Prashanth Jayaram & Ram Iyer 
PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook [EPUB ebook] 
Use PowerShell Core 6.x on Linux to automate complex, repetitive, and time-consuming tasks

Over 150 recipes to leverage Microsoft’s open source automation framework and command line shell

Key Features

• Work effectively on Windows, Linux, and mac OS with Power Shell’s object-oriented approach and capabilities
  
• Handle structured data seamlessly without the need for manual parsing
  
• Enhance your native Linux capabilities with Power Shell Core 6.1

Book Description

Power Shell Core, the open source, cross-platform that is based on the open source, cross-platform .NET Core, is not a shell that came out by accident; it was intentionally created to be versatile and easy to learn at the same time. Power Shell Core enables automation on systems ranging from the Raspberry Pi to the cloud.

Power Shell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook uses simple, real-world examples that teach you how to use Power Shell to effectively administer your environment. As you make your way through the book, you will cover interesting recipes on how Power Shell Core can be used to quickly automate complex, repetitive, and time-consuming tasks. In the concluding chapters, you will learn how to develop scripts to automate tasks that involve systems and enterprise management.

By the end of this book, you will have learned about the automation capabilities of Power Shell Core, including remote management using Open SSH, cross-platform enterprise management, working with Docker containers, and managing SQL databases.

What you will learn

• Leverage the object model of the shell, which is based on .NET Core
  
• Administer computers locally as well as remotely using Power Shell over Open SSH
  
• Get to grips with advanced concepts of Power Shell functions
  
• Use Power Shell for administration on the cloud
  
• Know the best practices pertaining to Power Shell scripts and functions
  
• Exploit the cross-platform capabilities of Power Shell to manage scheduled jobs, Docker containers and SQL Databases

Who this book is for

Power Shell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook is for you if you are a system administrator who wants to learn to control and automate a Linux environment with Power Shell Core 6.1. Basic knowledge of Power Shell scripting is necessary. It is assumed that you already understand how an operating system is structured and how to use the command-line interface to work with the operating system.