Modern System Administration: Managing Reliable and Sustainable Systems

Early system administration required in-depth knowledge of a variety of  services on individual systems. Now, the job is increasingly complex and  different from one company to the next with an ever-growing list of  technologies and third-party services to integrate. How does any one  individual stay relevant in systems and services? This practical guide  helps anyone in operations—sysadmins, automation engineers, IT  professionals, and site reliability engineers—understand the essential  concepts of the role today.

Collaboration, automation, and the  evolution of systems change the fundamentals of operations work. No  matter where you are in your journey, this book provides you the  information to craft your path to advancing essential system  administration skills. Author Jennifer Davis provides examples of modern  practices and tools with recommended materials to advance your skills.

Topics include:
Development  and testing: Version control, fundamentals of virtualization and  containers, testing, and architecture review Deploying and configuring  services: Infrastructure management, networks, security, storage,  serverless, and release management Scaling administration: Monitoring  and observability, capacity planning, log management and analysis, and  security and compliance