Understand, monitor, and troubleshoot Linux systems like a production engineer.
Linux Monitoring: A Practical Guide to Linux Monitoring by Eslam Wahba is a hands-on guide designed for engineers who need full visibility into Linux systems running in modern production environments.
Monitoring is a critical skill for maintaining high availability, performance, and system reliability in DevOps and cloud infrastructure. This book focuses on real-world practices used by professionals to detect issues before they impact users.
You’ll learn how to monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot Linux systems using production-grade techniques and tools.
This book covers how to monitor:
- CPU utilization and performance bottlenecks
- Memory usage and optimization
- Disk I/O and storage performance
- Network traffic and latency
- System load and uptime
- Process health and system behavior
Through practical examples, you’ll understand how monitoring integrates with DevOps workflows, cloud platforms, Kubernetes environments, and large-scale Linux systems.
You’ll also learn how to:
- Identify performance bottlenecks before failures occur
- Analyze logs and system metrics effectively
- Build monitoring strategies for production systems
- Improve system reliability and uptime
Part of the Modern Cloud & AI Engineering Series, this book equips DevOps engineers, system administrators, and cloud engineers with the essential monitoring skills required for modern infrastructure.
Ideal for: DevOps Engineers, Cloud Engineers, System Administrators, SREs, and IT professionals responsible for system performance and reliability.