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LinuxAdministration

CourseDescription Red Hat Linux Essentials and Administration is designed for beginning Linux system administrators who are interested in learning essential system administration skills for EnterpriseLinux.Theclassprovideshandsontrainingtoeffectivelyuse,customize,andscript commoncommandlineutilities.Inaddition,administratorswilllearnhowtoperformessential system administration tasks including basic installation, package management, and user managementprocedures. Audience: Windowsusersandsystemadministratorswhowouldliketoexpandtheirskillsetand learnLinux ITprofessionalswhoareinterestedinlearningfundamentalsystemadministrationskills Programmers,databaseadministrators,andotherswhointerfacewithotheroperating systemsbutnowwanttoperformthosetasksonaLinuxsystem Prerequisites Userlevelexperiencewithanycomputeroperatingsystem Priorcommandlineexperienceishelpfulbutnotrequired CourseOutline
Unit1:GetStartedwiththeGNOMEGraphicalDesktop Objective:GetstartedwithGNOMEandedittextfileswithgedit Unit2:ManageFilesGraphicallywithNautilus Objective:ManagefilesgraphicallyandaccessremotesystemswithNautilus Unit3:GetHelpinaGraphicalEnvironment Objective:Accessdocumentation,bothlocallyandonline Unit4:ConfigureLocalServices Objective:Configurethedateandtimeandconfigureaprinter Unit5:ManagePhysicalStorageI

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Objective:Understandbasicdiskconceptsandmanagesystemdisks Unit6:ManageLogicalVolumes Objective:Understandlogicalvolumeconceptsandmanagelogicalvolumes Unit7:MonitorSystemResources Objective:ManageCPU,memory,anddiskutilization Unit8:ManageSystemSoftware Objective:ManagesystemsoftwarelocallyandusingRedHatNetwork(RHN) Unit9:GetStartedwithBash Objective:Understandbasicshellconcepts,executesimplecommands,andusebasicjobcontrol techniques Unit10:GetHelpinaTextualEnvironment Objective:Usemanandinfopagesandfinddocumentationin/usr/share/doc Unit11:EstablishNetworkConnectivity Objective:Understandbasicnetworkconcepts;configure,manage,andtestnetworksettings Unit12:AdministerUsersandGroups Objective:Manageusersandgroups Unit13:ManageFilesfromtheCommandLine Objective:UnderstandLinuxfilesystemhierarchyandpathnames;managefilesfromthecommandline Unit14:SecureLinuxFileAccess Objective:UnderstandLinuxfileaccessmechanisms;managefileaccessfromtheGUIandthecommand line Unit15:AdministerRemoteSystems Objective:Shareandconnecttoadesktop;useSSHandrsync Unit16:ConfigureGeneralServices

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Objective:Manageservices;configureSSHandremotedesktops Unit17:ManagePhysicalStorageII Objective:Managefilesystemattributesandswapspace Unit18:InstallLinuxGraphically Objective:InstallRedHatEnterpriseLinuxandconfigurethesystemwithfirstboot Unit19:ManageVirtualMachines Objective:Understandbasicvirtualizationconcepts;installandmanagevirtualmachines Unit20:ControltheBootProcess Objective:UnderstandrunlevelsandmanageGRUB Unit21:DeployFileSharingServices Objective:DeployanFTPserverandawebserver Unit22:SecureNetworkServices Objective:Manageafirewall;understandSELinuxconceptsandmanageSELinux Unit23:ComprehensiveReview Objective:Getahandsonreviewoftheconceptscoveredinthiscourse Unit24:AutomatedInstallationsofRedHatEnterpriseLinux Objectives:Createandmanagekickstartconfigurationfiles;performinstallationsusingkickstart Unit25:AccessingtheCommandLine Objectives:Accessthecommandlinelocallyandremotely;gainadministrativeprivilegesfromthe commandline Unit26:IntermediateCommandLineTools Objectives:Usehardlinks,archivesandcompression,andvim Unit27:RegularExpressions,Pipelines,andI/ORedirection Objectives:Useregularexpressionstosearchpatternsinfilesandoutput;redirectandpipeoutput

