Linux Tools Mastery - Volume 3

Linux Tools Mastery - Volume 3: Performance, Security, Networking, and Automation Tools for Real Linux Users

Are you ready to take your Linux skills to the next level?

After mastering the essentials in Volumes 1 and 2, this third volume of the Linux Tools Mastery Series dives deeper into advanced tools that every serious system administrator, DevOps engineer, and security professional needs to know.

Inside this book, you will discover how to:

¿ Profile and benchmark systems with perf, dstat, atop, and pidstat

¿ Manage services and secure your system with systemctl, auditd, tripwire, and fail2ban

¿ Monitor and troubleshoot networks using iftop, nload, mtr, and ethtool

¿ Handle storage and backups with rsync, ncdu, smartctl, and parted

¿ Process data and automate workflows with jq, fzf, tee, xargs, cron, at, parallel, and expect

Every chapter includes:

Clear explanations of each tool

Real-world examples for immediate application

Hands-on exercises with complete solutions

Challenges to test and expand your knowledge

To reinforce your learning, this volume also provides:

Mini Projects that combine multiple tools for practical workflows

A Final Project where you build a fully automated Linux Monitoring & Security Toolkit

By the end of this book, you will not only understand these powerful Linux utilities-you'll know how to combine them to create professional-grade monitoring, security, and automation solutions.

Whether you are a sysadmin, DevOps engineer, security analyst, or Linux enthusiast, this book will give you the confidence to tackle real-world problems with the right tools at your fingertips.

¿ Master advanced Linux tools. Secure, monitor, and automate like a pro.