Linux Patch Management: Keeping Linux Systems Up To Date
The first start-to-finish guide to patching Linux systems in production environmentsFor Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Debian, and other leading distributionsComprehensive coverage of apt, yum, Red Hat Network, YaST Online Update, Zenworks Linux Management, and other toolsHigh-efficiency techniques that minimize impacts on networks, users, and administratorsThe Start-to-Finish Patch Management Guide forEveryLinux® EnvironmentTo keep your Linux systems secure, reliable, and productive, you must stay current with patches and updates. But, until now, it has been difficult to find usable, trustworthy guidance on managing patches in Linux production environments.Linux Patch Managementfills that gap, offering Linux professionals start-to-finish solutions, strategies, and examples for every environment, from single computers to enterprise-class networks. Michael Jang presents patching solutions for Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Debian, and other distributions. He systematically covers both distribution-specific tools and widely used community tools, such as apt and yum. This book’s streamlined patch management techniques minimize impacts on users, networks, and administrators, and address applications as well as the underlying OS. Whatever your role in managing Linux systems,Linux Patch Managementwill reduce your costs, enhance the availability of your systems, and dramatically improve your personal efficiency.Consolidating patches on a Red Hat network, including cached updates, as well as patching systems based on RHEL rebuild distributionsWorking with SUSE’s update systems, including YaST Online Update and Zenworks Linux ManagementMaking the most ofaptcommands and the GUI-based Synaptic Package ManagerConfiguring apt for RPM distributions such as Fedora and SUSE LinuxCreating repositories that can manage gigabytes of patches on diverse Linux systemsUpdating networks of Linux computers without overloading WAN or Internet connectionsConfiguringyumclients, including coverage of emerging GUI tools such as Yum ExtenderBruce Perens’ Open Source Seriesis a definitive series of Linux and open source books by the world’s leading Linux professionals. Bruce Perens is the primary author ofThe Open Source Definition, the formative document of the open source movement, and the former Debian GNU/Linux Project Leader. Series Editor Bruce Perensis an open source evangelist, developer, and consultant whose software is a major component of most commercial embedded Linux offerings. He founded or cofounded Linux Standard Base, Open Source Initiative, and Software in the Public Interest. As Debian GNU/Linux Project Leader, he was instrumental in getting the system on two U.S. space shuttle flights.© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.