This course provides a foundation for students wishing to become full-time Linux system administrators by introducing key command line concepts and other enterprise-level tools. 

Course Outline 

• Getting Started with Linux
  • Unit – Remote Access Technologies to Linux Host
  • Unit – Connecting to Unix Host using SSH
  • Unit – Working with Files and Directories
  • Unit – Creating and Editing Files Vim and Emacs
• File and Data Management
  • Unit – File Processing Commands
  • Unit – Link files – they are like windows shortcuts
  • Unit – Data filtering using pattern matching techniques
  • Unit – File Searching in Linux – We do it everyday
  • Unit – Data Compression and Decompression Techniques
  • Unit – Data Archiving using tar and Star
• Managing User and Groups in Enterprise Environment
  • Unit – Describing Users and Groups
  • Unit – User Administration from Command Line
  • Unit – Configuring Password Aging Policies
  • Unit – Configuring User and Group Quotas
  • Unit – Describe File and Directory Ownership and Permissions
  • Scenario – Working with File and Directory Permissions
• Everything is a Process in Linux – Manage Them
  • Unit – Exploring Linux Processes
  • Unit – Understanding and Changing Process Priorities
  • Unit – Controlling Linux Processes
  • Unit – Dealing with Open Files
• Job automation – Save your weekends for family
  • Unit – Describing Job Scheduling using Cron
  • Unit – Scheduling Jobs using Cron
  • Unit – Managing Cron Jobs
• Service Management using systemd
  • Unit – Overview of Systemd
  • Unit – Understanding run levels in RHEL-7
  • Unit – Service Management using Systemd
  • Unit – Overview of Systemd Startup Services
  • Unit – Job Scheduling using Systemd Timer Units
  • Unit – Process Management using Systemd
• System Logs – Our real friends to solve problems
  • Unit – Analyse and Review Logs
  • Unit – Configuring Log Rotation
  • Unit – Rsyslog Configuration
  • Unit – Reviewing SystemD System Logs
  • Unit – Integrating Jounald logs with syslog
• File Systems – They know how to manage your data
  • Unit – Introduction to Linux File Systems
  • Unit – Identification of Filesystems
  • Unit – Filesystem Creation and Access
  • Unit – Mounting Local Filesystems Using Autofs
  • Unit – Encrypted Filesystems
  • Unit – Mounting Encrypted File systems During Boot
  • Unit – Re-sizing an existing Linux File System
• Kernel – the Heart of Linux Operating System
  • Unit – Working with Linux Kernel
  • Unit – Linux Kernel Modules
  • Unit – Describe the Process of Linux Kernel Update
• Linux Booting – time to Understand it
  • Unit – Describing Linux Boot Process
  • Unit – GRUB2 Boot Loader
  • Unit – Blacklisting Kernel Modules During Linux Boot
• Get Started with Linux Networking
  • Unit – Understanding Networking Terminology
  • Unit – Identifying and configuring network devices
  • Unit – Configure Network System to User NTP
• Disk and Storage Management
  • Unit – Linux MBR Disks
  • Unit– Linux GPT disks
  • Unit – Creating New Partition on Existing Disks
  • Unit – Linux booting – GPT vs MBR disks
  • Unit – Describing RAID Volumes
  • Unit – Creating a RAID-1 ( Mirrored ) Volume
  • Unit – Growing a RAID-1 ( mirrored) Volume
• Software Management in Linux
  • Unit – Linux Software Management using YUM
  • Unit – Configuring YUM Local Repositories
  • Unit – YUM Software Repositories