Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. A practical, hands-on tutorial approach that explores the concepts of PowerShell in a friendly manner, taking an adhoc approach to each topic.If you are an administrator who is new to PowerShell or are looking to get a good grounding in these new features, this book is ideal for you. It’s assumed that you will have some experience in PowerShell and Windows Server, as well being familiar with the PowerShell command-line.

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. This is a quick tutorial allowing you to quickly increase the efficiency of your system by intelligently reducing its workload where possible and learn techniques for designing your solutions to take advantage of Gearman’s architecture.The technology covered in this book is usable by almost any modern programming language and any type of application, be it web, desktop, or mobile applications.This book targets developers who are interested in adding distributed data processing to their applications. The examples in this book are written using Ruby, but are documented thoroughly to allow developers comfortable with other languages to understand how to use them in a language of their choice. Intermediate programmers with no previous experience in distributed computing will also be able to easily follow the content.

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. This book is a great tool to quickly learn and explore the features offered by XenApp 6.5.Windows system administrators who want a quick lesson on how to install and configure XenApp.

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. Get the job done and learn as you go. A how-To book with practical recipes accompanied with rich screenshots for easy comprehension.This is a Packt Instant How-to guide, which provides concise and clear recipes for performing the core task of replication using Oracle GoldenGate.The book is aimed at DBAs from any of popular RDBMS systems such as Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, Sybase, and so on. The level of detail provides quick applicability to beginners and a handy review for more advanced administrators.

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks.The approach would be in a tutorial manner that will guide the users in an orderly manner toward virtualization.This book is conceived for system administrator and advanced PC enthusiasts who want to venture into the virtualization world. Although this book goes from scratch up, knowledge on server Operative Systems, LAN and networking has to be in place. Having a good background on server administration is desirable, including networking services.

The book is intended for software developers, DevOps engineers, and other professionals who make heavy use of the terminal in their daily workflow. Some familiarity with the terminal is useful but no prior experience with tmux or other terminal multiplexers (such as GNU Screen) is required.

If you are a Python beginner who is looking to learn the language through interesting projects, this book is for you. A basic knowledge of programming and statistics is beneficial to get the most out of the book.

This book is a handson, practical guide that will help readers to understand the various capabilities of VMware Fusion with the help of realworld examples. This book is a must for every Mac user out there who is in the process of transitioning from Windows to OS X. Whether you’re new to Fusion or you’ve been using it for years, there’s something new for everyone to learn.

Leverage the simplicity of Python and available libraries to build web security testing tools for your application About This Book ? Understand the web application penetration testing methodology and toolkit using Python ? Write a web crawler/spider with the Scrapy library ? Detect and exploit SQL injection vulnerabilities by creating a script all by yourself Who This Book Is For Learning Python Web Penetration Testing is for web developers who want to step into the world of web application security testing. Basic knowledge of Python is necessary. What You Will Learn ? Interact with a web application using the Python and Requests libraries ? Create a basic web application crawler and make it recursive ? Develop a brute force tool to discover and enumerate resources such as files and directories ? Explore different authentication methods commonly used in web applications ? Enumerate table names from a database using SQL injection ? Understand the web application penetration testing methodology and toolkit In Detail Web penetration testing is the use of tools and code to attack a website or web app in order to assess its vulnerability to external threats. While there are an increasing number of sophisticated, ready-made tools to scan systems for vulnerabilities, the use of Python allows you to write system-specific scripts, or alter and extend existing testing tools to find, exploit, and record as many security weaknesses as possible. Learning Python Web Penetration Testing will walk you through the web application penetration testing methodology, showing you how to write your own tools with Python for each activity throughout the process. The book begins by emphasizing the importance of knowing how to write your own tools with Python for web application penetration testing. You will then learn to interact with a web application using Python, understand the anatomy of an HTTP request, URL, headers and message body, and later create a script to perform a request, and interpret the response and its headers. As you make your way through the book, you will write a web crawler using Python and the Scrappy library. The book will also help you to develop a tool to perform brute force attacks in different parts of the web application. You will then discover more on detecting and exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities. By the end of this book, you will have successfully created an HTTP proxy based on the mitmproxy tool. Style and approach A easy-to-follow guide that will help you build different web application security testing tools. With each chapter building on the knowledge of the previous section, this book will help you to smartly assess the security needs of your apps.

