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UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.45 — 990 ratings — published 2010
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The Practice of System and Network Administration The Practice of System and Network Administration (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.43 — 600 ratings — published 2001
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.26 — 50,214 ratings — published 2013
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Time Management for System Administrators: Stop Working Late and Start Working Smart Time Management for System Administrators: Stop Working Late and Start Working Smart (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,027 ratings — published
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DNS and BIND DNS and BIND (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.99 — 708 ratings — published 1992
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Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.17 — 270 ratings — published 2008
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Essential System Administration (Nutshell Handbooks) Essential System Administration (Nutshell Handbooks)
by (shelved 6 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.94 — 352 ratings — published 1991
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Ansible for DevOps Ansible for DevOps (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.29 — 506 ratings — published 2015
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UNIX Power Tools UNIX Power Tools (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.17 — 688 ratings — published 1993
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The Book of PF, 2nd Edition: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall The Book of PF, 2nd Edition: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.16 — 103 ratings — published 2007
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TCP/IP Network Administration TCP/IP Network Administration (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.89 — 326 ratings — published 1992
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Infrastructure as Code: Managing Servers in the Cloud Infrastructure as Code: Managing Servers in the Cloud (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.15 — 420 ratings — published 2015
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Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,911 ratings — published 2016
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Continuous delivery Continuous delivery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,309 ratings — published 2010
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TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
by (shelved 5 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,313 ratings — published 1993
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Pro Puppet (Expert's Voice in Open Source) Pro Puppet (Expert's Voice in Open Source)
by (shelved 5 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.29 — 136 ratings — published 2011
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Classic Shell Scripting Classic Shell Scripting (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.06 — 282 ratings — published 2005
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Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,180 ratings — published 2014
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sed & awk sed & awk (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.86 — 630 ratings — published 1990
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The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,897 ratings — published 2015
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Practical UNIX & Internet Security Practical UNIX & Internet Security (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.86 — 221 ratings — published 1991
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Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.49 — 485 ratings — published 2013
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The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,728 ratings — published 2012
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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.73 — 162 ratings — published 2001
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Network Warrior: Everything you need to know that wasn't on the CCNA exam Network Warrior: Everything you need to know that wasn't on the CCNA exam (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.19 — 433 ratings — published 2007
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Nginx HTTP Server Nginx HTTP Server (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.42 — 92 ratings — published 2010
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Absolute OpenBSD: Unix for the Practical Paranoid Absolute OpenBSD: Unix for the Practical Paranoid (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.23 — 125 ratings — published 2003
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Modern Linux Administration: How to Become a Cutting-Edge Linux Administrator Modern Linux Administration: How to Become a Cutting-Edge Linux Administrator (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.48 — 23 ratings — published 2019
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Terraform: Up and Running: Writing Infrastructure as Code Terraform: Up and Running: Writing Infrastructure as Code (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.25 — 998 ratings — published
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Python for Unix and Linux System Administration Python for Unix and Linux System Administration (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.76 — 97 ratings — published 2008
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Linux Firewalls Linux Firewalls (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.90 — 20 ratings — published 2005
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Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol.1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol.1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.16 — 337 ratings — published 1988
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How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,237 ratings — published 2004
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The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.63 — 722 ratings — published 2010
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bash Pocket Reference bash Pocket Reference (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.24 — 188 ratings — published 2010
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Linux Administration Handbook Linux Administration Handbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.29 — 182 ratings — published 2006
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Ansible: Up and Running: Automating Configuration Management and Deployment the Easy Way Ansible: Up and Running: Automating Configuration Management and Deployment the Easy Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.88 — 270 ratings — published 2014
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Linux and the Unix Philosophy Linux and the Unix Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.94 — 71 ratings — published 2002
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UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.37 — 205 ratings — published 1998
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Practical Packet Analysis: Using Wireshark to Solve Real-World Network Problems Practical Packet Analysis: Using Wireshark to Solve Real-World Network Problems (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.10 — 430 ratings — published 2007
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TCP/IP Illustrated: The Implementation, Vol. 2 TCP/IP Illustrated: The Implementation, Vol. 2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.27 — 328 ratings — published 1995
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SSH Mastery: OpenSSH, PuTTY, Tunnels and Keys SSH Mastery: OpenSSH, PuTTY, Tunnels and Keys (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.18 — 273 ratings — published 2012
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DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux Server Best Practices DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux Server Best Practices (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.84 — 114 ratings — published 2012
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Web Operations: Keeping the Data on Time Web Operations: Keeping the Data on Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.09 — 336 ratings — published 2010
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The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.83 — 4,321 ratings — published 1999
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Configuring Windows 7: Self-Paced Training Kit (MCTS Exam 70-680) Configuring Windows 7: Self-Paced Training Kit (MCTS Exam 70-680)
by (shelved 3 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.58 — 147 ratings — published 2009
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Linux Utilities Cookbook Linux Utilities Cookbook (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 3.12 — 16 ratings — published 2013
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PowerShell for Sysadmins: Workflow Automation Made Easy PowerShell for Sysadmins: Workflow Automation Made Easy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as sysadmin)
avg rating 4.15 — 91 ratings — published
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Neal Stephenson
“Not that any of the sysadmin’s knowledge and skills were applicable here.

The psychological stance was the thing: the implicit faith, a little naive and a little cocky, that by banging his head against the problem for long enough he’d be able to break through in the end.”
Neal Stephenson, Reamde

“Our software is fragile as well — if people built houses the way we write programs, the first woodpecker would wipe out civilization.”
Clifford Stoll, The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

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