Skill

Operate Ubuntu (v14)

December 2014 with Shawn Powers

Join Shawn Powers as he covers package management with APT, monitoring with Nagios and Munin, and recovery using LiveCD.

Learn how to set up static IP addresses, how to bond Ethernet ports for maximum bandwidth utilization, and how to configure the security tools installed in Ubuntu.

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Virtualization software capable of snapshots (VMware, VirtualBox, etc)

Related Job Functions:

System Administrator
Network Administrator
Computer Technician

Shawn Powers has been a CBT Nuggets trainer since 2009 and his areas of expertise include Linux and Chef technologies. He's earned LPIC-1 and CompTIA Linux+ certifications, and is an associate editor for Linux Journal.

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Videos in this skill

1. Overview (0:22)
2. Package Management (31:19)
3. Networking! (22:37)
4. Security (25:30)
5. Monitoring (29:34)
6. Recovery Tools (21:28)
7. Getting Help! (20:45)
8. Conclusion (0:04)

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