System Inspection

What Linux reports about the machine and what runs on it: lscpu, nproc, lsblk, lspci and lshw for the hardware, then free, ps, pgrep, top, lsof and kill for memory, processes and open files.

Labs in this module

Chapter 21, Part 1. System Inspection: lscpu, nproc, lsblk, lspci and lshw - Part 1 of 2: lscpu, nproc, lsblk, lspci and lshw (Sections 21.1 to 21.5). No machine test here; it completes on the final step. The chapter
Chapter 21, Part 2. System Inspection: free, ps, pgrep, top, lsof and kill - Final test: Chapter 21, System Inspection. Twenty-five objectives on a real Debian 12 server covering both parts: lscpu, nproc, lsblk, lspci