Ubuntu Server Cookbook

Arm yourself to make the most of the Versatile, Powerful Ubuntu Server with over 100 hands-on recipes

About This Book

• Master the skills to setup secure and scalable web services with popular tools like Apache, Nginx, MySQL and HAProxy
• Set up your own cloud with Open Stack and quickly deploy applications with Docker or LXD
• Packed with clear, step-by-step recipes to let you protect you valuable data with your own chat servers, code hosting and collaboration tools

Who This Book Is For

Ubuntu Server Cookbook is for system administrators or software developers with a basic understanding of the Linux operating system who want to set up their own servers. You are not required to have in-depth knowledge or hands-on experience with Ubuntu, but you should know the basics commands for directory navigation, file management, and the file editing tool. An understanding of computer networks is advisable

What You Will Learn

• Set up high performance, scalable, and fault-tolerant back ends with web and database servers
• Facilitate team communication with a real-time chat service and collaboration tools
• Quickly deploy your applications to their own containers and scale your infrastructure as and when needed
• Find out how to set up your own cloud infrastructure for your internal use or rent it to the public
• Ensure quick and easy access for your users while also securing your infrastructure from intruders
• Set up a high performance private network with a personal VPN server and centralized authentication system
• Swiftly start a content streaming service
• Set up network storage for private data and source code and say good bye to costly and unreliable cloud services

In Detail

Ubuntu is one of the most secure operating systems and defines the highest level of security as compared other operating system. Ubuntu server is a popular Linux distribution and the first choice when deploying a Linux server. It can be used with a $35 Raspberry Pi to top-notch, thousand-dollar-per-month cloud hardware. Built with lists that there are 4 million + websites built using Ubuntu. With its easy-to-use package management tools and availability of well-known packages, we can quickly set up our own services such as web servers and database servers using Ubuntu.

This book will help you develop the skills required to set up high performance and secure services with open source tools. Starting from user management and an in-depth look at networking, we then move on to cover the installation and management of web servers and database servers, as well as load balancing various services. You will quickly learn to set up your own cloud and minimize costs and efforts with application containers. Next, you will get to grips with setting up a secure real-time communication system. Finally, we'll explore source code hosting and various collaboration tools. By the end of this book, you will be able to make the most of Ubuntu's advanced functionalities.

武裝自己，充分利用多功能強大的Ubuntu Server，擁有超過100個實用的食譜。

關於本書：
- 掌握使用流行工具（如Apache、Nginx、MySQL和HAProxy）設置安全可擴展的網絡服務的技能。
- 使用Open Stack建立自己的雲端，並使用Docker或LXD快速部署應用程序。
- 提供清晰的逐步食譜，讓您使用自己的聊天服務器、代碼托管和協作工具來保護寶貴的數據。

適合閱讀對象：
《Ubuntu Server Cookbook》適合具有基本Linux操作系統理解的系統管理員或軟件開發人員，他們想要設置自己的服務器。您不需要對Ubuntu有深入的知識或實踐經驗，但應該熟悉目錄導航、文件管理和文件編輯工具的基本命令。建議您對計算機網絡有一定的了解。

學到什麼：
- 使用網絡和數據庫服務器設置高性能、可擴展和容錯的後端。
- 通過實時聊天服務和協作工具促進團隊溝通。
- 快速部署應用程序到自己的容器中，根據需要擴展基礎設施。
- 了解如何為內部使用或向公眾出租設置自己的雲端基礎設施。
- 確保用戶快速輕鬆地訪問您的服務，同時保護基礎設施免受入侵者的侵害。
- 使用個人VPN服務器和集中身份驗證系統設置高性能私有網絡。
- 快速啟動內容流媒體服務。
- 為私人數據和源代碼設置網絡存儲，告別昂貴且不可靠的雲端服務。

詳細內容：
Ubuntu是最安全的操作系統之一，相比其他操作系統，它定義了最高級別的安全性。Ubuntu Server是一個流行的Linux發行版，也是部署Linux服務器時的首選。它可以與35美元的Raspberry Pi一起使用，也可以與價值數千美元的每月雲端硬件一起使用。據統計，有超過400萬個網站使用Ubuntu構建。通過其易於使用的軟件包管理工具和知名軟件包的可用性，我們可以快速使用Ubuntu設置自己的服務，如網絡服務器和數據庫服務器。

本書將幫助您使用開源工具設置高性能和安全的服務。從用戶管理和深入研究網絡開始，然後進一步介紹安裝和管理網絡服務器和數據庫服務器，以及平衡各種服務的負載。您將迅速學會設置自己的雲端，並通過應用程序容器減少成本和工作量。接下來，您將掌握設置安全的實時通信系統的技巧。最後，我們將探索源代碼托管和各種協作工具。通過閱讀本書，您將能夠充分利用Ubuntu的高級功能。