Pro Ubuntu Server Administration teaches you advanced Ubuntu system building. After reading this book, you will be able to manage anything from simple file servers to multiple virtual servers to highavailability clusters. This is the capstone volume of the Apress Ubuntu trilogy that includes Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Third Edition and Beginning Ubuntu Server LTS Administration: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition. You will be able to make Ubuntu technology shine in a Fortune 500 environment and let Ubuntu server become the backbone of your infrastructure. Topics covered includePerformance monitoring and optimization Highavailability clustering Advanced LightweightDirectory Access Protocol (LDAP) integrated networking What you'll learn Monitor Ubuntu Server software and the hardware it is running on. Make Ubuntu Server fly by careful optimization. Learn how to craft highavailability clusters. Ease your way into largescale LDAP networking. Acquire the skills to adjust Ubuntu Server to the security needs of a Fortune 500 environment. Run your own Ubuntu application server. Who this book is for Anyone who administers Linux servers and wants to know enough about Ubuntu to make it fly.