Absolute FreeBSD, 3rd Edition
The Complete Guide to FreeBSD
Description
This updated edition of Michael W. Lucas' definitive volume on FreeBSD-based systems adds coverage of modern disks, the ZFS filesystem IPv6, redesigned jail and packaging systems, and virtualization, among dozens of new features added in the last 10 years.
FreeBSD is the muscle behind companies like Netflix and EMC. Any place where someone does heavy lifting on the Internet, you'll find FreeBSD. This newly revised edition of Absolute FreeBSD brings FreeBSD's strengths to bear on your problems and covers FreeBSD's newest features, all in the inimitable style that has made author Michael W. Lucas' system administration books so popular.
Any computer system is only as good as the system administrator's knowledge. Absolute FreeBSD teaches you everything you need to know about managing FreeBSD systems, from installation, configuration, and taking the system from "just working" to "working well." A cohesive focus on service delivery and best practice means that you can apply much of the book to other operating systems.
Absolute FreeBSD dives deep into server management, taking you beyond just making things work and into understanding why they work.
You'll learn:
About this Author
Michael W. Lucas is a network/security engineer with extensive experience working with high-availability systems. He's a regular speaker and instructor at systems administrator conferences throughout the United States, and is the author of the critically-acclaimed Absolute BSD, Absolute OpenBSD, Cisco Routers for the Desperate, and PGP & GPG, all from No Starch Press.
Reviews
"A must-have if you are interested on operating systems, not just UNIX or similar software."
--Albert Valbuena, Admin... by accident!
"A fantastic book on FreeBSD. Clear. Concise. Informative for new FreeBSD users and sysadmins . . . A must-have book for all people interested in learning FreeBSD system management."
--Vivek Gite, nixCraft
"An ESSENTIAL guide for FreeBSD."
--Gordon Ewasiuk, Amazon Vine Voice
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