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Enterprise Linux System Administration

5 Days

Description

This comprehensive course is designed to equip learners with a profound understanding of Linux system administration. The course kicks off with foundational concepts such as the Linux Kernel, device management, and the intricacies of systemd, setting the stage for deeper exploration into system boot processes, including GRUB2 and systemd boot. Each section progresses through detailed topics, including hardware discovery, kernel module configuration, and systemd service management, ensuring participants build a robust foundation in managing and configuring the core aspects of a Linux system.

As the course unfolds, it delves into advanced areas such as software maintenance, local and remote storage administration, user and group management, and the critical aspects of security through Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) and comprehensive security administration modules. These sections are crafted to cover the essentials of software management using RPM and DNF, the intricacies of LVM & RAID for storage, and the importance of security in system administration, including SELinux and firewall management. The practical application of these concepts is reinforced through targeted lab tasks, where learners apply knowledge to real-world scenarios, enhancing their problem-solving and system management skills.

The course also addresses the dynamic nature of networking and system maintenance, with chapters dedicated to basic and advanced networking concepts, log file administration, and the pivotal aspects of monitoring and troubleshooting. These sections are crucial for understanding how Linux systems interact within networked environments and how administrators can effectively monitor, diagnose, and resolve system issues. This course is designed not just to impart theoretical knowledge but to foster practical skills and critical thinking, preparing learners for the challenges of Linux system administration in real-world environments.

Audience:

  1. Aspiring System Administrators: Individuals looking to start a career in system administration and seeking a solid foundation in Linux, one of the most popular and widely-used operating systems in server environments.
  2. IT Professionals: Those already working in IT fields such as network administration, support, or database management who want to expand their skill set to include Linux system administration to enhance their career prospects and job performance.
  3. Developers: Software developers who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the Linux environment, which can help in optimizing applications, managing development environments, or working more effectively with DevOps practices.
  4. DevOps Engineers: Professionals in the DevOps space who require a thorough understanding of Linux systems to improve collaboration between development and operations, automate processes, and ensure the reliability and scalability of services.
  5. Technology Enthusiasts: Tech enthusiasts or hobbyists interested in deepening their knowledge of Linux internals, system management, and administration to manage personal projects, contribute to open source, or simply satisfy their intellectual curiosity.
  6. Cybersecurity Professionals: Security analysts and professionals who need to understand system administration, particularly in Linux, to better secure and manage their organization's IT infrastructure.

Benefits:

  1. Comprehensive Understanding of Linux Systems: This course offers an in-depth exploration of Linux system administration, particularly focusing on RHEL9, providing students with a broad and detailed understanding of various components, from kernel and device management to advanced networking and security. Such knowledge is invaluable for anyone looking to work in environments that rely on Linux servers.
  2. Hands-on Experience: With lab tasks integrated into each chapter, participants gain practical experience by applying theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios. This hands-on approach enhances problem-solving skills, familiarizes students with common issues they might face, and teaches them how to troubleshoot effectively, thereby bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application.
  3. Career Advancement Opportunities: Proficiency in Linux system administration, especially in widely used distributions like RHEL, is highly sought after in the tech industry. Completing this course equips individuals with the skills needed to manage and maintain Linux systems, opening up numerous opportunities in IT infrastructure, cloud services, cybersecurity, and more.
  4. Security Expertise: With dedicated modules on security administration and Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM), learners will develop a strong understanding of security principles, SELinux, firewall management, and security best practices. This knowledge is crucial for maintaining the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information systems.
  5. Networking and Storage Management Skills: The course covers essential networking concepts, storage administration, LVM, RAID, and remote storage solutions, which are critical for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable and reliable infrastructure. Understanding these areas allows professionals to ensure optimal performance and data integrity across diverse computing environments.

Current Version: R9-B01

No Upcoming Public Classes

There are currently no public events available for this course. However, you can submit a request for a new date and we will try our best to get you into a Enterprise Linux System Administration class.

