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Linux is one of the best decisions you can make for your computer — but knowing where to start is the hard part. This guide walks you through everything: choosing a distribution, installing it, and using it confidently every day. It was written by Jay LaCroix of Learn Linux TV, for complete beginners. No prior experience required.

Developer platforms promise to rewrite the laws of IT physics: they boost innovation through standards; they speed up development while assuring compliance; and they reduce cognitive load without restricting choice. Building such an in-house platform, or even deploying one, is far from easy, though. This book condenses a decade of building and rolling out platforms into practical advice for platform teams and users.5300+ happy readers! Also as Paperback edition

The book covers every topic in the latest CISSP exam syllabus, organized in a format that makes it easy to drill down on specific exam domains and concepts at-a-glance, making it an essential exam resource for anyone who aims to prepare for the exam without wasting time or money.

Ansible is a simple, but powerful, server and configuration management tool. Learn to use Ansible effectively, whether you manage one server—or thousands.

Learn how to analyze x64 and ARM64 Linux process and kernel crashes and hangs, navigate through core memory dump space and diagnose corruption, memory leaks, CPU spikes, blocked threads, deadlocks, wait chains, and more than 50 memory analysis patterns. The training consists of more than 70 step-by-step exercises using GDB and WinDbg debuggers.

Strategy is the difference between making a wish and making it come true. To make your cloud journey a reality, and not just a wish, you’ll want to stay clear of buzzwords and product minutiae. Instead, focus on principles, decision models, and trade-offs that you can communicate broadly throughout your organization. This book tells you how. Paperback editionHardcover edition

A practical guide to Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC), the cross-platform configuration management tool for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Learn how to author configuration documents, work with built-in resources, adapters, and build custom resources.

Build enterprise-grade Proxmox VE 9 clusters with integrated Ceph storage. This hands-on guide covers everything from lab setup with nested KVM virtualization to production deployment with high availability, automated backups, and API-driven automation.

The book contains the full transcript of Software Diagnostics Services training with 16 hands-on exercises on various topics related to Linux API.

Spanning roughly 250 pages with step-by-step screenshots-based instructions, this book will guide you on managing a daloRADIUS deployed server to run FreeRADIUS AAA system. with daloRADIUS you can easily and quickly manage your FreeRADIUS deployment, thanks to flexible user interface and navigation flow.

Modern networks like the Internet — explained as simply as possible — but no simpler.

The most comprehensive resource to get you started with Azure Bicep and help you master provisioning and managing Microsoft Azure infrastructure as code.

Prepare yourself for the HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate exam with this guide! HashiCorp Ambassador, Ned Bellavance reviews the certification objectives, provides insight from real-world experience, and gives key takeaways for to help you focus on what matters most.

Understanding Docker can be difficult or time-consuming. I've created this collection of sketchnotes about Docker in order to explain the Cloud technology in a visual way.

GitOps has caused quite some fuss on Twitter and KubeCon, and still continues to do so. This book aggregates the essence of GitOps to help clear up the confusion. This book answers the following questions:What is GitOps?Why should I use GitOps?How does GitOps work?How to get started with GitOps on Kubernetes?What's the Future of GitOps?