Linux system administration methodology or best pratice

[Kenneth Holter]

Thansk, I'll have a look at these.

On 8/26/09, Carl G. Riches <cgr at u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Kenneth Holter wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>>
>>
>> I work as a linux system administrator, and were wondering if there exists
>> any methodology that systematize this kind of work.
>>
>> Linux in my organization is a pretty new platform, so we're working on
>> developing and improving everything from patching routines to user
>> administration to security. We've been doing a lot of work with regards to
>> these (and other) areas, but I believe we could benefit from read up on
>> methodology or best practices that describes the whole field of linux
>> system
>> administration. we've got access to technical documentation, so that not
>> an
>> issue. What we need is a way to be even more structured and thus effective
>> in adminitrating our linux servers.
>>
>> What I hope such a methodology or best practice documentation is things
>> such
>> as these:
>>
>>  - Guidelines to set up a technical standard for linux servers
>>  - How to develop an effective, automated system for documenting the state
>>  of the linux servers (i.e. asset management type of thing)
>>  - How to set up long term plans for developing routines and
>>  infrastructure to make the linux servers more secure and easy to manage
>>  - etc
>>
>> Feel free to point me in the direction of web sites, book, etc that may
>> hold
>> the infomation I'm looking for.
>>
>>
>
> Some places to start might be these books:
>
>  The Practice of System and Network Administration (2nd ed)
>  Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup
>  Addison Wesley (2007)
>
>  Linux Administration Handbook (2nd ed)
>  Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, and Trent R. Hein
>  Pearson Education (2006)
>
> Carl
>
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