Curriculum

Module 1: Performing Basic System Management Tasks

Lesson 1: Installing Redhat Enterprise Linux Server

• Introduction to Linux/Unix
• The structure of an Operating System (OS)
• What you need on your server
• Installing Redhat
• Login into a Redhat server

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Lesson 2: Using Essential Tools

• Finding Appropriate help using Man pages
• Creating a User
• Understanding need for users
• Connecting to a RHEL Server
• Opening a local Shell

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Lesson 3: Essential file Management Task

• Understanding Linux File Systems
• Essential File Management Task
• Finding Files
• Working on Linux Shell
• Understanding/working with I/O Redirect and Pipes
• Understand Globbing and Wildcards

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Lesson 4: Working with Text Files

• Working with the Vi Editor
• Fixing a common Vi Editor issue
• Working with Tar Ball
• Working compress files
• Understanding and working with Links

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Lesson 5: Managing Users and Groups

• Creating and Managing Users
• Creating and managing Groups
• Understanding users/group configurations files
• Understanding group membership
• Managing Passwords

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Lesson 6: Managing Permissions

• Understanding ownership
• Changing file ownership
• Understanding/managing basic Permissions
• Working on Linux Shell
• Understanding and Managing special Permissions
• Understanding and Managing Access Control List (ACL)

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Lesson 7: Managing Processes

• Understanding Jobs and Processes
• Managing Shell jobs
• Understanding Memory usage and performance Load
• Getting process information using Top/Ps
• Sending signals to process/Process priorities and Niceness
• Troubleshooting Performance Issues/Memory shortage

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Lesson 8: Scheduling Tasks

• Using cron vs AT
• Scheduling with cron and AT

Module 2 : Operating RHEL Servers

Lesson 9: Configuring Network

• Understanding NIC Naming
• Managing runtime network Configuration with the IP Command
• Storing Network Configuration persistently with nmcli/nmtui
• Verifying Network Configuration files
• Understanding/Configuring Routing and DNS
• Understanding/Using Network analysis tools
• Configuring Network settings
• Troubleshooting Network Issues

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Lesson 10: Managing software

• Understanding meta-Package handlers
• Setting up both Local and HTTP Yum repository
• Managing Packages with YUM
• Understanding YUM and RPM Queries
• Using RPM Queries
• Troubleshooting RPM Dependency issues

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Lesson 11: Managing Partitions

• Understanding Disk Partition
• Creating MBR Partition with fdisk
• Understanding File System differences and making file systems
• Mounting file system via manually and /etc/fstab
• Creating Swap partition
• Troubleshooting File Systems Issues

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Lesson 12: Managing LVM Logical Volumes

• Why use LVM and understanding LVM setup
• Creating an LVM logical volume
• Understanding Device Mapper and LVM Device name
• Resizing/Growing LVM Logical Volumes
• Shrinking/Configuring LVM logical volume

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Lesson 13: Working with Virtual Machines

• Introducing KVM Virtualization
• Managing libvirt and KVM
• Installing a Virtual machine
• Understanding KVM Network
• Managing Virtual Machines

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Lesson 14: Managing SSH

• Changing SSH server options
• Accessing SSH server through the firewall
• Configuring SSH

Module 3 : Performing Advanced System Administration Tasks

Lesson 15: Managing the KERNEL

• Understanding the Modular structure of a Kernel
• Modifying kernels behavior through modprobe
• Tuning kernel behavior through /proc
• Updating the kernel
• Managing the kernel

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Lesson 16: Managing and Understanding the Boot procedure

• Boot procedure Generic Overview
• Understanding Grub2
• Modifying Grub2 parameters
• Changing boot Parameters
• Understanding Systemd targets

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Lesson 17: Configuring Logging

• Understanding/configuring rsyslogd and logging
• Configuring log rotate
• Changing Root password

Module 4 : Managing Network Services

Lesson 18: Managing HTTP Services

• Understanding Apache Configuration
• Creating a basic Web site
• Tuning kernel behavior through /proc
• Configuring Apache webserver

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Lesson 19: Building an LDAP Server

• Connecting to an Ldap Server
• Setting up Ldap connectivity

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Lesson 20: Accessing Remote File Systems and Automount

• Accessing an NFS Server
• Configuring Automount
• Configuring automount for NFS Share Home Directories
• Building a Samba Server

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Lesson 21: Configuring Firewall

• Understanding Firewall configuration
• Understanding firewall components

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Lesson 22: Using and Building Kickstart

• Understanding kickstart Usage
• Creating a kickstart file
• Building a kick start server

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Lesson 23: Configuring Time Server

• Understanding time on LINUX
• Configuring server time

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Lesson 24: Scripting