Mark, I would recommend The official Ubuntu server book: http://www.amazon.com/Official-Ubuntu-Server-Book-2nd/dp/0137081332/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299693203&sr=8-1
Deployments I created a wiki page that completely automates an install from start to finish for lucid: https://www.frackingtubes.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_preseed.cfg_installs_off_PXE_Boot The book also talks about this. automated backup and recovery is also explained allot in the book. I don't specifically use Nagios but buying a book specifically on it will defiantly give you more than you ever wanted to know: http://www.amazon.com/Nagios-Network-Monitoring-Wolfgang-Barth/dp/1593270704 I use http://zabbix.org but I'm probably in the minority here. I hear allot of people use Nagios. Zabbix does everything I need for monitoring. For configuration management allot of people are using puppet & chef. Neither of which I have used but are on my list to learn. If you know specifically at what book you want to buy I would just ask on this email thread. I have spent a small fortune on tech books over the years. ~Dan On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Mark van Harmelen <m...@cs.man.ac.uk>wrote: > Hi everyone > > We are getting more serious about our random collection of servers, all > running ubuntu server 10.04+, and want to buy some books that we can use to > build our knowledge and skills. > > Particularly we are interested in topics like automated deployment, > configuration management, and automated backup and recovery. Nagios is also > lurking in the backs of our minds. > > Does anyone have any recommendations for us please? > > Thanks > Mark > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >
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