This is the second edition of a title that succeeded before its time – this second edition comes at a timely juncture for Linux administrators and will become a key reference.

If Linux administrators want to build a small or medium-sized network or datacenter, this is the book to show them how to do it by automating the build process. Linux datacenters have multiplied over the last 5 years and literally thousands of Linux system administrators on all 5 continents need this information.