Linux System Administration

• Detailed Agenda (includes links to presentations and schedule)

Synopsis

This is a technical workshop, made of up lecture and hands-on lab work to teach Linux System Administration targeted at operators who are responsible for Linux Administration in their organization.

Target Audience

Linux systems administrators and engineers from ISP/REN/Universities or corporations, who are responsible for Linux system administration.

Pre-Requisites

• Medium to good knowledge of the UNIX/Linux command line environment
• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP networking
• PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING A LAPTOP

Workshop Topics

• Introduction to UNIX
• UNIX permissions
• UNIX commands & the CLI
• UNIX sysadmin
• IPv4/v6 networking essentials
• DNS Fundamentals
• Security essentials
• Crypto: SSH
• Backup and data integrity
• Configuration Management
• Intro to Scripting
• Firewalls
• Virtualization overview

Objectives

At the end of the workshop students will be able to:

• Explain the core concepts of the UNIX operating system
• Explain the concepts of and demonstrate how to use UNIX permissions
• Use the UNIX CLI to issue commands to the operating system
• Perform UNIX system administration tasks
• Perform IPv4/v6 networking tasks to ensure that the system has workable networking
• Perform fundamental DNS configuration tasks
• Explain core concepts of security as it related to Linux servers.
• Deploy and configure the Secure Shell (SSH) daemon
• Explain concepts of and configure systems to perform backup and data integrity tasks
• Explain concepts of and configure systems to perform configuration management tasks
• Perform basic Linux scripting tasks
• Perform basic Firewalling tasks on Linux Systems
• Explain basic Virtualization concepts

Class Size

The Workshop can accommodate up to 36 participants.

Trainers

• Hans Kuhn ​(NSRC)
• Dean Pemberton ​(NSRC)
• Duncan Barth ​(University of Oregon)