Duration
4 days
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is teach experienced Linux users the techniques, methods, and policies used in Linux system administration.
Audience
The intended audience for this course are experienced Linux users who want to become administrators of one or more Linux servers.
Pre-requisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Objective
- Install Linux from a network install server
- Manage system startup and shutdown
- Select and use system administration tools when appropriate
- Configure and manage printers
- Use packaging tools to create, install, and de-install packages
- Configure and manage the X Window System
- Manage logging
- Manage character devices, Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA), and Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- Manage hard disks, partitions, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID), and Logical Volume Management (LVM)
- Create and manage filesystems
- Perform memory management and Xen management
- Use scheduling tools
- Create and restore backups
- Perform user administration
- Apply user-level security
- Troubleshoot Linux problems
Day 1
- Introductions
- Exercise 1- Advanced Linux installation
- Exercise 2- Startup and shutdown
- Exercise 3- System administration tools
Day 2
- Exercise 4- Packaging tools
- Exercise 5- X Window system
- Exercise 6 - Logging
Day 3
- Exercise 8- Block devices, RAID, and LVM
- Exercise 9- Filesystems
- Exercise 10 - Memory management and Xen
Day 4
- Exercise 11 - Scheduling
- Exercise 12 - Backup and restore
- Exercise 13 - User administration
- Exercise 14 - User-level security
- Exercise 15 - Troubleshooting
- Wrap-up, optional exercises
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.