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. This hands-on guide provides a quick and easy way to back up and restore your database using PostgreSQL. Written for database administrators who want to create backups of their critical enterprise data and efficiently restore it using PostgreSQL.

If you are a developer and you want to completely master Git without heavy theory, this is the book for you. A reasonable knowledge level and basic understanding of Git concepts will get you started with this book.

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. A step-by-step guide which provides concise and clear recipes for getting started with Busybox.If you are an embedded system developer or Android developer who wishes to learn to build an embedded (Android Linux) system from scratch, as well as to optimize the system performance, then this book will be great for you. It’s assumed that you have some experience in Linux and UNIX utilities. If you are a new developer, this book will also help you to get started with Busybox and Android Linux development.

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. This book takes a hands-on approach to Java-based password hashing and authentication, detailing advanced topics in a recipe format.This book is ideal for developers new to user authentication and password security, and who are looking to get a good grounding in how to implement it in a reliable way. It’s assumed that the reader will have some experience in Java already, as well as being familiar with the basic idea behind user authentication.

A hybrid between informative overview and stepbystep instruction, this book is the ultimate guide to iOS 7 application development. If you are an iOS developer who is looking to understand the new features within iOS 7 and Xcode 5, then this book is for you. In order to fully understand the concepts in this book, it is recommended you have at least some experience with previous versions of iOS.

An easytofollow guide full of tips and examples of realworld applications. In each chapter, a thorough example will show you the concepts in action, followed by a detailed explanation. This book is intended for those who want to learn how to create, query, and maintain a graph database, or who want to migrate to a graph database from SQL. It would be helpful to have some familiarity with Java and/or SQL, but no prior experience is required.

This book is a quick and concise introduction to RabbitMQ. Follow the unique case study of Clever Coney Media as they progressively discover how to fully utilize RabbitMQ, containing clever examples and detailed explanations. Whether you are someone who develops enterprise messaging products professionally or a hobbyist who is already familiar with open source Message Queuing software and you are looking for a new challenge, then this is the book for you. Although you should be familiar with Java, Ruby, and Python to get the most out of the examples, RabbitMQ Essentials will give you the push you need to get started that no other RabbitMQ tutorial can provide you with.

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. Written in a user friendly style, this guide will get readers up and running with XenMobile MDM.If you want to run your mobile enterprises on XenMobile, or work on a BYOD strategy within your organization, then this is the ideal book for you. XenMobile MDM comprehensively explores how to set up and use XenMobile to provision, secure, and manage mobile devices.

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks. A fast-paced, practical guide to OSSEC-HIDS that will help you solve host-based security problems. This book is great for anyone concerned about the security of their servers-whether you are a system administrator, programmer, or security analyst, this book will provide you with tips to better utilize OSSEC-HIDS. Whether you’re new to OSSEC-HIDS or a seasoned veteran, you’ll find something in this book you can apply today! This book assumes some knowledge of basic security concepts and rudimentary *ing experience.

This book is a clear, detailed and practical guide to learn about designing and deploying you puppet architecture, with informative examples to highlight and explain concepts in a focused manner. This book is designed for users who already have good experience with Puppet, and will surprise experienced users with innovative topics that explore how to design, implement, adapt, and deploy a Puppet architecture. The key to extending Puppet is the development of types and providers, for which you must be familiar with Ruby.

Filled with practical, step-by-step instructions and clear explanations for the most important and useful tasks.The book is packed with quick recipes on creating and extending extension methods in your .NET applications. This book is for developers in C# and the .NET framework, with a basic understanding of language syntax and OOP concepts. Readers are expected to have some experience in finding their way around Visual Studio.

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. If you're a keen administrator who wishes to learn more about Windows Management Instrumentation and the use of Cmdlets, then this book is the perfect Starter guide for experienced professionals. This book combines an easy-to-learn approach with practical examples using the powerful Powershell 3.0 in Windows. This book is great for system administrators who would like to learn how to remotely manage systems utilizing PowerShell 3.0. It is assumed that you already have experience with previous versions of PowerShell but the book will provide easy-to-learn, practical examples of how to use the new features included in PowerShell 3.0.