Reading List¶
This is a list of additional material should you wish to dive deeper on particular topics.
Book |
Author (last name) |
Description |
Network Warrior |
Donahue |
Picks up where CCNA leaves off. Lots of real-world networking advice. |
DNS & BIND |
Liu & Albitz |
One of the best books available on DNS |
The Practice of System and Network Administration |
Limoncelli |
Focused more on the traditional IT role, but plenty for modern sysadmins to learn |
The Practice of Cloud System Administration |
Limoncelli |
Focused on modern system administration and devops-y/cloud-y topics |
Time Management for System Administrators |
Limoncelli |
Learn how to better manage your time. A classic book. |
Web Operations |
Allspaw |
Full of lots of practical advice on web operations. Limoncelli’s Cloud System Administration is kind of like an updated and more in-depth version of this. |
Release It! |
Nygard |
Focused more on the developer side of of application design/deployment, but sysadmins will learn a lot from this book. |
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook |
Nemeth, et el |
A classic book on UNIX/Linux system administration. Does not cover modern tooling/practices, but rather more in-depth teaching of Linux/UNIX operating systems |
The Phoenix Project |
Kim |
A parable about DevOps, that does a great job explaining what DevOps is all about. |
Continuous Delivery |
Humble & Farley |
Discusses continuous delivery practices, anti-patterns, and solutions. One of the few books that brings together many related topics (CM, VCS, etc) into a cohesive idea of continuous delivery. |