Course overview

This training is aimed at those who will administer and maintain Linux systems.

The training deals with general problems and examples are shown from various Linux distributions and also some UNIX dialects. This means that the training is suitable regardless of the Linux distribution you will be using.

Course Objective

You will learn

Administering a Linux system.
Install a Linux system.
Maintaining a Linux system.

Target Group

Prospective system administrators for a Linux system.

Prerequisites

You should have attended a basic Linux course or regularly perform tasks on a Linux system.

Certification

This course does not have any associated certification. Each participant who completes the course receives a course certificate.

Trainer

This course is delivered in collaboration with one of Informator’s partners.

More about the course

1. introduction

General
System administrator’s tasks and tools
Elements of the system and the core
user and root
The X Window System

2. Starting and stopping UNIX systems

Different UNIX dialects
SystemV and BSD
Init levels
rc files

3. file systems in theory

Generic
A look under the shell
Physical file system, partitions and sectors
Logical file system, index nodes and file trees
Mounting points
File system root and naming rules
Catalog structure and default search paths
Different types
Journal-based file systems

4. local file system

Creating file systems
Installing and removing file systems
newfs
fsck
swap
Soft and hard links
Disk quota

5. Network-attached file systems

NCCR
SMB
AFS

6. installation

Installation of UNIX

7. user accounts

Database files
“Shadow password”
Login files
password
Groups
NIS, NIS+, Kerberos, LDAP

8. backup

Strategy
Dump and restore
Other backup-related commands

9. process management

Start and stop
Background processes
Scheduled processes

10. Software manager

Installation of software
Package management for software
Different dialects and systems

11. Printing and printer queues

Setting up a printer queue
SystemV and BSD
Print commands

12. monitoring

Commands
Log files
syslog

13. Networks

Configuring TCP/IP
Secure shell (ssh)
Setting up a web server
Databases

14. Rebuilding the core

Parameters

Course overview

3 days

Advanced

Can’t find a (suitable) date, but are interested in the course? Send in an expression of interest and we will do what we can to get an opportunity that suits.

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Company-adapted course

The course can be adapted from several perspectives:

Content and focus area
Scope of application
Structure

In collaboration with the course leader, we make sure that the course meets your wishes