Mastering Ubuntu Server

Upgrade your Ubuntu skills

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited

By: Jay LaCroix

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|Sep 2025

E-Book €32.99Institutions €132.95

Get up to date with the finer points of Ubuntu Server using this comprehensive guide

Key Features

Get well-versed with newly-added features in Ubuntu 16.04
Master the art of installing, managing, and troubleshooting Ubuntu Server
A practical easy-to-understand book that will help you enhance your existing skills.

Book Description

Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux operating system, and has various versions targeted at servers, desktops, phones, tablets and televisions. The Ubuntu Server Edition, also called Ubuntu Server, offers support for several common configurations, and also simplifies common Linux server deployment processes.

With this book as their guide, readers will be able to configure and deploy Ubuntu Servers using Ubuntu Server 16.04, with all the skills necessary to manage real servers. The book begins with the concept of user management, group management, as well as file-system permissions. To manage your storage on Ubuntu Server systems, you will learn how to add and format storage and view disk usage. Later, you will also learn how to configure network interfaces, manage IP addresses, deploy Network Manager in order to connect to networks, and manage network interfaces. Furthermore, you will understand how to start and stop services so that you can manage running processes on Linux servers. The book will then demonstrate how to access and share files to or from Ubuntu Servers. You will learn how to create and manage databases using MariaDB and share web content with Apache. To virtualize hosts and applications, you will be shown how to set up KVM/Qemu and Docker and manage virtual machines with virt-manager. Lastly, you will explore best practices and troubleshooting techniques when working with Ubuntu Servers.

By the end of the book, you will be an expert Ubuntu Server user well-versed in its advanced concepts.

What you will learn

Learn how to manage users, groups, and permissions
Encrypt and decrypt disks with Linux Unified Key Setup /Luks
Setup SSH for remote access, and connect it to other nodes
Understand how to add, remove, and search for packages
Use NFS and Samba to share directories with other users
Get to know techniques for managing Apache and MariaDB
Explore best practices and troubleshooting techniques

Who this book is for

This book is intended for readers with intermediate or advanced-beginner skills with Linux, who would like to learn all about setting up servers with Ubuntu Server. This book assumes that the reader knows the basics of Linux, such as editing configuration files and running basic commands.

Deploying Ubuntu Server
Managing users
Managing storage volumes
Connecting to Networks
Managing Software Packages
Controlling and monitoring processes
Managing your Ubuntu Server network
Accessing and sharing files
Managing Databases
Serving web content
Virtualizing hosts and applications
Securing your server
Troubleshooting Ubuntu Servers
Preventing and recovering from disasters

PDF ISBN: 978-1-78528-713-8

Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited

Publication date: 2025

Language: English

Pages: 430

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