Linux System Administrator Rapid Track Course

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A Quick Glance

Gain required skills to become an effective Linux Administrator
Get deeper insight into Linux features, functions and commands
Course is developed and delivered by highly qualified and experienced instructors
Pentagon Training offers this course at an affordable price

Pentagon Training introduces Linux System Administrator Rapid Track Course that provides in- depth knowledge and skills required to enhance the technical awareness of Linux system. The delegates will acquire a practical experience of core concepts and terminologies related to Linux systems. Our certified instructors will help the delegates to polish their technical skills and become accredited by achieving this certification.

Who should take this course

Linux System Administrator Rapid Track Course is best suited for the following audience:

Linux/Unix system administrators so that they can understand the core administrative tasks for administering Linux systems
Senior Linux System administrators who have a minimum experience of 3 years and want to achieve this certification rapidly
Those who have already attained Linux System Administrator part 1 as well as part2, can attend this course
The professionals who are experienced Linux system administrators who currently manage Linux at enterprise level
Those who are preparing for Linux Certified System Administrator exam

Prerequisites

Before attending Linux System Administrator course, the delegates must be familiar with:

Bash shell including job control, expansion of shell, I/O redirection and pipes
IPV4 networking addressing and routeing concepts
TCP/UDP protocol
Navigation of GNOME3 interface
Use of command line and other programs available to edit the text files
Edit information present in main pages and info nodes
File permissions concepts like revoking or granting permissions
Installation of Linux Enterprise Linux
Use of archival utilities like zip, tar and compression utilities
Find files using File and Locate options

Learn to manage users and groups effectively
Handle files and file permissions
Manage and troubleshoot the system services during the boot process
Understand the basic troubleshooting and network configuration
Learn how to manage local storage and physical storage
Create and use file system
use firewalld and manage the firewall
Manage Kernel-based virtual machines known as KVM's
Use kickstart to install Linux Enterprise Linux automatically
Learn to manage and access files from command line
Manage local users and groups at Linux
Control file access permissions and file system permissions in Linux
Maintain security of SELinux and monitor various Linux processes
Efficiently manage Linux Enterprise Linux Networking
Manage and analyse system storage
Manage file systems with system storage
get to know about managing system scheduling
Limit communication of firewall using firewalld
Learn to implement virtualisation and make use of Kickstart

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Exam(s) included

Key Learning Points

Certificate

Course Overview

During the course, the delegates will understand how to manage a Linux workstation and server, install and configure local components and services for existing network connections within the organisation. The delegates can have solid command on administrative tasks to quickly and easily understand the further steps of the subject. Also, the delegate should possess skills for executing common commands like cp, grep, sort, mkdir, tar, mkfs, ssh, yum and much more. if the delegate is not having knowledge regarding any of the above commands, then we prefer them to take Linux System Administrator Part 1 and Linux System Administrator Part 2 course.

Course Content

Acess the command line

Linux System Login
Run simple commands using shell on Linux

Manage and control files

Work with files from bash shell prompt
Set access permissions on files
Understand the security effects of permission settings
Use SELinux to manage access files
Interpret and troubleshoot SELinux security effects

Establish network connectivity

Configure and manage
Test static network settings

Administer groups and users

Manage local password policies
Configure LDAP client
Implement password ageing

Monitor system resources

Control CPU
Manage memory
Manage disk utilisation
System logs management

Manage system software

Install and configure software
Use yum to install software using RHN and a custom repository

Deploy Network services

Use VNC
Implement FTP and web services
With SSH require key authentication

Secure network services and file systems

Restrict file access using Access Control Lists (ACL)
Use firewall and SELinux secure network services

Manage physical storage

Manage file systems
Manage encrypted partitions
Manage swap space

Manage local volumes

Concepts of logical volumes
Manage logical volumes
manage snapshots

Control boot process

Understand about run levels
Manage GRUB

Maintain and Turn the Kernel

Pass parameters to Kernel
Kernel modules management

Automatic installation using Kickstart

Create configurations of Kickstart
Use kickstart configurations to install Linux

Manage virtual machines

Deploy KVM virtual machines
manage KVM virtual machines

Troubleshoot problems of system

Apply systematic approach to diagnose system failures
Implement Systematic approach to correct system failures

Research Linux resources

Access Linux documentation and services