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 reviewDeploying and configuring services: Infrastructure management networks
security storage serverless and release managementScaling administration: Monitoring and
observability capacity planning log management and analysis and security and compliance
