Linux Installation and Administration Training Course

Linux Installation and Administration

Note: During the Covid-19 crisis, courses will only be delivered over the web

4 days hands-on £1,940+VAT

This course can be delivered over the web

Next scheduled date:
Monday February 10^th, 2025 Enrol Now!

Can't wait that long? It may be possible to deliver this course at an earlier date. Contact us if you're interested

Installation, configuration and periodic system administration tasks

Outline

Linux Distributions

Distribution-specific administration tools
Installation
Upgrading
Recovery

Review

Useful commands (find, grep, etc.)
Users, groups & privileges
Becoming super-user (root)

Unix Devices

Device special files
Using raw devices
Creating file systems
Repairing file systems

The File System

I-node structure
File and directory permissions
Special file permission bits (suid, etc.)
Commonly used Linux filesystems

Backup and Restore

Using 'tar'
Using 'cpio'
Linux backup utilities
Backup strategies

Process Management

The 'fork' and 'exec' mechanism
Process termination
Understanding signals
Process scheduling
The role of 'init'
System run levels
Shutting the system down
Customising the startup sequence

User Management

The 'passwd' and 'group' files
Adding and removing users
Pseudo-users in the system
Restricting a user's access

Printers and Queues

The CUPS system
Managing print queues
Adding and removing printers

Network Management

TCP/IP basics
DHCP servers and clients
DNS servers and clients
LDAP servers and clients
Controlling remote access
Interfacing to Windows systems
Samba servers and clients

Tuning the System

System activity logs
Kernel parameters

Overview

Effective systems administration is the key minimising down-time and ensuring the smooth running of corporate Linux systems. This course covers both the day-to-day administrative tasks and the less frequent tasks such as configuration.

Although different distributions supply different administrative tools, this course is generic and the material can be applied to most Linux distributions. It has a high hands-on content so that participants can apply the theoretical concepts.

Objectives

On successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Use the Linux administration tools
Install and upgrade the system and other software
Understand the super-user (root) privileges
Partition hard disks and create file and swap systems
Understand the different file systems
Administer user accounts
Customise the Grub boot loader
Backup and restore file systems
Schedule 'cron' tasks for later execution
Configure Samba and LDAP

Audience

This course is for potential systems and network administrators and for support personnel.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with Linux and/or Unix, including shell programming, up to the level covered in the Introduction to Unix/Linux and Shell Programming course is assumed.

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Linux Installation and Administration

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