David Clinton

Pluralsight Author

David Clinton is a data analyst, an AWS Solutions Architect and a Linux server administrator. He's written books on cloud and Linux administration, IT security, and data analytics.

Topics Authored

IT Ops

Security Professional

Data Professional

Software Development

Courses Authored

Total Ratings

2671

Avg Course Ratings

4.3

Courses by David

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Agentic AI with LangGraph

Intermediate

17m

Sep 08, 2025

Course

Generative AI for Leaders

Beginner

55m

Aug 25, 2025

Course

Monitoring, Logging and Runtime Security for CKS

Intermediate

1h 19m

Aug 04, 2025

Course

Supply Chain Security for CKS

Intermediate

1h 17m

Jul 24, 2025

Course

Minimize Microservice Vulnerabilities for CKS

Intermediate

1h 24m

Jul 17, 2025

Course

System Hardening for CKS

Intermediate

1h 25m

Jun 12, 2025

Course

RHEL 9 High Availability and Automation

Intermediate

1h 3m

May 20, 2025

Course

RHEL 9 Virtualization and Containerization

Intermediate

1h 2m

May 07, 2025

Course

RHEL 9 System Hardening and Security

Intermediate

1h 11m

Apr 25, 2025

Course

RHEL 9 Networking

Intermediate

57m

Mar 28, 2025

Course

DevOps Troubleshooting: Security and DevSecOps

Beginner

44m

Mar 28, 2025

(46)

Course

RHEL 9 System Configuration

Intermediate

1h 3m

Mar 21, 2025

Course

RHEL 9 System Administration

Beginner

1h 3m

Mar 12, 2025

Course

Grafana Expanded Capabilities

Beginner

41m

Mar 05, 2025

Labs

Network Analysis: Identifying Network Protocols with Packet Analysis

Beginner

55m

Mar 05, 2025

(22)

Course

Dashboards and Monitoring with Grafana

Beginner

40m

Feb 25, 2025

Course

Services in Kubernetes

Intermediate

24m

Feb 11, 2025

Course

Deployments in Kubernetes

Intermediate

22m

Feb 06, 2025

Course

Pods in Kubernetes

Intermediate

23m

Jan 29, 2025

Course

Docker Security Implementation

Intermediate

26m

Jan 15, 2025

Course

Docker Basic Concepts and Configuration

Intermediate

24m

Jan 02, 2025

(13)

Labs

Manage Docker Networking

Intermediate

55m

Jan 02, 2025

(46)

Labs

Database Administration: Creating and Managing Databases

Beginner

1h 10m

Dec 12, 2024

(38)

Course

Database Administration: Creating and Managing Databases

Beginner

14m

Dec 06, 2024

Course

Network Analysis: Identifying Network Protocols with Packet Analysis

Beginner

14m

Nov 25, 2024

Course

Apache Web Server Administration

Beginner

14m

Nov 06, 2024

Course

How Generative AI Can Help You Keep Up with Updates to Cloud Solutions

Beginner

13m

Sep 19, 2024

Course

AI-Driven Cloud Performance Monitoring and Management

Beginner

13m

Jun 27, 2024

Course

Data Portfolio Development with Generative AI

Beginner

12m

Jun 11, 2024

Course

GitHub Copilot in the CLI

Beginner

12m

Jun 07, 2024

(18)

Course

Data Analysis with Generative AI

Beginner

12m

May 31, 2024

Course

Image Segmentation

Intermediate

32m

Apr 16, 2024

Course

Managing Container Images

Intermediate

1h 4m

Mar 19, 2024

Course

Salt Fundamentals

Beginner

1h 42m

Mar 12, 2024

Course

OpenAI Transcription API

Intermediate

23m

Jan 12, 2024

Course

Real-world NLP: Case Studies for Data Professionals

Beginner

31m

Jan 03, 2024

(12)

Course

The IT Ops Sessions: Reducing IT Energy Consumption

Intermediate

26m

Dec 11, 2023

Course

The IT Ops Sessions: Why Some Companies Are Moving OUT of the Cloud

Intermediate

28m

Nov 22, 2023

Course

The IT Ops Sessions: How Today's Big Tech Trends Impact the Hardware You'll Use Tomorrow

Intermediate

32m

Nov 17, 2023

Course

Introduction to Check Point Firewalls

Intermediate

1h

Nov 08, 2023

Course

Getting Started with Windows Subsystem for Linux

Beginner

1h 1m

Oct 18, 2023

(22)

