About an Enterprise Installation?
   2. Preparing for the Installation in a Network
   3. Installing Ubuntu Server
   4. Post-Installation Tasks
   5. Summary
10. CHAPTER 2: Using Ubuntu Server for System Imaging, Clonezilla on Ubuntu Server
    1. Setting Up a Clonezilla Imaging Server
    2. Setting Up Diskless Remote Boot in Linux
    3. Setting Up the DHCP Server
    4. Completing Clonezilla Configuration
    5. Configuring the Clients for Cloning
    6. Summary
11. CHAPTER 3: Performance Monitoring, Finding Performance Problems on Ubuntu Server
    1. Interpreting What Your Computer Is Doing: top
    2. Analyzing CPU Performance
    3. Finding Memory Problems
    4. Monitoring Storage Performance
    5. Monitoring Network Performance
    6. Performance Baselining
    7. Summary
12. CHAPTER 4: Performance Optimization, Tuning Ubuntu Server Like a Racing Car
    1. Strategies for Optimizing Performance
    2. CPU Tuning
    3. Tuning Memory
    4. Tuning Storage Performance
    5. Network Tuning
    6. Summary
13. CHAPTER 5: Advanced File System Management, Getting the Best Out of Your File Systems
    1. Understanding File Systems
    2. Optimizing File Systems
    3. Summary
14. CHAPTER 6: Network Monitoring, Knowing When It Goes Wrong Without Watching It
    1. Starting with Nagios
    2. Configuring Nagios
    3. Installing NRPE
    4. Managing Nagios
    5. Summary
15. CHAPTER 7: Creating an Open Source SAN, Configuring a DRBD and Heartbeat on Ubuntu Server
    1. Preparing Your Open Source SAN
    2. Setting Up the Distributed Replicated Block Device
    3. Accessing the SAN with iSCSI
    4. Setting Up Heartbeat
    5. Heartbeat Beyond the Open Source SAN
    6. Summary
16. CHAPTER 8: Configuring OpenLDAP, Centralizing User Management
    1. Using the LDAP Directory
    2. Introducing OpenLDAP
    3. Configuring OpenLDAP
    4. Using LDAP Management Commands
    5. Logging In to an LDAP Server
    6. Summary
17. CHAPTER 9: Integrating Samba, Making It Work with Windows
    1. Setting Up Samba the Easy Way
    2. Integrating Samba with LDAP
    3. Using Samba As a Primary Domain Controller
    4. Integrating Samba in Active Directory
    5. Authenticating Linux Users on Windows with Winbind
    6. Summary
18. CHAPTER 10: Configuring Ubuntu Server, As a Mail Server Sending and Receiving Mail Easily
    1. Understanding the Components of a Mail Solution
    2. Configuring the Postfix MTA
    3. Receiving E-mail Using IMAP or POP3
    4. Summary
19. CHAPTER 11: Managing Ubuntu Server Security, Configuring Cryptography and AppArmor
    1. Managing Cryptography
    2. Securing Applications with AppArmor
    3. Summary
20. CHAPTER 12: Configuring Ubuntu Server As a VPN Server, Networking Securely over the Internet
    1. Installing and Configuring OpenVPN
    2. Configuring the VPN Server
    3. Configuring a Linux VPN Client
    4. Summary
21. CHAPTER 13: Configuring Kerberos and NTP on Ubuntu Server, Using an Alternative Method to Handle Authentication
    1. Configuring an NTP Time Server
    2. Understanding Kerberos
    3. Installing and Configuring Kerberos
    4. Configuring the Kerberos Server
    5. Configuring the Kerberos Client
    6. Summary
22. CHAPTER 14: Ubuntu Server Troubleshooting, Fixing the Most Common Problems
    1. Identifying the Problem
    2. Troubleshooting Tools
    3. Common Problems and How to Fix Them
    4. Summary
23. Index