System Admin

Linux System Administration

Overview

Core commands and best practices for Linux system administration, including system information viewing, resource monitoring, service management, etc.

System Information

Basic Information

# System version
cat /etc/os-release
uname -a

# Hostname
hostnamectl

# Uptime and load
uptime

Hardware Information

# CPU information
lscpu
cat /proc/cpuinfo

# Memory information
free -h
cat /proc/meminfo

# Disk information
lsblk
df -h

Resource Monitoring

Real-time Monitoring

# Comprehensive monitoring
top
htop

# Memory monitoring
vmstat 1

# IO monitoring
iostat -x 1
iotop

# Network monitoring
iftop
nethogs

Historical Data

# System activity report
sar -u 1 10    # CPU
sar -r 1 10    # Memory
sar -d 1 10    # Disk

Service Management

Systemd Services

# Service status
systemctl status service-name
systemctl is-active service-name

# Start/Stop services
systemctl start/stop/restart service-name

# Boot startup
systemctl enable/disable service-name

# View all services
systemctl list-units --type=service

Common Scenarios

Scenario 1: System Health Check

# Quick health check script
echo "=== System Load ===" && uptime
echo "=== Memory Usage ===" && free -h
echo "=== Disk Usage ===" && df -h
echo "=== Failed Services ===" && systemctl --failed

Scenario 2: Troubleshoot High Load

# 1. Check load
uptime

# 2. Find high CPU processes
ps aux --sort=-%cpu | head -10

# 3. Find high memory processes
ps aux --sort=-%mem | head -10

Troubleshooting

| Problem | Commands | |---------|----------| | System lag | top, vmstat 1, iostat -x 1 | | Disk full | df -h, du -sh /*, ncdu | | Memory shortage | free -h, ps aux --sort=-%mem | | Service abnormal | systemctl status, journalctl -u |

Source & license

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• Author: chaterm
• Source: chaterm/terminal-skills
• License: Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.