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Course Overview

  1. LINUX KERNEL & DEVICES
    1. Hardware Discovery Tools
    2. Configuring New Hardware with hwinfo
    3. Kernel Hardware Info – /sys/
    4. /sys/ Structure
    5. udev
    6. Managing Linux Device Files
    7. List Block Devices
    8. SCSI Devices
    9. USB Devices
    10. USB Architecture
    11. Kernel Modules
    12. Configuring Kernel Components and Modules
    13. Handling Module Dependencies
    14. Configuring the Kernel via /proc/
    15. Console
    16. Virtual Terminals
    17. Keyboard & locale configuration
    18. Serial Ports
    19. Random Numbers and /dev/random
    LAB TASKS
    1. Adjusting Kernel Options
    2. Linux Kernel Driver Compilation
    3. Introduction to Troubleshooting Labs
    4. Troubleshooting Practice: Kernel Modules
  2. SYSTEMD OVERVIEW
    1. System Boot Method Overview
    2. systemd System and Service Manager
    3. Modifying systemd services
    4. Systemd Service Sandboxing Features
    5. systemd Targets
    6. Using systemd
    7. Linux Runlevels Aliases
    8. Legacy Support for SysV init
    LAB TASKS
    1. Managing Services With Systemd's systemctl
    2. Creating a systemd unit file
  3. GRUB2/SYSTEMD BOOT PROCESS
    1. Booting Linux on PCs
    2. GRUB 2
    3. GRUB 2 Configuration
    4. GRUB 2 Security
    5. Boot Parameters
    6. Initial RAM Filesystem
    7. init
    8. Systemd local-fs.target and sysinit.target
    9. Systemd basic.target and multi-user.target
    10. Legacy local bootup script support
    11. System Configuration Files
    12. RHEL7 Configuration Utilities
    13. SLES12 Configuration Utilities
    14. Shutdown and Reboot
    LAB TASKS
    1. Boot Process
    2. Booting directly to a bash shell
    3. GRUB Command Line
    4. Basic GRUB Security
    5. Troubleshooting Practice: Boot Process
  4. SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE
    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. Dealing With RPM & Yum Digest Changes
    9. Yum Plugins & RHN Subscription Manager
    10. YUM Repositories
    11. YUM Repository Groups
    12. Compiling/Installing from Source
    13. Manually Installed Shared Libraries
    14. Rebuilding Source RPM Packages
    LAB TASKS
    1. Managing Software with RPM
    2. Creating a Custom RPM Repository
    3. Querying the RPM Database
    4. Installing Software via RPM & Source and Rebuilding SRPMs
    5. Troubleshooting Practice: Package Management
  5. LOCAL STORAGE ADMINISTRATION
    1. Partitioning Disks with fdisk & gdisk
    2. Resizing a GPT Partition with gdisk
    3. Partitioning Disks with parted
    4. Non-Interactive Disk Partitioning with sfdisk
    5. Filesystem Creation
    6. Persistent Block Devices
    7. Mounting Filesystems
    8. Resizing Filesystems
    9. Filesystem Maintenance
    10. Managing an XFS Filesystem
    11. Swap
    12. Filesystem Structures
    13. Determining Disk Usage With df and du
    14. Configuring Disk Quotas
    15. Setting Quotas
    16. Viewing and Monitoring Quotas
    17. Filesystem Attributes
    LAB TASKS
    1. Creating and Managing Filesystems
    2. Hot Adding Swap
    3. Setting User Quotas
  6. LVM & RAID
    1. Logical Volume Management
    2. Implementing LVM
    3. Creating Logical Volumes
    4. Activating LVM VGs
    5. Exporting and Importing a VG
    6. Examining LVM Components
    7. Changing LVM Components
    8. Advanced LVM Overview
    9. Advanced LVM: Components & Object Tags
    10. Advanced LVM: Automated Storage Tiering
    11. Advanced LVM: Thin Provisioning
    12. Advanced LVM: Striping & Mirroring
    13. Advanced LVM: RAID Volumes
    14. SLES Graphical Disk Tool
    15. RAID Concepts
    16. Array Creation with mdadm
    17. Software RAID Monitoring
    18. Software RAID Control and Display
    LAB TASKS
    1. Creating and Managing LVM Volumes
    2. Creating LVM Thin Volumes
    3. Troubleshooting Practice: LVM
    4. Creating and Managing a RAID-5 Array
  7. REMOTE STORAGE ADMINISTRATION
