Linux: System Maintenance

Explore the basics of Linux system maintenance. Learn about system and security logs, troubleshooting the boot process, automating reports with scripting, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Environment setup
• Explore a system

1. Checking Status

• Explore load and uptime
• System logs
• Security logs
• Audit security access, groups, and users
• Check memory and process status
• Explore system resource usage with top
• Check free disk space
• Check disk status

2. Making Changes

• Reboot and shut down the system
• Interrupt and explore the GRUB boot loader
• Gain root access
• Exploring recovery options
• Manage system startup services
• Upgrading software
• Freeing disk space
• Adding a disk
• Automatically mount a disk

3. Logging and Reporting

• Set up a logging server
• Send logs to a system
• Build a summary script

Conclusion

• Next steps