Are there admin guides?

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Hi, everybody,

I am pretty new to AlmaLinux (but not to Linux).

Installation of AlmaLinux 10 as a home server (no GUI) was with no fuss at all. Thanks to all the devs!

I would like to follow on my own, but I cannot find any Admin Guide to resolve all my questions. Is there something like the Debian Admin Guide? The Documentation web is so thin and scarce, and is no beginner friendly.

Please point me out to the web page where there is a complete admin guide. Or anywhere else where I can find info about the inner bolts and nuts of AlmaLinux.

(Among my questions, I have how do I autologin after reboot (no GUI nor desktop) and how to prevent suspension after closing the laptop lid, which is my home server.)

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AlmaLinux is similar to RHEL. Therefore, Red Hat’s documentation for RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 10 | Red Hat Documentation could help. It seems to have quite a lot of text. I have never seen Debian Admin Guide, so cannot tell how it compares.

Autologin sounds like a terrible thing to do. Services on server can run fine without any user session.

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Thanks, @jletone !

Sure autologin sounds terrible, but this is a home server in a home local network, and for which I am the only user, both for sharing files and using the server. The server is in on one floor, and I’m in another. It seems absurd to me to go upstairs downstairs (with lesser mobility), specially now that I’m trying to set things, and make changes and sometimes, rebooting is a must.

Since I’m true noob in sys admin, I was not aware that services can run without any user session. I should learn how to do it. I hope the RHEL guide can help me in this matter.

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Hello Lobaluna
For a home server, automatic console login isn’t necessary. On the AlmaLinux side, enable SSH with:
dnf install -y openssh-server
systemctl enable --now sshd
On the Windows side, you can set up automatic login using Tera Term’s saved sessions or macros. This lets you access the shell with just a double-click, without typing your password each time.

Thank you

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On the contrary, thank you, @redadmin!

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