Linux appliance design : a hands-on guide to building Linux appliances / by Bob Smith [and others].

Explaining how to build a Linux appliance, this book includes a prototype that you can use as the basis for your own appliance, and shows how to create and manage daemons, as well as how to build five different types of user interfaces.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Bob (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : No Starch Press, ©2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Appliance architecture
  • Ch. 2. Managing daemons
  • Ch. 3. Using run-time access
  • Ch. 4. Building and securing daemons
  • Ch. 5. The Laddie Alarm System: a sample appliance
  • Ch. 6. Logging
  • Ch. 7. Laddie event handling
  • Ch. 8. Designing a Web interface
  • Ch. 9. Building a command line interface
  • Ch. 10. Building a front panel interface
  • Ch. 11. Designing a frame buffer interface
  • Ch. 12. Infrared remote control
  • Ch. 13. Hands-on introduction to SNMP
  • Ch. 14. Designing an SNMP MIB
  • Ch. 15. Implementing your SNMP
  • Appendix A: RTA reference
  • Appendix B: Review of SNMP
  • Appendix C: Installing a frame buffer device server
  • Appendix D: A DB-to-file utility
  • Appendix E: The Laddie Appliance bootable CD.