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Course Agenda

Linux Administration

Induction Batch Duration – 3 Days

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Description
This course uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 and is specifically designed for
participants who want to become full time Linux Administrators and focuses on
the key tasks needed every day.
This course goes deeper into Enterprise Linux Administration including file
systems and partitioning, Logical Volumes, SELinux, firewalling and
Troubleshooting
Objectives
All participants will use Linux Distributions with confidence to provide support
Prerequisites
None
Skills Gained:
 Managing physical storage
 Install and Configure software components and services
 Establishing network connections and firewall access
 Monitoring and managing process
 Managing and securing files
 Administrating users and groups
 Installing and using virtualized systems
 Managing filesystems and logical volumes
 Controlling firewalling
 Managing SELinux
 Troubleshooting

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Course Outline

DAY 1

1. Local and Remote Logins

Accessing the Command Line Using the Local Console
Configuring SSH Key-Based Authentication
Getting Help
2. File System Navigation
The Linux File System Hierarchy
Managing Files Using Command-Line tools
Making Links Between Files
3. Users and Groups
Users and Groups
Gaining Superuser Access
Managing Local User Accounts
Managing Local Group Accounts
Managing User Passwords
Using Identity Management Services

DAY 2

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 4. File Permissions
Managing File System Permissions from command line
Managing Default Permissions and File Access
POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Interpret ACLs
Securing Files with ACLs
Using ACLs to Grant and Limit Access
5. SeLinux Permissions
Enabling and Monitoring Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
SELinux Concepts
Changing SELinux Modes
Changing SELinux Contexts
Changing SELinux Booleans
Troubleshooting SELinux
Managing SELinux Security
6. Process Management
Killing Processes
Monitoring Process Activity
Using nice and renice to influence Process Priority

DAY 3

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7. Updating Software Packages
Attaching Systems to Subscriptions for software updates
Managing software updates with yum
Enabling yum software repositories
8. Creating and Mounting file systems
Mounting and unmounting File systems
Adding partitions, File systems and Persistent Mounts
Managing swap space
9. Service management and Boot Troubleshooting
Identifying Automatically started system processes
Controlling system services
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Boot Process
Selecting a Boot Target
Repairing common Boot Issues
Resetting a lost root password
Repairing File System Issues at Boot
Repairing Boot Loader Problems

10.Network Configuration
Validating and Examining Network Configuration
Configuring Networking with nmcli

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 Editing Network Configuration Files
Configuring Host Names and Name Resolution
Managing Linux Networking
11.System Logging and NTP
System Log Architecture
Review Syslog Files
Finding Log Entries and systemd Journal entries
Preserving the systemd Journal
Maintaining Accurate Time
Adjusting System Time
12.Scheduled Processes
Scheduling System cron Jobs
managing Temporary Files

Lab Setup:

Software Requirement:
1. RHEL 8.0
2. VMPlayer

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 3. Internet Access needed for repository access

Hardware requirement:
1. Core i5(64-bit)
2. 8 GB Ram

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