Mastering Ubuntu Server

Ubuntu Server is one of the most widely used Linux server platforms for system administration, cloud computing, DevOps, virtualization, containers, and enterprise infrastructure. This book is designed to build real-world Ubuntu Server skills, from initial deployment and daily administration to automation, cloud platforms, and security hardening.

This book follows a structured learning path covering Ubuntu Server installation, GRUB configuration, and core Linux administration. It then introduces system management, storage, package administration, troubleshooting, and log analysis. Readers will explore networking services, remote access, file sharing, and database administration, followed by web servers and cloud technologies. The book also covers infrastructure as code, automation, version control, virtualization, containers, and Kubernetes. It concludes with Linux security, vulnerability management, encryption, system hardening, and certification preparation.

By the end of this book, you will be able to deploy, manage, troubleshoot, automate, secure, and scale Ubuntu Server environments with confidence. Whether your goal is Linux system administration, cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure automation, this guide provides the practical knowledge needed to work effectively with Ubuntu Server in modern IT environments.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
● Deploy Ubuntu Server, configure GRUB, and prepare production-ready systems.
● Manage files, directories, users, groups, permissions, and sudo securely.
● Create shell scripts using Bash, SED, and AWK automation.
● Monitor processes, schedule jobs, analyze performance, and troubleshoot.
● Configure storage, RAID, LVM, filesystems, mounts, and services.
● Configure networking, OpenSSH, SSH keys, DHCP, DNS, and addressing.
● Automate AWS deployments using Terraform, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes security.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
This book is designed for system administrators, DevOps engineers, cloud/infrastructure engineers, network administrators, security administrators, and students seeking Ubuntu Server expertise. Readers should possess basic knowledge of Linux, computer networking, shell scripting, Git, Ansible, AWS or cloud platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, and Ubuntu fundamentals.

1. Deploying Ubuntu Server
2. Managing Files, Directories, and Essential Linux Commands
3. Managing Users and Groups
4. Managing Processes and Monitoring System Resources
5. Linux Storage and Services Management
6. Managing Software Packages and Ubuntu Server Troubleshooting
7. Connecting to the Network and Setting up Network Services
8. Files Sharing and Transfer Using NFS and Samba
9. Managing Database and Hosting Web Content
10. Deploying Ubuntu Server with Terraform and AWS Cloud
11. Automating Ubuntu Server Configuration using Ansible
12. Running Ubuntu Servers on Virtual Machine
13. Kubernetes and Container
14. Secure Ubuntu Server and Containers
15. Summary

Ahmed Gamal Badawy Badawy, originally from Egypt, is based in Poland and has been working in the IT industry for more than 15 years, mainly in the computing infrastructure area and especially in the operating system management area.

He is currently working as a Cloud Infrastructure Architect at Nokia Solutions and Networks, and has led different projects as a technical leader, senior Engineer, and Cloud Infrastructure Architect. In addition to the technical abilities and skills, he has been leading different teams for more than 8 years to success. Regarding his professional experience, Ahmed has been working in international environments, including different enterprise companies such as HP, IBM, UBS, Motorola Solutions, etc., which helped him form a wider view about the work.

Ahmed graduated from the Faculty of Science, majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Physics. He has also done a postgraduate study in information technology from the Information Technology Institute, majoring in Linux administration. Besides this, he also has certifications related to Redhat, IBM and Databases.

Ahmed is training in table tennis at a professional level in his free time and loves jogging. He is into cooking and loves spending time with his family.