Here are 100 chapter titles for an AIX (IBM) operating system book, progressing from beginner to advanced:
I. Foundations (Beginner - 20 Chapters)
- Introduction to AIX: A Unix Flavor
- AIX's Place in the Operating System Landscape
- Understanding the AIX Architecture
- Setting Up Your AIX Environment
- Logging In and the AIX Command Line
- Basic Commands: Navigation and File Management
- Working with Files and Directories in AIX
- User and Group Management Fundamentals
- Permissions and Security Basics in AIX
- Text Editors: vi, emacs, and nano
- Introduction to Shell Scripting
- Redirection and Piping: Powerful Command Combinations
- Understanding Processes in AIX
- Process Management: ps, kill, and nice
- Introduction to the AIX File System
- Mounting and Unmounting File Systems
- Disk Management Basics
- System Startup and Shutdown Procedures
- Getting Help: man pages and online resources
- Troubleshooting Common AIX Issues
II. Intermediate AIX Administration (30 Chapters)
- Advanced User and Group Management
- Managing User Profiles and .profile files
- In-Depth Permission Management and ACLs
- Shell Scripting: Control Flow and Variables
- Advanced Shell Scripting Techniques
- Regular Expressions and Text Processing
- Working with the Korn Shell (ksh)
- Process Management: Signals and Daemons
- Process Scheduling and Priorities
- Memory Management in AIX
- Virtual Memory and Swapping
- Disk Quotas and Disk Space Management
- Logical Volume Management (LVM) Fundamentals
- Creating and Managing Logical Volumes
- File System Management: fsck and mkfs
- Backup and Restore Strategies in AIX
- Working with Archives: tar and cpio
- Introduction to System V IPC
- Message Queues, Semaphores, and Shared Memory
- Network Configuration Basics
- Configuring Network Interfaces
- Understanding TCP/IP Networking
- DNS and Hostname Resolution
- Basic Network Troubleshooting
- Introduction to Performance Monitoring
- Monitoring System Resources with top and vmstat
- Understanding System Logs
- Analyzing System Logs for Troubleshooting
- Introduction to AIX Security
- Security Best Practices for AIX
III. Advanced AIX Administration (30 Chapters)
- Advanced LVM Management: Mirroring and Striping
- LVM Snapshots and Backups
- Performance Tuning for AIX Systems
- Analyzing System Performance Bottlenecks
- Advanced System V IPC Programming
- Socket Programming in AIX
- Network Services: NFS and Samba
- Configuring and Managing NFS
- Setting up Samba for File Sharing
- Web Services on AIX: Apache and IBM HTTP Server
- Configuring and Managing Web Servers
- Database Management on AIX (e.g., DB2)
- Installing and Configuring Databases
- AIX Security: Advanced Topics
- Kerberos Authentication
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- Security Auditing and Compliance
- System Hardening Techniques
- AIX Virtualization: PowerVM Basics
- Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
- Live Partition Mobility (LPM)
- AIX Clustering: HACMP/PowerHA
- High Availability and Disaster Recovery
- Automation with Ansible or Puppet
- Scripting for System Administration Tasks
- Working with the AIX Toolbox
- Software Installation and Management (installp, rpm)
- Understanding the AIX Object Data Manager (ODM)
- Customizing the AIX Kernel
- Advanced AIX Troubleshooting
IV. Specialized AIX Topics (20 Chapters)
- AIX for Developers: Compiling and Debugging
- Working with the C/C++ Compiler
- Debugging Tools and Techniques
- AIX and Java Development
- Integrating AIX with Other Systems
- Cloud Integration with AIX
- AIX in a Virtualized Environment
- AIX and Containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- AIX Performance Analysis Tools
- Capacity Planning for AIX Systems
- AIX Security in a Cloud Environment
- AIX and DevOps Practices
- AIX Best Practices for Specific Industries
- Case Studies: Real-World AIX Implementations
- AIX Certification and Training Resources
- The Future of AIX
- AIX Interview Questions and Answers
- AIX Quick Reference Guide
- AIX Command Cheat Sheet
- Glossary of AIX Terms
This list provides a comprehensive range of topics, allowing for a structured learning experience from basic concepts to advanced administration and specialized areas within the AIX operating system. Remember that the specific content within each chapter would need to be fleshed out with detailed explanations, examples, and hands-on exercises.