The Definitive Guide to CentOS (Paperback)

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Product Description

CentOS is just like Red Hat, but without the price tag and with the virtuous license. When belts have to be tightened, we want to read about an OS with all the features of a commercial Linux variety, but without the pain. The Definitive Guide to CentOS is the first definitive reference for CentOS and focuses on CentOS alone, the workhorse Linux distro, that does the heavy lifting in small and medium-size enterprises without drawing too much attention to itself.

• Provides tutorial and hands-on learning but is also designed to be used as a reference
• Bases all examples on real-world tasks that readers are likely to perform
• Serves up hard-won examples and hints and tips from the author's experiences of CentOS in production

What you’ll learn

• See why CentOS is an ideal platform for deploying services on the same level as Redhat Enterprise Linux without the cost.
• Prepare and install a CentOS server from scratch.
• Install and configure core services.
• Follow best practices for managing and administering the server and its services.
• Integrate enterprise features in CentOS/Red Hat networks.
• And finally, move away from Fedora, which has great features, but is not meant to be a server OS!

Who is this book for?

Both beginning and experienced system administrators who want to have an industrial–strength Linux server distribution at their fingertips

About the Author

Hailing from the UK, Peter Membrey has worked for Red Hat, holds a RHCE certification, and worked and taught at a number of educational institutions since the beginning of his career. He knows what Linux users like and need, and hopes that CentOS will get the kudos it deserves. He lives in Hong Kong and is teaching and consulting on all matters to do with Linux Enterprise networking, while studying for his master’s degree.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (July 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430219300
• ISBN-13: 978-1430219309
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,948 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CentOS introduction, October 1, 2009

By	Vanja Luk - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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When you start to explore the huge possibilities af an OS like Centos this book is a good starting point. I recommend it to all the newbies like me. I found it very useful with a lot of nice advices and helpful how-to-procedures.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fresh, clear book, August 16, 2009

By	W. Thielen (Tokyo, japan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book covers the main reasons why anyone would want to run a Linux server: Apache, mail, DNS, Samba. CentOS is a good, userfriendly choice, and this guide goes well with it.

For the more advanced, enterprise user, this book also covers topics such as high-availability and clustering.

Written by experienced Linux users, it also contains tips and tricks they learned while working with Linux, such as frequently forgotten things, frequently reasons for getting stuck somewhere, etc. As an experienced user myself, I recognize those little things no-one would ever care about. This book also tells about them, which is a good thing in my opinion.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book For Administration a Home Based Linux Server, October 17, 2009

By	Abdullah Y. A. Ahmed - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This Book is a Great Book if you Need to Manage and administrate your Own Home Based Centos Linux Server , like Web server, Mail Server, DNS Server.
this book with Help you a lot .