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Linux Appliance Design
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Overview

Linux Appliance Design shows how to use librta to build a Linux appliance. Topics include appliance architecture, security, and how to build simple, yet responsive user interfaces. The book shows how to build five different user interfaces including a web interface, a command line interface, a front panel interface, an SNMP agent, and a framebuffer interface with an IR remote control. Readers are encouraged to use this appliance's source code when they build their own appliances.

 

Table of Contents

1. Appliance Architecture
2. Managing Daemons
3. Using Run-Time Access
4. Building and Securing Daemons
5. The Laddie Alarm System: A Sample Appliance
6. Logging
7. Laddie Event Handling
8. Designing a Web Interface
9. Designing a Command Line Interface
10. Designing a Front Panel Interface
11. Designing a Framebuffer Interface
12. Infared Remote Control
13. Hands-On Introduction to SNMP
14. Designing Your SNMP MIB
15. Implementing Your SNMP MIB

1. RTA Reference
2. A Review of SNMP
3. Installing a Framebuffer Device Driver
4. A DB-to-File Utility
5. The Laddie Appliance Bootable CD

 

Reviews

Ben Gerber of ArsGeek.com was the first to review our book. His review is available here.
Drew Gaylo's review, available here, was posted to Slashdot.
Our thanks to both for reviewing our book.

 

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Download your free copy of Linux Appliance Design.
As a PDF: LAD.pdf
As epub: LAD.epub
As mobi: LAD.mobi

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