UNIX/Linux administration knowledge needed

djsherpa

djsherpa

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I'm fairly well versed in html and css, but know NOTHING when it comes to server side/hosting, working with .htaccess and all that jazz.

Anyone know of a good website or book I could check out for beginners?

Cheers,
Sherpa
 


I don't even know exactly, I just feel that when it comes to tweaking .htaccess or creating MySQL databases or whatever I am strictly following advice from what someone suggests as opposed to understanding the technology behind it.

My goal is to get a better understanding of hosting/server functionality, building a blog network, and even some script development to automate some of the stuff I do manually, but not sure where to even start...

Sure, ultimately I'd like to outsource some of this stuff, but don't want to get fleeced because I don't know how much it should cost...

Make sense?
 
subigo said:
Install Virtualbox, pick a Linux distribution, install LAMP and play around. Slicehost has a good database of articles: Slicehost Article Repository - VPS setup, servers, Ruby on Rails, Django, PHP, DNS, Slicemanager and more
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^ This

I've gotten 100x better at *nix just by installing various distros on VMWare Fusion on my mac. (My development environment is actually a LAMP stack running as a VM on my desktop. I FTP into it and then run the scripts off its local IP address) You can get a bunch of ready to run images from here: Welcome to ThoughtPolice VMware images!

Also, for more rapid learning, pick up a $20/mo Linode account. you can switch between OSes in 10 seconds and play around all you want without worrying about breaking it and then spending 3 hours repairing the damn thing.

Aside from that....google is your friend.
 
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