Duration
4 days
Overview
Learn how to transfer your generic UNIX system administration skills to the administration of Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or SUSE Linux.
This course includes lab exercises to reinforce what was taught in lecture. This course helps the student to prepare for the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Certification.
Pre-requisites
You should have:
- experience as a UNIX system administrator
- experience as a UNIX TCP/IP network administrator, including TCP/IP configuration, routing, and networking software, such as Domain Name System (DNS), Network File System (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS)
- or equivalent experience
Objectives
- Discuss the history of Linux
- Perform a network and automatic installation
- Use Linux online documentation
- Understand and manipulate Linux startup and shutdown flow
- Identify system administration tools
- Identify and use utilities to install and update software packages
- Identify and use common Linux block devices
- Describe, create, and use Linux filesystems
- Create and manage Linux users and groups
- Learn common troubleshooting methods
- Describe and use memory management utilities
- Describe and configure virtualization using Xen
Day 1
Exercise 1 - Introduction to Linux
Exercise 2 - Installing Linux
Exercise 3 - Linux documentation
Exercise 4 - Startup and shutdown
Day 2
Exercise 5 - System administration tools
Exercise 6 - Package management
Exercise 7 - X Window system
Exercise 8 - User administration
Day 3
Exercise 9 - Block devices, RAID, LVM
Exercise 10 - Filesystems
Exercise 11 - Kernel configuration
Exercise 12 - Memory management
Day 4
Exercise 13 - Virtualization
Exercise 14 - Troubleshooting
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.