This is the code repository for Hands-On Linux for Architects, published by Packt.
Design and implement Linux-based IT solutions
It is very important to understand the exibility of an infrastructure when designing an efficient environment. In this book, you will cover everything from Linux components and functionalities through to hardware and software support, which will help you to implement and tune effective Linux-based solutions.
This book covers the following exciting features:
- Study the basics of infrastructure design and the steps involved
- Expand your current design portfolio with Linux-based solutions
- Discover open source software-based solutions to optimize your architecture
- Understand the role of high availability and fault tolerance in a resilient design
- Identify the role of containers and how they improve your continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines
- Gain insights into optimizing and making resilient and highly available designs by applying industry best practices
If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!
The code will look like the following:
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
name: gluster-pvc
spec:
accessModes:
- ReadWriteMany
resources:
requests:
storage: 1Gi
Following is what you need for this book: This intermediate-level book is for Linux system administrators, Linux support engineers, DevOps engineers, Linux consultants or any open source technology professional looking to learn or expand their knowledge in architecting, designing and implementing solutions based on Linux and open source software. Prior experience in Linux is required.
With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-19).
| Chapter | Software required |
|---|---|
| 4 | GlusterFS v 4.1, ZFS on Linux 0.7.13 |
| 9 | Kubernetes v 1.12 |
| 12 | Elastic Stack v 6.5 |
| 14 | Salt |
We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.
Denis Salamanca is a technology enthusiast living in Costa Rica with his fiance and step-son. He has been working in IT since he was 20 and has worked for the most influential and leading companies in the industry, including VMware, Microsoft, and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. He currently holds more than 10 technical certifications across different fields, such as cloud, storage, Linux, Docker, and virtualization. He has also participated in the development of Linux certifications and is part of the CompTIA Linux Subject Matter Experts and Technical Advisory Committee. His love for technology has driven him to work in different positions and fields across his career, and this has helped him to develop an understanding about the different points of view that a technical solution requires.
Esteban Flores has been meddling with computers since he was 8 years old. His life as an IT expert began when he lost a lot of important data belonging to his family by saying he was "fixing the computer." He's worked for top-tier companies, including Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, VMware, Akamai, and Microsoft. With 10 years' experience, his passion for cutting-edge technology has driven him to work on different roles during his professional career. Storage technologies have always been his forte, focusing mostly on performance tuning and optimization. A photographer during his free time, he's been doing Linux-related things since his first job, finding amazement in its flexibility to run from a small laptop all the way up to the world's fastest supercomputers.
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