Linux system administration I

Special note

The RedHat versions of the course covers the following Linux distributions:

• RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.0
• Fedora Core 6.0

The SUSE versions of the course covers the following Linux distributions:

• SUSE Enterprise Linux 10.0
• SUSE Linux 10.1

Students will receive course workbooks for (RedHat) Fedora Core 6.0 and SUSE Professional 10.1 and select which distribution to perform the labs on.

Each RAIL Linux courses will run on either (RedHat) Fedora Core 6.0 or SUSE Professional 10.1.

Course overview

This 5-day course provides those with basic UNIX or Linux user experience, the knowledge & skills necessary to install, configure and manage their Red Hat and SUSE Linux systems. Topics include installation, system admin, configuring X Windows, configuring the kernel, Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and RAID, security and basic troubleshooting. Coupled with the next course, Linux system administration II (H7092S) is our recommended curriculum to assist those system admins wishing to prepare for one of the Linux certifications. Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Level 1, Red Hat (RHCE, RHCT) or SAIR.

Prerequisites

• Fundamentals of the UNIX System (51434S) or
• Linux fundamentals (U8583S)

Audience

New Linux system administrators.

Ways to save

Next Steps

• Linux system administration II (H7092S)
• View our Linux system administrator curriculum path

Benefits to you

• Choice of installation methods and multi-OS booting.
• Configure the system to your specifications.
• Customize the boot process and startup options.
• Learn basic monitoring and troubleshooting to avoid system problems.

Course outline

• Linux introduction & installation
• Multi-OS booting
• Partitioning and file systems
• Pre-Installation considerations
• Hardware compatibility
• Boot Loader
• PC Hardware & Linux
  • Detecting New Hardware Manually
  • Configuring New Hardware with Kudzu
  • Configuring New Hardware with hwinfo
  • PC System Hardware
  • SCSI Devices
  • Serial Ports
  • USB Devices
  • USB Configuration
  • Linux Devices Files
  • Configuring New Hardware
  • Kernel Modules
  • Handling Module Dependencies
  • Configuring the Kernel
  • Kernel Hardware Information
• Post-install system configuration
• Configuration utilities and files
• Network services
• Managing software and packages
• Configuration printers
• Boot process and SysV init
• Booting Linux and LILO options
• Kernel boot parameters
• Managing daemons
• Controlling startup services
• Shutdown and reboot
• User/group administration and NFS
• User Administration
• Group Administration
• Password ageing and default user files
• PAM
• File sharing with NFS
• File system administration
• Partition tables and file system creation
• SWAP
• Disk quotas and file access control lists
• LVM & RAID
• Task automation and process accounting
• Automating tasks
• Using cron, at and batch commands
• Managing processes
• Limiting system resources
• Client networking
• Linux network interfaces
• Configuring routing tables
• Enabling IPv6, VLANS, DNS and DHCP
• Network diagnostics
• The X Window system
• Xfree86
• Configuring X
• Display manager and XDMCP
• X security and servers
• Security concepts
• Tightening default security
• Security advisories
• TCP wrappers
• A more secure approach with iptables
• Linux kernel compilation
• Why compile?
• Getting kernel source
• Configuring the kernel
• Compiling the kernel
• Installing the kernel
• Tips & Tricks
• Xen Virtualization
  • What is Virtualization?
  • Virtualization Technologies
  • What is Xen?
  • Xen Architecture
  • Xen Deployment
  • Xen Server Farms
  • Xen Server Farm Storage
  • Xen Networking
  • Xen Virtual Server Migration
  • xm Command & Xen Tools
• Troubleshooting
• Basic troubleshooting
• Gathering information
• Useful debugging aids
• Common problems
• Network settings
• The rescue environment