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Unit28:NetworkConfigurationandTroubleshooting Objectives:Configurenetworksettings;troubleshootnetworkissues Unit29:ManagingSimplePartitionsandFilesystems Objectives:Createandformatsimplepartitions,swappartitions,andencryptedpartitions Unit30:ManagingFlexibleStoragewiththeLogicalVolumeManager(LVM) Objectives:ImplementLVMandLVMsnapshots Unit31:AccessNetworkFileSharingServices;NFSandCIFS Objectives:ImplementNFS,CIFS,andautofs Unit32:ManagingUserAccounts Objectives:Manageuseraccountsincludingpasswordaging Unit33:NetworkUserAccountswithLDAP Objectives:ConnecttoacentralLDAPdirectoryservice Unit34:ControllingAccesstoFiles Objectives:Managegroupmemberships,filepermissions,andaccesscontrollists(ACL) Unit35:ManagingSELinux Objectives:ActivateanddeactivateSELinux;setfilecontexts;manageSELinuxbooleans;analyzeSELinux logs Unit36:InstallingandManagingSoftware Objectives:Managesoftwareandqueryinformationwithyum;configureclientsideyumrepositoryfiles Unit37:ManagingInstalledServices Objectives:Managingservices;verifyconnectivitytoaservice Unit38:AnalyzingandStoringLogs Objectives:Managinglogswithrsyslogandlogrotate Unit39:ManagingProcesses

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Objectives:Identifyandterminateprocesses,changethepriorityofaprocess,andusecronandatto scheduleprocesses Unit40:TuningandMaintainingtheKernel Objectives:List,load,andremovemodules;usekernelarguments Unit41:SystemRecoveryTechniques Objectives:Understandthebootprocessandresolvebootproblems Unit42:GettingStartedwiththeClassroomEnvironment Objective:Givenavirtualizedenvironment,begintoadministratemultiplesystemsusingprerequisite skills Unit43:EnhanceUserSecurity Objective:ConfiguresystemtouseKerberostoverifycredentialsandgrantprivilegesviasudo Unit44:BashScriptingandTools Objective:AutomatesystemadministrationtasksutilizingBashscriptsandtextbasedtools Unit45:FileSecuritywithGnuPG Objective:SecurefileswithGnuPG Unit46:SoftwareManagement Objective:Useyumpluginstomanagepackages;understandthedesignofpackages;buildasimple package Unit47:NetworkMonitoring Objective:Profilerunningservices,thencaptureandanalyzenetworktraffic Unit48:RouteNetworkTraffic Objective:Configuresystemtoroutetrafficandcustomizenetworkparameterswithsysctl Unit49:SecureNetworkTraffic Objective:SecurenetworktrafficthroughSSHportforwardingandiptablesfiltering/networkaddress translation(NAT)

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Unit50:NTPServerConfiguration Objective:ConfigureanNTPserver Unit51:FilesystemsandLogs Objective:Managelocalfilesystemintegrity;monitorsystemsovertimeandsystemlogging Unit52:CentralizedandSecureStorage Objective:Accesscentralizedstorage(iSCSI)andencryptfilesystems Unit53:SSLencapsulatedWebServices Objective:UnderstandSSLcertificatesanddeployanSSLencapsulatedwebservice Unit54:WebServerAdditionalConfiguration Objective:Configureawebserverwithvirtualhosts,dynamiccontent,andauthenticateddirectories Unit55:BasicSMTPConfiguration Objective:ConfigureanSMTPserverforbasicoperation(nullclient,receivingmail,smarthostrelay) Unit56:CachingOnlyDNSServer Objective:UnderstandDNSresourcerecordsandconfigureacachingonlynameserver Unit57:FileSharingwithNFS Objective:ConfigurefilesharingbetweenhostswithNFS Unit58:FileSharingwithCIFS Objective:ConfigurefileandprintsharingbetweenhostswithCIFS Unit59:FileSharingwithFTP Objective:ConfigurefilesharingwithanonymousFTP Unit60:TroubleshootingBootProcess Objective:Understandthebootprocessandrecoverunbootablesystemswithrescuemode