2 ms·

Ask HN: Linux Adminstration Course for non-sysadmins?

• ejenkinsiii 14y ago
  I don't know what level your looking for or if you want certification but here are two i've been eyeballing for some time now and both are expensive http://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training-videos/series/linx_realworld http://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training-videos/series/linx_rea... or http://www.oreillyschool.com/courses/sysadmin3/ http://www.oreillyschool.com/courses/sysadmin3/ both are online
• gexla 14y ago
  There are so many things you might run into that I don't know how a course could possibly cover more than the very basics (using Bash, basic commands, etc.) Miguel has a good blog post on learning Linux. http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Sep-06.html http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Sep-06.html Another great resource is to pick up a Linode VPS and go through the library. http://library.linode.com/ http://library.linode.com/ I owe a lot of my start in Linux to the Slicehost articles but Slicehost is going away as it gets eaten by Rackspace. Skip the courses, they are a waste of time.
  • antidoh 14y ago
    You don't have to rent a VPS, you can [use linode and slicehost docs and] just run on your laptop, or even better on a virtual machine. Throw away your mistakes, for free. http://articles.slicehost.com/sitemap http://articles.slicehost.com/sitemap http://slicehost.com/community/ http://slicehost.com/community/ edit: [clarified]
• lsiebert 14y ago
  Have you considered joining some relevant mailing lists? Alternatively, you can ask stuff on Stack Overflow. In terms of more general learning, I suspect that much of it is very domain specific. Are you on a LAMP stack?
• dgallagher 14y ago
  The Ubuntu Server Guide is an easy to read, succinct manual: https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/ https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/ That'll cover basic Ubuntu sysadmin tasks, which is Debian-based. It's a good place to start.
• lifeguard 14y ago
  You could start with these google tutorials: http://code.google.com/edu/tools101/index.html http://code.google.com/edu/tools101/index.html It is a commitment, but I recommend reading "The Manual": _UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook_ by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Unix-and-Linux-System-Administration-Handbook-Evi-Nemeth/e/9780131480056 http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Unix-and-Linux-System-Admin...
• antidoh 14y ago
  AElien Frisch wrote a good book: Essential System Administration (3rd ed), http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=9780596003432&sts=t http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=978059600... Some/all of her books: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/678#Books http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/678#Books Her O'Reilly articles: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/678#Books http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/678#Books Any system administrator or general user can learn a lot from Unix Power Tools: New, 3rd ed: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/678#Books http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/678#Books Cheap, 2nd ed (prolly good enough if $ matters): http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=8354343877&searchurl=sts%3Dt%26tn%3DUnix%2BPower%2BTools http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=8354343877&... Some of this looks good, some looks like crap: http://www.amazon.com/s/&url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=linux%20system%20administration?tag=duckduckgo-canonical-20 http://www.amazon.com/s/&url=search-alias=aps&field-...
• kordless 14y ago
  You need these three things: 1. A book (http://www.amazon.com/System-Administration-Handbook-Edition-ebook/dp/B003YMNVCA/ref=tmm_kin_title_0 http://www.amazon.com/System-Administration-Handbook-Edition...) 2. An infrastructure (http://openstack.org/ http://openstack.org/) 3. A community (http://serverfault.com/ http://serverfault.com/) Oh, and some fun (http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse) :)