This is the code repository for Mastering Python Scripting for System Administrators, published by Packt.
Write scripts and automate them for real-world administration tasks using Python
Python has evolved with time and extended its features towards every possible IT operations. Python is simple to learn, yet has powerful libraries, which can be used in building powerful Python scripts for solving real-world problems & automating administratorӳ routine activities. The mission of this book is to walk through a series of projects that will teach readers python scripting with each project.
This book covers the following exciting features:
- Learn to Install Python and debugging Python Scripts.
- Understand and write scripts for automating testing & routine administrative activities.
- Learn to write scripts for text processing, encrypting, decrypting and archiving.
- Handle files such as pdf, excel, csv, txt and generate reports.
- Write scripts for remote Network administration including handling emails
- Build interactive tools with Graphical User Interface
- Handle Apache log files, SOAP & REST APIs communication.
- Automate Database administration and perform statistical analysis
If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!
All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.
The code will look like the following:
>>> 3 * 'hi' + 'hello'
'hihihihello'
Following is what you need for this book: This book would be ideal for users with some basic understanding of Python programming and who are interested in scaling their programming skills to command line scripting and system administration. Prior knowledge of Python would be necessary.
With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-18).
| Chapter | Software required | OS required |
|---|---|---|
| For all chapters | Python 3.7 | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any) |
| 18 | MySQL | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any) |
| 18 | SQlite | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Any) |
We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.
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Ganesh Sanjiv Naik is an author, consultant, and corporate trainer in the fields of AI, data science, machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and embedded Linux in relation to product development. He has more than 20 years of professional experience in information technology. Ganesh has a passion and a deep desire for teaching. He has trained 2,000+ engineers in Linux and Android product development. He has worked as a corporate trainer for the ISRO, Intel, GE, Samsung, Motorola, Penang Skill Development Center (Malaysia), and various companies in Singapore, Malaysia, and India. He has started a company called Levana Technologies, which works in AI, machine learning, and data science, providing training, projects, and consultancy activities.
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