Linux is a complex operating system, undoubtedly very secure but complex, especially for users who never had experience working on the Linux platform. As you know, the SQL Server on Linux is becoming mature and easy to use. Still, it does not support MMC consoles in Linux which makes the administration of the SQL Server a little bit complicated. 

In this article, I will explain how we can move the system databases to different locations in Ubuntu Linux. SQL Server on Linux does not have SQL Server Configuration Manager, so we will use the mssql-config commands to perform administrative tasks. Please note that the operations which we are performing require elevated permissions. I am using root user. So let us begin.