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.

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) :)