From layout designer to system administrator. Am I thinking right?

Question

System administration

I have been developing websites for 2 years. Knowledge: html 5, css3, javascript. Everything would be fine, but now I feel that the whole thing has become annoying ... I wanted to change my occupation and try my hand at administration. I am already familiar with Linux (Ubuntu, xUbuntu, Mint) at the user level. The console is not strong, although the whole strength of Linux lies precisely in it. Therefore, I would like to know what skills a system administrator should have? Should he be well versed in hardware? Video courses, lessons, books - everything will come in handy! Thank you!

Answer 1

Sysadmin sysadmin strife. And there is a very big difference.
There is also such a profession as devops, these are separate system administrators.
There are system administrators who do not see the iron in their eyes, administering servers from hosters remotely.
There are system administrators who diagnose or even repair hardware themselves.
There are system administrators who are well versed in networks, routing, shapers, VPNs, etc.
And there are those who are not in the teeth with their feet (of course, everyone should know the base: IP, gateway, dns), but at the same time they make good money by optimizing database performance.
There are those who know only the basics about the database.
There are those who are familiar with the console superficially, which does not interfere with them.
There is a separate specialization - desktop in medium and large firms. All sorts of policies and active directory is not for you on a large scale.
And there are admins who solve the problems of home users.
What do you want to specialize in? What kind of work will you have, who are your customers?

Answer 2

IMHO (!!!) Courses, books, etc. make sense only when they are applied to real problems. Therefore, the FIRST thing to do is to start solving real problems. Deploy a virtual machine, a home server, buy a VPS, etc. Set goals for yourself and achieve them. For example, deploy your personal mail server with anti-spam and poetesses so that you and your cat can create e-amils ​​like [email protected], try its fault tolerance, backup, recovery plans, etc. ...
When you feel the strength in your hands, settle down somewhere Padawan to a pot-bellied and bearded admin, well, then how will it go...

Answer 3

Awl for soap. Administration is not something to strive for. There are a lot of topics on the toaster with the heading "I'm a sys. admin, I'm 30-35, I'm tired, I can become a programmer"

Answer 4

Thanks for the replies, especially for the constructive discussion!

Answer 5

Since you have knowledge in website layout - learn to install the system, run a website on it (apache, nginx, sql, by
mail, DNS) - you will learn a lot of interesting things about the console too.

Answer 6

Dmitry Naumov , I propose to combine knowledge of Linux and Front-end: nwjs and create good applications for Linux, continuing to improve knowledge both there and there.