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Practical Internet Server Configuration

Learn to Build a Fully Functional and Well-Secured Enterprise Class Internet Server

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Authors:
  1. Robert La Lau

    1. Blain, France

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  • Teaches you to build a fully functional and well-secured enterprise class internet server from start to finish

  • All configuration examples are given for FreeBSD, Debian and CentOS, meaning that users of the BSD family of systems, Debian-based systems, or Red Hat Linux and its derivatives can use this book

  • You do not need profound preliminary knowledge of Unix, you will be guided towards 'real' system administration very rapidly, with all technical jargon explained along the way

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction and Preparations

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 1-14

  3. Unix and POSIX in a Few Words

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 15-42

  4. Software Management

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 43-69

  5. Network Basics and Firewall

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 71-97

  6. User Management and Permissions

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 99-140

  7. Domain Name System (DNS)

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 141-158

  8. Secure Shell (SSH)

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 159-174

  9. Task Scheduling

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 175-181

  10. Web Server Part 1: Apache/Nginx Basics

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 183-225

  11. Traffic Encryption: SSL/TLS

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 227-237

  12. Databases

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 239-280

  13. Email Basics

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 281-307

  14. Web Server Part 2: Advanced Apache/Nginx

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 309-338

  15. Advanced Email

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 339-366

  16. Backup and Monitoring

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 367-374

  17. Taking It Further

    • Robert La Lau
    Pages 375-381

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 383-394
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About this book

Learn the skills to complete the full installation, configuration, and maintenance of an enterprise class internet server, no matter what Unix-like operating system you prefer. This book will rapidly guide you towards real system administration, with clear explanations along the way.

After a chapter explaining the most important Unix basics, you will start with a vanilla server as delivered by a hosting provider and by the end of the book, you will have a fully functional and well-secured enterprise class internet server. You will also be equipped with the expertise needed to keep your server secured and up to date.  All configuration examples are given for FreeBSD, Debian and CentOS, so you are free to choose your operating system.

No single blueprint exists for an internet server, and an important part of the work of a system administrator consists of analyzing, interpreting and implementing specific wishes, demands and restrictions from different departments and viewpoints within an organization. Practical Internet Server Configuration provides the information you need to succeed as a sysadmin.

What You'll Learn

  • Configure DNS using Bind 9
  • Set up Apache and Nginx
  • Customize a mail server: IMAP (Dovecot) and SMTP (Postfix), spam filtering included
  • Authenticate mail users using LDAP
  • Install and maintain MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases
  • Prepare SSL/TLS certificates for the encryption of web, mail and LDAP traffic
  • Synchronize files, calendars and address books between devices
  • Build a firewall: PF for FreeBSD and nftables for Linux

Who This Book Is For

This book can be used by aspiring and beginning system administrators who are working on personal servers, or more experienced system administrators who may know Unix well but need a reference book for the more specialized work that falls outside the daily routine. Basic understanding of Unix and working on the command line is necessary.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Blain, France

    Robert La Lau

About the author

Robert La Lau has been active on the internet since the mid-90s. What started as a hobby – playing around with Linux, and developing small games and applications using Perl, HTML and JavaScript – turned into a job when he became a full-time freelance web developer in 1999. Shortly thereafter, a web hosting server and freelance Linux and FreeBSD administration were added. In the years that followed, new programming languages were learned, and software development was added to the range of services offered. In his spare time, Rob was involved in several smaller and larger open source projects; among other things, he was the initiator and first administrator for the official online KDE forums. After 15 years of freelance IT work, Rob thought he'd had enough of IT work, finished his running affairs, and left the Netherlands to discover the world. However, the IT kept calling him, and once installed in his new home country France, he decided to return to his old métier. Only this time, it was not to get his own hands dirty in the field, executing orders for clients, but to transfer his knowledge and experience onto the next generations of system administrators and developers. He rebooted his IT career translating and narrating educational books and videos, taught some Unix classes, and seems to have found his destination publishing books now.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Practical Internet Server Configuration

  • Book Subtitle: Learn to Build a Fully Functional and Well-Secured Enterprise Class Internet Server

  • Authors: Robert La Lau

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6960-2

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Robert La Lau 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-6959-6Published: 11 April 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-6960-2Published: 10 April 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 394

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Open Source

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