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Ubuntu Linux Administration: Networking

Connectivity between Linux and other systems is a prerequisite in most environments. This course will teach you configuring and using networking tools in Ubuntu 20.04.

Andrew Mallett - Pluralsight course - Ubuntu Linux Administration: Networking
by Andrew Mallett

What you'll learn

Most Linux distributions have their own way of managing the persistent network configuration. In this course, Ubuntu Linux Administration: Networking, you’ll learn to manage networking in Ubuntu 20.04. First, you’ll explore IP address configuration dynamically and statistically. Next, you’ll discover how hostnames are resolved and the role of systemd-hostnamed. Finally, you’ll learn how to protect your system with a firewall looking at both IPTables and UFW. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Linux networking needed to operate and administer Ubuntu Linux servers.

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About the author

Andrew Mallett - Pluralsight course - Ubuntu Linux Administration: Networking
Andrew Mallett

Andrew is a committed evangelist of the Linux Operating System and the concept of community and freedom that it provides. He has worked as a technical trainer since 1995 and has taught throughout the world, including Australia, the US, Germany and Eastern Europe. Andrew started teaching Linux in 2004 when Novell acquired SUSE and has been a long time supporter of Novell and provides SYSOP support the the Certifed Novell Instructor community on Linux. Andrew founded theurbanpenguin and has been submitting video training material to his YouTube channel since 2009 and currently has over 8,500 subscribers and 1.6 Million views. Andrew has had two publications with Packt: Citrix Access Gateway VPX Essentials (2012) and Citrix XenApp (2013).

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