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Linux System Administration is a comprehensive hands-on course.This lab-intensive class explores core administrative tasks such as: creating and managing users, creating and maintaining file systems, determining and implementing security measures, and performing software installation and package management
Unlimited Duration
April 28, 2021
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This course is about 50% lab to lecture ratio, combining expert instructor-led discussions with practical hands-on skills that emphasize current techniques, best practices and standards.In this course you learn about:
· Installing the Linux operating system and configuring peripherals
· Performing and modifying startup and shutdown processes
· Configuring and maintaining basic networking services
· Creating and maintaining system users and groups
· Understanding and administering file permissions on directories and regular files
· Planning and creating disk partitions and file systems
· Performing maintenance on file systems
· Identifying and managing Linux processes
· Automating tasks with cron
· Performing backups and restoration of files
· Working with system log files
· Troubleshooting system problems
· Analyzing and taking measures to increase system performance
· Configuring file sharing with NFS
· Configuring Samba for file sharing with the Windows clients
· Setting up a basic Web server
· Understanding the components for setting up a LAMP server
· Implementing basic security measures
Course Curriculum
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- Python, Numpy, Pandas FREE Unlimited
- Code Quiz 00:05:00
- UNIX, Linux and Open Source 00:00:00
- Duties of the System Administrator 00:00:00
- Superusers and the Root Login 00:00:00
- Sharing Superuser Privileges with Others (su and sudo Commands) 00:00:00
- TCP/IP Networking Fundamentals 00:00:00
- Online Help 00:00:00
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- Planning: Hardware and Software Considerations 00:00:00
- Site Planning 00:00:00
- Installation Methods and Types 00:00:00
- Installation Classes 00:00:00
- Partitions 00:00:00
- Logical Volume Manager – LVM 00:00:00
- File System Overview 00:00:00
- Swap Partition Considerations 00:00:00
- Other Partition Considerations 00:00:00
- The Linux Boot Loader: grub 00:00:00
- Software Package Selection 00:00:00
- Adding and Configuring Peripherals 00:00:00
- Printers 00:00:00
- Graphics Controllers 00:00:00
- Basic Networking Configuration 00:00:00
- Booting to Recovery Mode 00:00:00
- Boot Sequence 00:00:00
- The systemd Daemon 00:00:00
- The systemctl Command 00:00:00
- Targets vs. Run Levels 00:00:00
- Modifying a Target 00:00:00
- Service Unit Scripts 00:00:00
- Changing System States 00:00:00
- Booting into Rescue Mode 00:00:00
- Shutdown Commands 00:00:00
- Setting Policies 00:00:00
- User File Management 00:00:00
- The /etc/passwd file 00:00:00
- The /etc/shadow file 00:00:00
- The /etc/group file 00:00:00
- The /etc/gshadow file 00:00:00
- Adding Users 00:00:00
- Modifying User Accounts 00:00:00
- Deleting User Accounts 00:00:00
- Working with Groups 00:00:00
- Setting User Environments 00:00:00
- Login Configuration Files 00:00:00
- File Permissions 00:00:00
- Directory Permissions 00:00:00
- Octal Representation 00:00:00
- Changing Permissions 00:00:00
- Setting Default Permissions 00:00:00
- Access Control Lists (ACLs) 00:00:00
- The getfacl and setfacl commands 00:00:00
- SUID Bit 00:00:00
- SGID Bit 00:00:00
- The Sticky Bit 00:00:00
- Linux Kernel Components 00:00:00
- Types of Kernels 00:00:00
- Kernel Configuration Options 00:00:00
- Recompiling the Kernel 00:00:00
- Backup Concepts and Strategies 00:00:00
- User Backups with the tar Command 00:00:00
- System Backup Options 00:00:00
- The xfsdump and xfsrestore Commands 00:00:00
- Networking Services Overview 00:00:00
- NetworkManager Introduction 00:00:00
- Network Configuration Files Locations and Formats 00:00:00
- Enabling and Restarting Network Services with systemtcl 00:00:00
- Configuring Basic Networking Manually 00:00:00
- Configuring Basic Networking with NetworkManager 00:00:00
- Security Overview 00:00:00
- Maintaining System Security 00:00:00
- Server Access 00:00:00
- Physical Security 00:00:00
- Network Security 00:00:00
- Security Tools 00:00:00
- Port Probing with nmap 00:00:00
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention 00:00:00
- PAM Security Modules 00:00:00
- Scanning the System 00:00:00
- Maintaining File Integrity 00:00:00
- Using Firewalls 00:00:00
- Introduction to firewalld 00:00:00
- Using NFS to Access Remote File Systems 00:00:00
- Configuring the NFS Server 00:00:00
- Configuring the NFS Client 00:00:00
- Exporting File Systems from the NFS Server to the NFS Client 00:00:00
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