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Ask HN: How to be a great sysadmin?
- joeyspn 11y agohttps://github.com/kahun/awesome-sysadmin https://github.com/kahun/awesome-sysadmin ?
- atmosx 11y agoApparently[1] by running a firewall or configuring servers to accept connections only from where they should, gets instantly to the top 30%.
- toomuchtodo 11y agohttp://www.opsschool.org/en/latest/ http://www.opsschool.org/en/latest/
- debacle 11y agoSysadmins have to learn about more abortive technologies and know about them sooner than most programmers. They have to have knowledge of stuff that should have been deprecated a long time ago and they have to know why to say yes, no, or maybe when they're asked to do something new. Reading, assessing, and learning are massively important skills.
- debatable000 11y agoI'd start by learning how to search - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9419877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9419877.