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Course Overview For users of Linux (or
UNIX) who want to start building skills in systems administration on
Red Hat Linux 5, to a level where they can attach and configure a
workstation on an existing network. See complete details below.
Goal
An operator who can perform system administration tasks to a level
where he/she can install, configure, and attach a new Red Hat Linux
workstation to an existing network.
Audience
Linux or UNIX users, who understand the basics of Red Hat Linux,
that desire further technical training to begin the process of
becoming a system administrator
Prerequisites
Course Outline
UNIT 1 - Installation
• Configure and access various
consoles directly,
remotely with ssh, and with virt-manager.
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Configure privilege escalation with sudo.
UNIT 2 - Package Management • Manage software on system
using yum, Red Hat network,
and rpm. UNIT 3 - System Service and
Security • Configure and manage system logging, time
synchronization, printers, and task automation.
• Troubleshoot SELinux UNIT 4 - System Initialization
• Define boot process, recover system, and manage
service startup.
UNIT 5 - Kernel Monitoring and Configuration
• Explore kernel modules and variants, tune kernel
parameters, manage device, and monitor process and
resources.
UNIT 6 - Network Configuration
• Configure dynamic and static network settings for IPv4
and filter packets.
UNIT 7 - Filesystem Administration
• Review filesystem management concepts, removable
media and configure NFS shares with autofs.
UNIT 8 - Additional Storage
• Expand storage by adding new filesystems and swap
space.
UNIT 9 - User Administration
• Create, modify and delete
users, group, and policy. • Protect users and groups with quotas.
UNIT 10 - Filesystems for Group Collaboration
• Establish collaborative group directories.
• Protect users and group with ACLs.
UNIT 11 - Centralized user Administration
• Revisit user administration by connecting to network
directory services like NIS and LDAP.
UNIT 12 - Software RAID
• Manage filesystems using Software RAID and recover an
array.
UNIT 13 - Logical Volume Management
• Manage
filesystems using Logical Volume Management.
• Resize filesystems and protect them with LVM Snapshots.
UNIT 14 - Virtualization and Automates Installation
• Perform automated installations of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux
• Create para-virtualized user domains in XEN.
UNIT 15 - Virtualization and Automates Installation
• Explore troubleshooting methodologies.
• Utilize the rescue environment of anaconda.
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