Prepare for first level of Linux Exam and gain sufficient skill to perform core system administration tasks
What you'll learn
- About Linux Enterprise Linux 8
- Installation of Linux Linux 8
- Accessing the command line using the local console
- Manage Files From the Command Line
- Getting Help, Creating and Editing Text Files
- User Administration
- Controlling Access to Files
- Managing Linux Processes
- Configuring and Securing SSH Service
- Analyzing and Storing Logs
- Archiving & transferring files
- Managing Networking
- Accessing Linux File Systems
- Monitoring the system
Linux Certified System Administrator Exam (EX200 - 2.5 Hours Required), there are two course modules as shown below.
- Linux System Administration I - SA1 First Part ==> This Course Module will teach you this module.
- Linux System Administration II - SA2 Second Part
- Linux System Administration III: Linux Automation with Ansible
Course Description:
Linux System Administration I - SA1
Introduction
- Linux System Administration 1
- About Linux Certification
- Links to download RHEL, CentOS, VMWare Workstation or Oracle Virtual Box
- Create Linux OS 8 Template using VMWare Workstation
- Installation of Linux OS 8 using VMWare Workstation
- Installation of Linux OS 8 using Oracle Virtual Box
- Connect from putty
- Overview of Bash Shell
- Virtual and Physical Consoles
- GNOME3 Desktop Environment
- Practice Lab Session on Accessing Command Line
- About Linux File System Hierarchy Concepts
- Identifying Linux File types
- Absolute and relative paths
- Command Line File Management
- Soft Link And Hard Link In Linux
- Pattern Matching
- Tilde Expansion
- Brace Expansion
- Variable Expansion
- Practice Lab Session
- Reading Manual Pages
- GNU Info
- Input Output Redirection in Linux
- Channels (File Descriptors)
- Pipelines in Linux
- tee command
- Editing Text files from the shell prompt
- Insert Mode
- Command Mode
- Extended Command Mode
- Visual Mode
- Overview of User Administration
- Describing user and Group Concepts
- Primary Groups and Supplementary Groups
- Types of User Account
- Overview of Shadow file
- Managing users passwords
- Overview of Sudoers file
- Syntax of sudoers file
- Various Practice Lab Session
- Overview of Linux File System Permissions
- Attributes of a file
- Managing File System Permissions from Command Line
- Special permissions like Setuid, Setgid & Sticky bit etc
- Practice Lab Session
- Overview of Load Average in Linux
- top command
- Lab Session on Load Average
- Process Management
- Foreground & Background Process
- Various Process Stats
- Practice Lab Session
- Overview of Linux OS 8
- Features of Linux OS 8
- Controlling Services and Daemons
- Introduction to Systemd, Systemd units
- Lab on systemctl command and journal
- Introduction about OpenSSH
- SSH Hot Keys
- SSH Key Based Authentication
- Customizing OpenSSH Service Configuration
- Practice Lab Session
- Describing System log Architecture
- System Logging
- Logging Events to the System
- Collecting Information using journalctl
- Log file rotation
- Practice Lab Session
- Archive a file using tar command
- tar operations
- tar compression options
- Transferring files between systems securely
- Practice Lab Session
- Describing Network Concepts
- TCP/IP Network Model
- Configuring network
- Lab on add a network interface
- Lab on modify an interface
- Lab on delete an interface
- Identifying File Systems
- Block Devices
- Lab Session on File System, mount, unmount etc
- Locate Command
- Find Command
- Practice Lab Session
- Overview of web console to monitor and analyze the server
- Cockpit tool
- Navigating the server using web console
- Lab Session
- Last Lecture
- There is no formal prerequisites for this course; however, previous system administrator experience on other operating system would be very beneficial.
