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What is the general strategy that I take for backups in Linux environment. Details about monitoring Linux system using top, ps etc. commands. IPtables related questions. BIND service related questions. SSL encryption and handshake. Cron daemon and commands. Some questions regarding Python programming.
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Linux Systems Administrator

Interviewed at PlayStation

4.1
Jun 28, 2016

What is the general strategy that I take for backups in Linux environment. Details about monitoring Linux system using top, ps etc. commands. IPtables related questions. BIND service related questions. SSL encryption and handshake. Cron daemon and commands. Some questions regarding Python programming.

What are inodes? How do you troubleshoot a slow LAMP server? How do you add a disk on a Linux VM? What command can you use to see a new disk on linux? lsblk Perfomance questions: top, htop, vmstat, sar, etc. ? A client reports that they cant log in to a Linux server, how do you troubleshoot?
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Cloud Support Engineer Linux

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Aug 31, 2021

What are inodes? How do you troubleshoot a slow LAMP server? How do you add a disk on a Linux VM? What command can you use to see a new disk on linux? lsblk Perfomance questions: top, htop, vmstat, sar, etc. ? A client reports that they cant log in to a Linux server, how do you troubleshoot?

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