    1. Remote Storage Overview
    2. Remote Filesystem Protocols
    3. Remote Block Device Protocols
    4. File Sharing via NFS
    5. NFSv4+
    6. NFS Clients
    7. NFS Server Configuration
    8. YaST NFS Server Administration
    9. Implementing NFSv4
    10. AutoFS
    11. AutoFS Configuration
    12. Accessing Windows/Samba Shares from Linux
    13. SAN Multipathing
    14. Multipath Configuration
    15. Multipathing Best Practices
    16. iSCSI Architecture
    17. Open-iSCSI Initiator Implementation
    18. iSCSI Initiator Discovery
    19. iSCSI Initiator Node Administration
    20. Mounting iSCSI Targets at Boot
    21. iSCSI Multipathing Considerations
    LAB TASKS
    1. Using autofs
    2. NFS Server Configuration
    3. iSCSI Initiator Configuration
    4. Multipathing with iSCSI
  8. USER/GROUP ADMINISTRATION
    1. Approaches to Storing User Accounts
    2. User and Group Concepts
    3. User Administration
    4. Modifying Accounts
    5. Group Administration
    6. Password Aging
    7. Default User Files
    8. Controlling Login Sessions
    9. RHEL DS Client Configuration
    10. SLES DS Client Configuration
    11. System Security Services Daemon (SSSD)
    LAB TASKS
    1. User and Group Administration
    2. Using LDAP for Centralized User Accounts
    3. Troubleshooting Practice: Account Management
  9. PLUGGABLE AUTHENTICATION MODULES (PAM)
    1. PAM Overview
    2. PAM Module Types
    3. PAM Order of Processing
    4. PAM Control Statements
    5. PAM Modules
    6. pam_unix
    7. pam_nologin.so
    8. pam_limits.so
    9. pam_wheel.so
    10. pam_xauth.so
    LAB TASKS
    1. Restricting superuser access to wheel group membership
    2. Using pam_nologin to Restrict Logins
    3. Setting Limits with the pam_limits Modules
    4. Using pam_limits to Restrict Simultaneous Logins
  10. SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
    1. Security Concepts
    2. Tightening Default Security
    3. SuSE Security Checker
    4. Security Advisories
    5. Fine Grained Authorizations with Polkit
    6. File Access Control Lists
    7. Manipulating FACLs
    8. Viewing FACLs
    9. Backing Up FACLs
    10. File Creation Permissions with umask
    11. User Private Group Scheme
    12. Alternatives to UPG
    13. AppArmor
    14. SELinux Security Framework
    15. SELinux Modes
    16. SELinux Commands
    17. Choosing an SELinux Policy
    18. SELinux Booleans
    19. Permissive Domains
    20. SELinux Policy Tools
    21. SUSE Basic Firewall Configuration
    22. FirewallD
    LAB TASKS
    1. User Private Groups
    2. Using Filesystem ACLs
    3. Exploring AppArmor
    4. Exploring SELinux Modes
    5. SELinux File Contexts
    6. SELinux Contexts in Action
  11. BASIC NETWORKING
    1. IPv4 Fundamentals
    2. TCP/UDP Fundamentals
    3. Linux Network Interfaces
    4. Ethernet Hardware Tools
    5. Network Configuration with ip Command
    6. Configuring Routing Tables
    7. IP to MAC Address Mapping with ARP
    8. Starting and Stopping Interfaces
    9. NetworkManager
    10. DNS Clients
    11. DHCP Clients
    12. SUSE YaST Network Configuration Tool
    13. Network Diagnostics
    14. Information from ss and netstat
    15. Hardware and System Clock
    16. Managing Network-Wide Time
    17. Continual Time Sync with NTP
    18. Configuring NTP Clients
    19. Useful NTP Commands
    LAB TASKS
    1. Network Discovery
    2. Basic Client Networking
    3. NTP Client Configuration
  12. ADVANCED NETWORKING
    1. Multiple IP Addresses
    2. Configuring a DHCP server
    3. IPv6
    4. Interface Aggregation
    5. Interface Bonding
    6. Network Teaming
    7. Interface Bridging
    8. 802.1q VLANS
    9. Tuning Kernel Network Settings
    LAB TASKS
    1. Multiple IP Addresses Per Network Interface
    2. Configuring IPv6
    3. Troubleshooting Practice: Networking
  13. LOG FILE ADMINISTRATION
    1. System Logging
    2. systemd Journal
    3. systemd Journal's journalctl
    4. Secure Logging with Journal's Log Sealing
    5. gnome-system-log
