Top 10 Enable Sysadmin posts from July 2019

Thanks to all of the wonderful contributors who made last month successful.

Posted: August 3, 2019 by Jason Hibbets (Red Hat), Jason Baker

In our second full month of publishing sysadmin articles, we're excited about the variety of topics and participation from the community members who have jumped right in to help us get us started. We would like to share the top performers from the month of July and thank all of our authors for their contributions.

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Top 10 Enable Sysadmin posts

Locking down sshd

Learn how to keep your systems safe and prevent unauthorized access through SSH by following these simple suggestions.

The day the virtual machine manager died

A Sysadmin adventure in using dd to write over an existing KVM host

Why the lone wolf mentality is a sysadmin mistake

Lone wolf sysadmins cause short- and long-term problems in team environments. Here's an example of where things went wrong, and also when things are done right.

Manage the Linux /tmp directory like a boss

The /tmp directory is a temporary landing place for files. Users also have write access to this directory, which can be a bad thing, but there is a solution.

How to earn a promotion as a sysadmin

Promotions are great, but blindly taking just any promotion can lead to misery. Here's how to get one, especially one that suits you.

Ansible: IT automation for everybody

Kick the tires with Ansible and start automating with these simple tasks.

The pros and cons of infrastructure-as-code

IaC has a lot of pros, but someone needs to warn us about the cons before we get started.

How to prevent and recover from accidental file deletion in Linux

There are practices that can help you reduce desperate pleas to recover lost files, but eventually, something will go wrong. Here's how to avoid file deletion drama, prepare for when it happens, and respond efficiently.

Library books stacked in long hallway with reliable support

Book review: Site Reliability Engineering

If you're a sysadmin, don't ignore the book "Site Reliability Engineering." There's something in here for you, too.

Appreciating your sysadmin

System administration is one of those jobs that most never notice until things don't work. Sysadmins work hard to keep our digital lives running. Here's how you can show your appreciation on Sysadmin Appreciation Day.

Topics: Community

Jason Hibbets

Jason Hibbets is a Principal Program Manager at Red Hat with the Digital Communities team. He works with the Enable Architect, Enable Sysadmin, Enterprisers Project, and Opensource.com community publications. More about me

Jason Baker

Red Hat Certified Engineer. Linux desktop enthusiast. Map/geospatial nerd. Raspberry Pi tinkerer. Data analysis and visualization geek. Occasional Pythonista. More about me