The Definitive Guide to CentOS (Paperback)

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

CentOS就像是Red Hat，但沒有價格標籤，並且具有良好的授權。當需要節省開支時，我們希望能夠閱讀一本關於具有商業Linux版本所有功能的作業系統，但又不會帶來痛苦的書籍。《CentOS 完全指南》是第一本關於CentOS的權威參考書籍，專注於CentOS這個工作馬的Linux發行版，它在中小型企業中扮演著重要角色，並且不會過於引人注目。

本書具有以下特點：
- 提供教學和實踐學習，同時也可作為參考書籍使用。
- 所有示例都基於讀者可能執行的真實任務。
- 提供作者在CentOS實踐中獲得的寶貴示例、提示和技巧。

你將學到以下內容：
- 瞭解為什麼CentOS是一個理想的平台，可以在與Red Hat Enterprise Linux相同的層次上部署服務，而不需要支付費用。
- 從頭開始準備和安裝CentOS伺服器。
- 安裝和配置核心服務。
- 遵循最佳實踐來管理和管理伺服器及其服務。
- 在CentOS/Red Hat網絡中整合企業功能。
- 最後，遠離Fedora，它具有出色的功能，但並不適合作為伺服器作業系統！

本書適合以下讀者：
- 初學者和有經驗的系統管理員，希望隨時掌握一個強大的Linux伺服器發行版。