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Fedora Linux System Administration

Fedora Linux System Administration

By : Alex Callejas
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Fedora Linux System Administration

Fedora Linux System Administration

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By: Alex Callejas

Overview of this book

Fedora Linux is a free and open-source platform designed for hardware, clouds, and containers that enables software developers and community members to create custom solutions for their customers. This book is a comprehensive guide focusing on workstation configuration for the modern system administrator. The book begins by introducing you to the philosophy underlying the open-source movement, along with the unique attributes of the Fedora Project that set it apart from other Linux distributions. The chapters outline best practices and strategies for essential system administration tasks, including operating system installation, first-boot configuration, storage, and network setup. As you make progress, you’ll get to grips with the selection and usage of top applications and tools in the tech environment. The concluding chapters help you get a clear understanding of the basics of version control systems, enhanced Linux security, automation, virtualization, and containers, which are integral to modern system administration. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the knowledge needed to optimize day-to-day tasks related to Linux-based system administration.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Part 1:The Fedora Project
3
Part 2:Workstation Configuration
8
Part 3:Productivity Tools
13
Part 4:System Administration Tools

Using GNOME Boxes

GNOME Boxes is an application of the GNOME desktop environment that’s used to access remote or virtual systems. Boxes uses the QEMU, KVM, and Libvirt virtualization technologies.

Besides the virtualization extensions seen in the previous section, Boxes requires at least 20 GB of storage space and 500 MB of RAM to allocate to virtual machines. GNOME recommends at least 8 GB of RAM and 20 GB of storage on the workstation to run Boxes efficiently. Boxes assigns resources to virtual machines automatically and dynamically based on the vendor’s recommendations.

Let’s review the process of creating a virtual machine with Boxes:

  1. To access Boxes, open Activities Overview and type Boxes:
Figure 13.10 – GNOME Boxes via Activities Overview

Figure 13.10 – GNOME Boxes via Activities Overview

  1. The main Boxes window will appear. To create a new virtual machine, click on the plus (+) button in the top-left corner:
Figure 13.11 – GNOME Boxes main window

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