Programmers need this book. Period.
Servers don't need to drive you crazy!
This book will get you the knowledge you need to confidently setup and manage your servers.
Servers don't need to drive you crazy!
This book will get you the knowledge you need to confidently setup and manage your servers.
Learn the tools of security to properly secure your servers!
See how to configure security updates, set firewalls and configure user access to prevent intrusion!
Learn how to setup Nginx or Apache to run your PHP, Python or Ruby application.
Learn how to configure Nginx/Apache's processing models to get better performance.
Learn the considerations made when using a load balancer, and then learn how to use Nginx and HAProxy load balancers.
Learn how to setup MySQL Replication and balance connections between the databases!
Learn how to set up queues/workers, monitor your apps, properly manage log files and more!
Now Updated for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
including case studies and new videos!
I. Introduction
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VIII. Web Cache
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II. Security
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IX. Logs
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III. Package Managers
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X. Files, Deployment & Configuration Management
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IV. Permissions & User Management
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XI. SSH
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V. Webservers
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XII. Monitoring Processes
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VI. SSL Certificates
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XIII. Development & Servers
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VII. Multi-Server Environments
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"I'm an experienced programmer but before checking out Servers for Hackers I've always been really intimidated by dev ops and system administration. Chris does an amazing job at explaining this stuff in a way that gave me the confidence to manage my own infrastructure."
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Author of Refactoring to Collections and Literally™ the smartest 🇨🇦 Canadian 🇨🇦 I know.
Application development is getting more complex, and we developers need to know how to setup and maintain the servers that run our applications. Don't waste your workday fighting configuration. Learn how to administer your servers!
Get all three packages, including the 300+ page eBook, all production-ready examples (case studies) and all five video series and their bundled extras!
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36+ Chapters, 300+ Page eBook to get you running your servers without sweating the unknown.
Updated for Ubuntu 16.04!
Get your server secure and production-ready in minutes.
Run Nginx in a real-world way - by hosting multiple sites on our servers.
See how easy it is to distribute MySQL queries across a master-relica setup with load balancing!
Now covers GTID based replication!
PHP isn't the only game in town - get a feel for hosting a production Python application using Nginx and uWSGI.
See how to use Beanstalkd to setup your own production-ready queue infrastructure.
Understand how simple Ansible is. Then automate everything.
What to do on every new server you spin up, get up and running quickly!
See how to use Supervisord in production, including what to do with your log output.
See the gory details of purchasing, installing, testing SSL certs, including automating LetsEncrypt and getting an A+ implementation score!
Find out how to use Vagrant, beyond what the Hello World blog articles tell you. Completely re-made! See the latest Vagrant tricks.
🎉 The Vagrant video series includes the follow extras referenced in the videos:
It's hard to be a modern developer witout understanding basic dev-ops. Servers for Hackers is the absolute best resource to get started on your dev-ops journey; Chris has long been the person I turn to whenever I get myself lost in Nginx-land or MySQL hell."
Matt Stauffer
Chief Smiling Officer 😅at Tighten Co and author of Laravel Up and Running.
Get everything written, including the 300+ page eBook and all production-ready examples (case studies)!
(available on leanpub)
36+ Chapters, 300+ Page eBook to get you running your servers without sweating the unknown.
Updated for Ubuntu 16.04!
Get your server secure and production-ready in minutes.
Run Nginx in a real-world way - by hosting multiple sites on our servers.
See how easy it is to distribute MySQL queries across a master-relica setup with load balancing!
Now covers GTID based replication!
PHP isn't the only game in town - get a feel for hosting a production Python application using Nginx and uWSGI.
See how to use Beanstalkd to setup your own production-ready queue infrastructure.
Get the 36 chapter, 300+ page ebook- the core of Servers for Hackers.
(available on leanpub)
36+ Chapters, 300+ Page eBook to get you running your servers without sweating the unknown.
Updated for Ubuntu 16.04!
I'm Chris Fidao. I publish server videos at the Servers for Hackers video site. I also curate the Servers for Hackers newsletter, which is read by over 12,000 programmers who want to learn about servers.
I'm the author of the Deploy PHP! video series, a video series about automating your deployments. A few years ago, I wrote Implementing Laravel, a book all about coding in Laravel - now offered free!
Follow @fideloperBook Updates? - The release of this book does not mean it's finished. I intend to add chapters, case studies and more videos. Updates to those who've already purchased will be free!
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"Chris is someone I can trust for advice while maintaining my own server provisioning services. I can heartily recommend this book for all who want to get a head start learning about server configuration and management."
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