    6. Rsyslog
    7. /etc/rsyslog.conf
    8. Log Management
    9. Log Anomaly Detector
    10. Sending logs from the shell
    LAB TASKS
    1. Using the systemd Journal
    2. Setting up a Full Debug Logfile
    3. Remote Syslog Configuration
    4. Remote Rsyslog TLS Configuration
  14. MONITORING & TROUBLESHOOTING
    1. System Status – Memory
    2. System Status – I/O
    3. System Status – CPU
    4. Performance Trending with sar
    5. Determining Service to Process Mapping
    6. Real-time Monitoring of Resources — Cgroups
    7. Troubleshooting Basics: The Process
    8. Troubleshooting Basics: The Tools
    9. strace and ltrace
    10. Common Problems
    11. Troubleshooting Incorrect File Permissions
    12. Inability to Boot
    13. Typos in Configuration Files
    14. Corrupt Filesystems
    15. RHEL7 Rescue Environment
    16. SUSE Rescue Environment
    LAB TASKS
    1. System Activity Reporter
    2. Cgroup for Processes
    3. Recovering Damaged MBR
  1. PRE-INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS
    1. Pre-Installation Considerations
    2. Hardware Compatibility
    3. Multi-OS Booting
    4. Partition Considerations
    5. Filesystem Planning
    6. Selecting a Filesystem
  2. INSTALLING RHEL7
    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. Kickstart
    9. Network Booting with PXE
    10. A Typical Install
    LAB TASKS
    1. Linux Installation
    2. Automating Installation with Kickstart
  3. INSTALLING SLES12
    1. YaST Install Program Interface
    2. Network Installation
    3. SLP for SUSE Linux Installation
    4. Installation Choices
    5. Kernel Crash Dump Configuration
    6. Network Booting with PXE
    7. Creating AutoYaST2 Files
    8. Using AutoYaST2 files
    9. linuxrc Automation
    10. Installation Diagnostics
    11. After The First Reboot
    12. A Typical Install
    LAB TASKS
    1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Installation
    2. Automating Installation with AutoYaST
  4. MANAGE VIRTUAL MACHINES
    1. Virtualization: What and Why?
    2. Introducing libvirt
    3. libvirt: Basic Concepts
    4. libvirt: Storage Architecture
    5. libvirt: Network Architecture
    6. libvirt: Graphical Tools
    7. libvirt: Command Line Tools
    8. virsh: Basics
    9. virsh: Common Tasks
    10. virt-install
    11. Virtual Machine Guest Tools & Drivers
    12. libguestfs and guestfish
    LAB TASKS
    1. Installing a Virtual Machine
  5. BACKUPS
    1. Backup Software
    2. Managing Optical Media
    3. Tape Libraries
    4. Backup Examples
    LAB TASKS
    1. Using rsync and ssh for Backups
    2. Using tar for Backups
    3. Using cpio for Backups
    4. Creating ISO Images for Backups
    5. Using dump and restore for Backups

No Upcoming Public Classes

There are currently no public events available for this course. However, you can submit a request for a new date and we will try our best to get you into a Enterprise Linux System Administration class.

Private Training Available
No date scheduled, don’t see a date that works for you or looking for a private training event, please call 651-905-3729 or submit a request for further information here.
request a private session or new date

Prerequisites

Students should already be comfortable working in a Linux or Unix environment. Fundamentals such as the Linux filesystem, process management, and how to edit files will not be covered in class. An understanding of network concepts, and the TCP/IP protocol suite is helpful. 

No Upcoming Public Classes

There are currently no public events available for this course. However, you can submit a request for a new date and we will try our best to get you into a Enterprise Linux System Administration class.

Private Training Available
No date scheduled, don’t see a date that works for you or looking for a private training event, please call 651-905-3729 or submit a request for further information here.
request a private session or new date


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