Linux Training Overview

This Linux systems administration course focuses on command line tools.

Linux Training Prerequisites

Prior experience with the Linux command line is preferred but not required.

Linux Training Course duration

3 days

Linux Training Supported Distributions:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Linux Training Course outline

1. Accessing the Command Line
   1. Logging In
   2. Secure Shell
   3. ssh and sshd Configuration
   4. Accessing Remote Shells
   5. Transferring Files
   6. Alternative sftp Clients
   7. Switching User Contexts
   8. sudo
   9. Gathering Login Session Info
   Lab Tasks
   1. Login and Discovery
   2. Switching Users With su
   3. Introduction to ssh and scp
2. Managing Files from the Command Line
   1. Filesystem Support
   2. Unix/Linux Filesystem Features
   3. Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
   4. Navigating the Filesystem
   5. Displaying Directory Contents
   6. Filesystem Structures
   7. Determining Disk Usage With df and du
   8. File Ownership
   9. Default Group Ownership
   10. Directory Manipulation
   11. File Manipulation
   12. Deleting and Creating Files
   13. File Extensions and Content
   14. Displaying Files
   15. Previewing Files
   Lab Tasks
   1. Navigating Directories and Listing Files
   2. Disk and Filesystem Usage
   3. Manipulating Files and Directories
3. Get Help in a Textual Environment
   1. Gathering Login Session Info
   2. Gathering System Info
   3. Help from Commands and Documentation
   4. Getting Help with man & info
   Lab Tasks
   1. Help with Commands
4. Intermediate Command Line Tools
   1. Filesystem Links
   2. Archives with tar
   3. Archives with cpio
   4. The gzip Compression Utility
   5. The bzip2 Compression Utility
   6. The XZ Compression Utility
   7. The PKZIP Archiving/Compression format
   8. Text Editing
   9. vi and Vim
   10. Learning vi
   11. Basic vi
   12. Intermediate vi
   Lab Tasks
   1. Archiving and Compression
   2. Text Editing with Vim
5. Regular Expressions, Pipelines, and I/O Redirection
   1. Searching Inside Files
   2. The Streaming Editor
   3. Regular Expression Overview
   4. Regular Expressions
   5. RE Quantifiers
   6. RE Parenthesis
   7. Communication Channels
   8. File Redirection
   9. Piping Commands Together
   Lab Tasks
   1. Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions
   2. Extended Regular Expressions
   3. Using Regular Expressions With sed
   4. Text Processing
6. Managing User Accounts
   1. User and Group Concepts
   2. User Administration
   3. Modifying Accounts
   4. Group Administration
   5. Password Aging
   Lab Tasks
   1. User and Group Administration
7. Secure Linux File Access
   1. File Ownership
   2. File and Directory Permissions
   3. SUID and SGID on files
   4. SGID and Sticky Bit on Directories
   5. Changing File Permissions
   Lab Tasks
   1. File and Directory Ownership and Permissions
8. Managing Processes
   1. Automating Tasks
   2. at/batch
   3. cron
   4. The crontab Command
   5. crontab Format
   6. /etc/cron.*/ Directories
   7. Anacron
   8. Viewing Processes
   9. Managing Processes
   10. Tuning Process Scheduling
   Lab Tasks
   1. Creating and Managing User Cron Jobs
   2. Adding System cron Jobs
9. Installing and Managing Software
   1. Managing Software
   2. RPM Features
   3. RPM Architecture
   4. RPM Package Files
   5. Working With RPMs
   6. Querying and Verifying with RPM
   7. Updating the Kernel RPM
   8. Managing Software Dependencies
   9. Using the YUM command
   10. YUM package groups
   11. Configuring YUM
   12. Yum Plugins
   13. YUM Repositories
   Lab Tasks
   1. Managing Software with RPM
   2. Managing YUM Repositories
   3. Using YUM
   4. Creating a Custom RPM Repository
10. Managing Installed Services
    1. Booting Linux on PCs
    2. /sbin/init
    3. /etc/inittab
    4. /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
    5. Runlevel Implementation
    6. System Configuration Files
    7. Managing Daemons
    8. Controlling Service Startup
    9. Shutdown and Reboot
    Lab Tasks
    1. Managing Services With chkconfig
    2. Boot Process
    3. Troubleshooting Practice: Boot Process
11. Installing Linux Graphically
    1. Anaconda: An Overview
    2. Anaconda: Booting the System
    3. Anaconda: Common Boot Options
    4. Anaconda: Loading Anaconda and Packages
    5. Anaconda: Storage Options
    6. Anaconda: Troubleshooting
    7. FirstBoot
    8. A Typical Install
    Lab Tasks
    1. Linux Installation
12. Manage Virtual Machines
    1. Introducing libvirt
    2. libvirt: Basic Concepts
    3. libvirt: Storage Architecture
    4. libvirt: Network Architecture
    5. libvirt: Graphical Tools
    6. libvirt: Command Line Tools
    7. virsh: Basics
    8. virsh: Common Tasks
    9. virt-install
    10. libguestfs and guestfish
    Lab Tasks
    1. Installing a Virtual Machine