Practical Linux DevOps: Building a Linux Lab for Modern Software Development

1) Introduction

2) Gather your hardware

2.1 The basics: What you'll need to build your lab

2.2 Using new equipment for your lab

2.3 Using old PCs and laptops

2.4 Raspberry Pis and IoT devices

2.5 Building your network

2.6 A few words on networking

2.7 Optionally install Webmin

3.1 Why it matters

3.2 About ProxMox VE

3.3 About plain KVM

3.4 Graphical deployments vs. the command line

3.5 Set up ProxMox VE

3.6 Set up Plain KVM

3.7 Command line deployments

3.8 Conclusion

4) Set up a DNS server

4.1 Why it matters

4.2 Sketching out your network

4.3 Configure your routers and switches

4.4 Deploy a VM to host the DNS server

4.5 Install bind

4.6 Set up your domain master

4.7 Set up an optional slave

4.8 Enable and start the named service

4.9 Graphical deployments and management

4.10 Containerize it

5) Set up an email server

5.1 Why it matters

5.2 Deploy a VM to host your mail server

5.3 Install Postfix and Dovecot

5.4 Configure Postfix

5.5 Configure SMTP with Dovecot

5.6 Mail server security considerations

5.7 Initial email service tests

5.8 Set up Thunderbird, Evolution or other graphical email client

5.9 Optional SquirrelMail deployment

5.10 Containerize it

6) Set up a LAMP web server

6.1 Why it matters

6.2 Deploy an LXC or VM host

6.3 Configure the host network and name

6.4 Install the web server

6.5 Create your first virtual host

6.6 Install PHP

6.7 Install MariaDB

6.8 Install Adminer or PHPMyAdmin to graphically manager MariaDB

6.9 Create a single-file PHP app and connect it to a MariaDB database

6.10 Containerize it

7) Website alternatives

7.1 Why it matters

7.2 Deploy a different kind of web server

7.3 Try python3 http.server

7.4 Deploy Wordpress

7.5 Configure Wordpress and login

7.6 Containerize it

8) Server management and maintenance

8.1 Why it matters

8.2 Install Webmin on a new or existing host

8.3 Configure Webmin to manage multiple hosts

8.4 Backup your servers

9) Automation with Chef and Ansible

9.1 Why it matters

9.2 Install Ansible

9.3 Install Chef

10) Think DevOps

10.1 Why it matters

10.2 Why containers and microservices are taking over the world

10.4 Why deploying applications in containers is so popular

10.5 Taking advantage of these services in your lab

11) Extend your lab

11.1 Why it matters

11.2 Create a Docker host

11.3 Create a GitLab host

11.4 Deploy Kubernetes with Git-based scripts

11.5 Experiment with OpenStack

12) Resources

12.2 Software links

12.3 Helpful sites

12.4 References to software used