Course

Introduction to the Linux Essentials 010-160 Exam

Beginner

9m

May 23, 2023

Course

Getting Started with Linux System Administration

Beginner

1h 7m

May 22, 2023

(34)

Course

Getting Started with the Linux Command Line

Beginner

1h 3m

May 16, 2023

(60)

Course

Getting Started with Linux

Beginner

1h 44m

Mar 31, 2023

(97)

Course

Continuous Monitoring: The Big Picture

Beginner

49m

Sep 23, 2022

(28)

Course

Getting Started with IPFS

Beginner

48m

Feb 05, 2021

(16)

Course

UNIX and UNIX Systems: The Big Picture

Beginner

47m

Sep 14, 2020

(96)

Course

Create and Manage Stacks with AWS CloudFormation Using the Command Line Interface

Beginner

32m

May 04, 2020

(21)

Course

Linux System Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Intermediate

1h 11m

Mar 23, 2020

(49)

Course

Linux System Optimization

Intermediate

1h 3m

Dec 27, 2019

(30)

Course

Linux Performance Monitoring and Tuning

Intermediate

1h 29m

Jan 10, 2018

(46)

Course

Linux High Availability Cluster Management

Intermediate

1h 26m

Oct 23, 2017

(31)

Course

Protocol Deep Dive: SSH and Telnet

Intermediate

41m

Sep 16, 2016

(101)

Course

Automating AWS Operations with the AWS CLIRETIRED

Beginner

38m

Sep 03, 2025

(41)

Course

OpenVAS Concepts and ScanningRETIRED

Beginner

50m

Jul 31, 2025

Course

Emerging Gen AI Use Cases for DevelopersRETIRED

Beginner

26m

Jun 30, 2025

(35)

Course

Getting Started with KeycloakRETIRED

Beginner

1h 1m

Jun 17, 2025

(36)

Course

Using Docker on AWS with the Command LineRETIRED

Beginner

1h 23m

Apr 17, 2025

(40)

Course

Connecting On-prem Resources to Your AWS InfrastructureRETIRED

Intermediate

47m

Aug 06, 2024

(18)

Course

Managing Container ImagesRETIRED

Intermediate

1h 5m

Mar 20, 2024

(42)

Course

The IT Ops Sessions: Using the Linux Desktop for Your BusinessRETIRED

Intermediate

22m

Mar 19, 2024

Course

The IT Ops Sessions: Unexpected Virtualization Stuff You Can Do with Linux Containers (LXD)RETIRED

Intermediate

22m

Mar 15, 2024

Course

Introduction to the Linux Essentials 010-160 ExamRETIRED

Beginner

10m

May 24, 2023

(51)

Course

Getting Started with Linux System AdministrationRETIRED

Beginner

1h 10m

May 24, 2023

(182)

Course

Getting Started with the Linux Command LineRETIRED

Beginner

1h 3m

May 17, 2023

(307)

Course

Getting Started with LinuxRETIRED

Beginner

1h 44m

Apr 10, 2023

(416)

Course

Penetration Testing OSINT Gathering with Recon-ngRETIRED

Intermediate

50m

Feb 01, 2023

(17)

Course

Network Vulnerability Scanning with OpenVASRETIRED

Intermediate

55m

Nov 01, 2022

(11)

Course

Continuous Monitoring: The Big PictureRETIRED

Beginner

45m

May 04, 2022

(161)

Course

Linux Encryption SecurityRETIRED

Intermediate

1h 31m

Mar 29, 2021

(23)

Course

Linux Server Skills for Windows AdministratorsRETIRED

Beginner

1h 10m

Mar 29, 2021

(79)

Course

Linux Server VirtualizationRETIRED

Intermediate

1h 19m

Mar 29, 2021

(44)

Course

Linux Network SecurityRETIRED

Intermediate

1h 55m

Mar 29, 2021

(33)

Course

LPI: Linux Essentials (010-150)RETIRED

Beginner

1h 36m

Mar 29, 2021

(106)

Course

Managing Docker ImagesRETIRED

Beginner

1h 6m

Mar 29, 2021

(64)

Course

Using Docker with AWS Elastic BeanstalkRETIRED

Beginner

57m

Mar 24, 2021

(21)

Course

Network Vulnerability Scanning with OpenVASRETIRED

Intermediate

1h 6m

Sep 04, 2020

(25)

Course

Using Docker on AWSRETIRED

Beginner

1h 5m

Jun 12, 2019

(73)