Linux Daily Administration Automation

A comprehensive suite of Bash scripts for automating daily administrative tasks on Linux systems. This toolkit provides enterprise-grade automation for user management, backup verification, security auditing, log management, and system maintenance.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Quick Start
• Usage
  • Running the Full Suite
  • Running Individual Scripts
• Configuration
• Project Structure
• Documentation
• Contributing
• License

✨ Features

This toolkit provides a wide range of features to automate Linux system administration:

• User Management: Scripts for adding, deleting, and managing user accounts.
• Backup Management: Tools to initiate and verify system backups.
• Package Management: Automated checks for package updates and system upgrades.
• Process & Service Monitoring: Monitor critical system processes and services to ensure they are running correctly.
• System Health Checks: Perform regular health checks on the system's resources (CPU, memory, disk space).
• Security Auditing: Run daily security audits to identify potential vulnerabilities.
• Log Management: Automated log rotation, compression, and cleanup.
• Daily Administration Suite: A master script that runs all daily checks and tasks in a coordinated manner.

🚀 Getting Started

This guide will help you get started with the Linux Daily Administration Automation toolkit.

Prerequisites

• Linux system (Ubuntu 18.04+, CentOS 7+, or similar)
• Bash 4.0 or higher
• Root or sudo privileges for system administration tasks

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/lucchesi-sec/linux-automation.git
   cd linux-automation

2. Set Permissions: Make all scripts executable.

   find . -name "*.sh" -exec chmod +x {} \;

3. Initialize Configuration: Copy the example configuration file. You will need to edit this file to match your environment.

   sudo cp config/config.json.example config/config.json

Quick Start

To run the complete daily administration suite:

sudo ./scripts/administration/daily_admin_suite.sh

💻 Usage

Running the Full Suite

The most common use case is to run the entire suite of administrative scripts. This can be scheduled as a cron job to run daily.

sudo ./scripts/administration/daily_admin_suite.sh

Running Individual Scripts

You can also run individual scripts for specific tasks. For example, to run only the security audit:

sudo ./scripts/administration/daily_security_audit.sh

Or to perform disk cleanup:

sudo ./scripts/maintenance/disk_cleanup.sh

⚙️ Configuration

All scripts are configured through the central config/config.json file. This file allows you to set parameters for logging, notifications, backup paths, and more.

For a detailed explanation of all configuration options, please see the Configuration Reference.

📁 Project Structure

The project is organized into the following directories:

.
├── config/         # Configuration files
├── core/           # Core libraries for shared functionality
├── docs/           # Detailed documentation
├── modules/        # Individual automation modules
└── scripts/        # Executable scripts for administration and maintenance

📚 Documentation

For more detailed information, please refer to the full documentation in the docs directory:

• Installation Guide
• Configuration Reference
• Module Documentation
• Usage Examples
• Troubleshooting Guide

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! At present, we are working on establishing formal contribution guidelines.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.