Beginning Ubuntu LTS Server Administration: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition

Beginning Ubuntu LTS Server Administration, Second Edition is the touchstone companion book for anyone implementing Ubuntu LTS Server. Author Sander van Vugt introduces the most recent server edition of Ubuntu Linux, the most popular Linux distribution, to power users, system administrators, and programmers and demonstrates the power and flexibility that the Hardy–Heron Ubuntu Server Long Term Support Edition offers for small networks and corporate systems alike.

This book covers:

• Installing and configuring Ubuntu to ensure secure installations
• Virtual Ubuntu
• Full network and web services management

• Administer, install, and configure the 5–year Hardy–Heron Ubuntu Server Long Term Support Edition of the most popular Linux distribution in the world
• Use the new installation and graphical user interface tools
• Familiarize yourself, whether you are a power user or system administrator
• Build a network infrastructure with Ubuntu Server
• Harden Ubuntu to withstand new security threats
• Use virtual services

This book will suit Linux system administrators of all levels. It also lets power users who want to familiarize themselves with network and web services relevant to their work acquire up–to–date specialized Ubuntu skills.

Beginning Ubuntu LTS Server Administration: From Novice to Professional: Second Edition responds to the important five-year Long Term Support Edition of Ubuntu Server, which finally gives stability to Ubuntu and will allow this market to become even stronger in 2008. This edition represents the server version of the most popular Linux distribution globally.

The author emphasizes virtualization and Ubuntu Linux infrastructure, using the new GUI and LDAP tools. This book addresses a huge part of the global server market and all administrators and managers who need to know about the new Ubuntu server features.

Sander van Vugt is an independent trainer and consultant, living in the Netherlands and working throughout the European Union. He specializes in Linux and Novell systems, and has worked with both for over ten years. Besides being a trainer, he is also an author, having written more than 20 books and hundreds of technical articles. He is a Master Certified Novell Instructor (MCNI) and holds LPIC-1 and -2 certificates, as well as all important Novell certificates.