Linux Server

aid: linux-server
name: Linux Server
description: Linux Server is a topic catalog covering management, administration, and monitoring interfaces used to operate
  Linux servers in production. It organizes references to systemd, cockpit, the Linux audit framework, package managers (apt,
  dnf, rpm), configuration management and provisioning tooling, and remote administration protocols commonly used on Linux
  servers.
kind: topic
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Infrastructure
- Linux
- Server
- System Administration
- DevOps
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/linux-server/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: linux-server:systemd
  name: systemd
  description: System and service manager for Linux, providing process supervision, socket activation, journaled logging,
    and a D-Bus management API.
  humanURL: https://systemd.io/
  tags:
  - Service Management
  - Init
  - D-Bus
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/
  - type: Reference
    url: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/dbus/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/systemd/systemd
- aid: linux-server:cockpit
  name: Cockpit
  description: Web-based graphical interface for Linux server administration, providing tools for managing services, storage,
    networking, and accounts.
  humanURL: https://cockpit-project.org/
  tags:
  - Administration
  - Web UI
  - Remote
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cockpit-project.org/documentation.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit
- aid: linux-server:linux-audit
  name: Linux Audit
  description: The Linux audit subsystem and userspace tools for tracking security-relevant events on a Linux server.
  humanURL: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-documentation
  tags:
  - Security
  - Auditing
  - Compliance
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-documentation/wiki
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-userspace
- aid: linux-server:apt
  name: APT
  description: The Advanced Package Tool used by Debian, Ubuntu, and derivatives for installing, upgrading, and removing software
    packages.
  humanURL: https://wiki.debian.org/Apt
  tags:
  - Package Management
  - Debian
  - Ubuntu
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/apt/apt.8.en.html
- aid: linux-server:dnf
  name: DNF
  description: The Dandified YUM package manager used on Fedora, RHEL, CentOS Stream, and related distributions.
  humanURL: https://dnf.readthedocs.io/
  tags:
  - Package Management
  - Fedora
  - RHEL
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf
- aid: linux-server:openssh
  name: OpenSSH
  description: The de facto standard suite for secure remote login, command execution, and file transfer on Linux servers.
  humanURL: https://www.openssh.com/
  tags:
  - Remote Access
  - Security
  - SSH
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openssh.com/manual.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable
- aid: linux-server:journald
  name: systemd-journald
  description: The systemd journal daemon, providing structured, indexed logs for the Linux server with a query API via journalctl
    and libsystemd.
  humanURL: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-journald.service.html
  tags:
  - Logging
  - Observability
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-journald.service.html
common:
- type: Website
  name: Linux Foundation
  description: The Linux Foundation hosts the Linux kernel project.
  url: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/
- type: Documentation
  name: Linux Kernel Documentation
  description: Official kernel documentation tree.
  url: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
- type: Reference
  name: Linux man-pages
  description: The Linux man-pages project.
  url: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com