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* The documentation of the different Fedora variants may include additional, and more detailed information.
RPM::
The Fedora file based software manager
There are various package managment systems to enable Linux distributions to build software from source into easily distributable packages und manage installation, updating and removing applications. Fedora uses the https://rpm.org/[RPM Package Manager].
* Upstream documentation: https://rpm-software-management.github.io/rpm/manual/[RPM Reference Manual]
rpm-ostree::
image based installation management
no Fedora tools available, link to upstream documentation
A hybrid image and package management system. It makes rpm packages available in an image based operating system. It uses the same repositories configured in /etc/yum.repos.de as dnf.
* Upstream documentation: https://coreos.github.io/rpm-ostree/[A true hybrid image/package system]
== Infrastructure Services
systemd::
Fedora systemd service management
Fedora uses https://systemd.io/[systemd] for configuration and management of the services to be run on a given system.
* Upstream documenation is highly technical and basically a set of https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.directives.html[man pages]. It should hardly be helpful for most users.
* Fedora documentation: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/understanding-and-administering-systemd/[Understanding and administering systemd]
OpenSSH::
Managing remote access
OpenSSH::
Fedora uses https://www.openssh.com/portable.html[OpenSSH] to enable remote access to a system. It is automatically installed and savely configured. The system stores all entries into binary files and requires specific software to inspect log entries, but provides very useful inspection capabilities.
* Upstream documentation: https://www.openssh.com/manual.html[OpenSSH Manual Pages]
// TigerVNC::
// Remote graphical access
// https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TigerVNC
TigerVNC::
Remote graphical access
== Monitoring and Automation
System Monitoring Tools::
short description TBD
//System Monitoring Tools::
//short description TBD
Viewing and Managing Log Files::
short description TBD
Fedora uses systemd journald as the main tool to log all events. Basically, it replaces the rsyslog system. Fedora encourages all packages to redirect log messages to systemd-journald.
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Additionally, Fedora continues to install rsyslog, which is also used by several software packages.
Automating System Tasks::
short description TBD
* Upstream documentation: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-journald.service.html[systemd-journald]
* Fedora ducumentation: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/viewing-logs/[Viewing logs in Fedora]
OProfile::
short description TBD
// Automating System Tasks::
//short description TBD
// OProfile::
//short description TBD
== Generic
Fedora specific information on the various administration and maintenance tools is available in the [citetitle]_xref:fedora:system-administrators-guide:index.adoc[Fedora System Administrator's Guide]_.