MOC 55187 D Linux System Administration

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Summary

This hands-on four-day Linux System Administration course teaches attendees how to administer, configure and upgrade Linux systems running one of the three major Linux distribution families (Red Hat, SUSE, Debian/Ubuntu). Focused on enterprise environments, it provides Linux system administrators with all the tools and concepts needed to efficiently build and manage a production Linux infrastructure. This course presents state-of-the-art techniques used in the industry and applies them in the context of practical labs.

This course provides Linux Foundation Certification Preparation.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have:

• Knowledge of the basic components of Linux.
• Familiarity with text editors (emacs, VI).
• Working knowledge of Bash scripting.

Attendees should already have prior exposure to a Linux or UNIX system and practical experience with the command line interface. Basic tools such as text editors, file utilities and basic tasks are assumed to be well-understood prior to this course.

Duration

4 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience

This course is intended for System administrators and users who already have at least some basic exposure to Linux or another UNIX-based operating system constitute the target audience for this class. Anyone who is looking to acquire practical knowledge in the field of system administration in enterprise environments will save significant time by attending this course. It should also be considered a necessary step to be taken by anyone considering more advanced classes in our System Administration curriculum track. The concepts covered provide important building blocks for anyone looking to attend more advanced classes, in particular LFS311: Linux Network Management.

Topics

• Introduction
• Linux Filesystem Tree Layout
• Processes
• Package Management Systems
• Package Installers
• System Monitoring
• Linux Filesystems
• Partitioning and Formatting Disks
• More on Linux Filesystems
• Encrypting Disks
• LVM and RAID
• Kernel Services and Configuration
• Virtualization Overview
• Containers Overview
• User and Group Account Management
• Networking
• Firewalls
• System Startup and Shutdown
• Backup and Recovery Methods
• Linux Security Modules
• Local System Security
• Basic Troubleshooting and System Rescue

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