Remote

Remote Connection

Allow us to manage multiple machines from anywhere in the world.

SSH (Secure Shell)

A protocol implemented by other programs to securely access one computer from another.

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

Allows you to connect to a private network
like your network, over the internet.

Remote Connection on Windows

• PuTTY -> a free, open source software that you can use to make remote connections through several network protocols including SSH.

Remote Connection File Transfer

• SPC (Secure Copy) -> A command that you can use in Linux to copy files on computers on a network.

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Virtual Machine

• Virtual Instance -> a single virtual machine.
• Virtual Box -> a software that helps create a virtual instance.

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Logging

OSes have a background running program that logs events.

Windows

• EventViewer -> you can see logs using EventViewer

Linux

• /var/log -> where logs are stored in linux.

• auth.log -> authorization and security-related events are logged here.

• kern.log -> kernal messages are logged here.

• dmesg -> system startup messages are logged here.

• syslog -> pretty much everything on you system is logged here.

• logrotate -> cleaning up logs

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Operating System Deployment

Operating Systems Deployment Methods

• Disk Cloning
• dd -> tool used to clone a drvie