RED HAT TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION
This three day hands on course provides a comprehensive coverage of core Linux
administration tasks on Red Hat Linux.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
* Administer & configure Linux systems.
* Maintain Linux by handling disk space and taking regular backups.
* Manage software packages.
* Perform basic troubleshooting.
* Maintain a secure Linux system.
* Describe the organisation and implementation of the filesystem.
RED HAT TRAINING COURSE DETAILS
* Who will benefit:
System administrators.
Network administrators.
* Prerequisites:
Linux fundamentals
* Duration
3 days
RED HAT TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS
* Managing software
Package Concepts, RPM, rpm Commands, Yum, Dependencies and Conflicts, Startup
Script Problems, Shared Libraries, Library Management, Managing Processes,
the Kernel: The First Process, Process Lists, Foreground & Background
Processes, Process Priorities, Killing Processes.
* Configuring hardware
Configuring Firmware and Hardware, IRQs, I/O Addresses, DMA Addresses, Boot
Disks, Coldplug and Hotplug Devices, Configuring Expansion Cards and PCI
Cards, Kernel Modules, USB Devices, Linux USB Drivers, Configuring Hard
Disks, Partitioning Systems, LVM, Common Layouts, Creating Partitions and
Filesystems, Maintaining Filesystem Health, Tuning, Journals, Checking
Filesystems, Monitoring Disk Use, Mounting and Unmounting Filesystems.
* Managing files
File Management Commands, File Naming and Wildcards, File Archiving, Links,
Directory Commands, File Ownership and Group, File access control,
Permissions, chmod, Defaults, File Attributes, Disk Quotas, Enabling and
setting Quotas, Locating Files, The FHS.
* Booting Linux and editing files
Installing Boot Loaders, GRUB Legacy, GRUB 2, Alternative Boot Loaders, the
Boot Process, Boot Messages, Runlevels and the Initialization Process,
Runlevel Functions, Runlevel Services, Alternative Boot Systems , Upstart,
system.
* Administering the system
Managing Users and Groups, Tuning User and System Environments, Using System
Log Files, Understanding syslogd , Setting Logging Options, Manually Logging
Data, Rotating Log Files, Reviewing Log File Contents, Maintaining the System
Time, Linux Time Concepts, Manually Setting the Time, Using NTP, Running Jobs
in the Future, Understanding the Role of cron, Creating System cron Jobs,
Creating User cron Jobs, Using anacron, Using at.
* Configuring basic networking
TCP/IP, Network Hardware, Network Addresses, Hostnames, Network Ports,
Configuring Linux for a Local Network, Configuring with DHCP, Static IP
Address, Configuring Routing, Using GUI Configuration Tools, ifup and ifdown,
Diagnosing Network Connections, Testing Connectivity, Tracing a Route,
Checking Network Status , Examining Network Traffic, Additional Tools.
* Securing your systems
Administering Network Security, Super Server Restrictions, Disabling Unused
Servers, Administering Local Security, Securing Passwords, Limiting root
Access, Setting Login, Process, SUID/SGID Files, Configuring SSH, Using GPG,
Generating, Importing and Revoking Keys, Encrypting and Decrypting Data,
Signing Messages and Verifying Signatures.
* Clustered File Systems
Principles of cluster file systems. Create, maintain and troubleshoot GFS2
file systems in a cluster, create, maintain and troubleshoot OCFS2 file
systems in a cluster, Integration of GFS2 and OCFS2 with Pacemaker, the O2CB
cluster stack, other commonly used clustered file systems.