Enable Sysadmin: A May 2020 round-up

Let's take a moment to take a look back at our top content of the last month.

Posted: June 4, 2020 by Tyler Carrigan (Editorial Team, Red Hat)

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May 2020 was a great month for the Enable Sysadmin community! We published 33 articles and received over 240,000 page views. Today, we are looking back at our top ten articles to give readers a chance to catch up on any of the great content they may have missed! In this list, you will see various topics covered and we are confident that some, if not all will be of interest to you!

If these articles leave you feeling inspired, or if you would like to be on next month's list, we would love to hear from you. Send in your ideas to the team at enable-sysadmin@redhat.com!

How to run a Kubernetes cluster on your laptop

Want containers? Learn how to set up and run a Kubernetes container cluster on your laptop with OKD.

Book review: The Linux Command Line

This excellent Linux command line book is more than cubicle decoration, it's a secret super power.

10 handy systemd commands: A reference

Here's a handy guide of useful systemd commands for your Linux sysadmin toolbox.

A simple Python HTTP server for your sysadmin toolbox

If you need a quick and easy web service, the Python SimpleHTTPServer might be right for you.

Use curl to interact with an API

Learn how to use command line gem curl to do more than simple file transfer.

Linux networking: ifconfig versus ip

The ifconfig command has served us well, but now it's time to look to the future with its replacement, the ip command.

Using systemd features to secure services

Find out how to leverage systemd to increase the security of your services through sandboxing.

Sysadmin security: 8 Linux lockdown controls

How to lock down your Linux system from unwanted access locally and across the network.

Linux security: 8 more system lockdown controls

Locking down a system isn't rocket science but it's not intuitive either. Learn additional security controls that won't cost you anything but time to implement.

The Ansible Tower demo lab mission

An introduction to deploying playbooks to build a home lab with Ansible Tower.

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Tyler Carrigan

Tyler is the Sr. Community Manager at Enable Sysadmin, a submarine veteran, and an all-round tech enthusiast! He was first introduced to Red Hat in 2012 by way of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based combat system inside the USS Georgia Missile Control Center. More about me