Goals
- Prepare for the transition to 201 certification
Program
Subject 200 : Size your infrastructure
Monitoring of CPU, memory, disk and network consumption
Monitoring of filtered and routed traffic
Viewing bandwidth usage
Correspondence / Correlation of system symptoms with common problems
Estimate traffic and identify bottlenecks, network included
Use collectd to monitor the use of the IT infrastructure Predict resource failure
points
Monitor the rate of increase in resource use
Draw trend curves in resource use
Know the main monitoring solutions: Nagios , MRTG and Cacti
Workshop: MCQ to comment on the subject 200
Duration
2 days
Price
£ 1085
Audience
Linux System Administrators
Prerequisites
Have the LPI 102 certification or equivalent knowledge
Reference
LIN100040-F
Subject 201 : The Linux kernel
Use the kernel modules necessary for specific hardware, drivers, system resources.
Implement different types of kernel images
Recognize stable and developing kernels and patches
Use kernel modules
Documentation on 2.6.x and 3.x kernels
The Kernel Makefiles
The Kernel 2.6.x / 3.x « make target » targets
Customize the current kernel configuration
Build a new kernel and the appropriate kernel modules
Install a new kernel and its modules
Configure the boot manager to find the new kernel files
Modules configuration files
Knowledge of dracut
Use command line tools to identify current kernels and modules
Manually load and unload kernel modules
Determine when modules can be unloaded
Determine which parameters a module accepts
Configure the system to load modules by name
The file system / proc
Contents of /, / boot /, and / lib / modules /
Tools and utilities to analyze information about available hardware
udev rules
Workshop: MCQ to comment on the subject 201
Subject 202 : Starting the system
The specifications of the Linux Standard Base (LSB)
The SysV init environment
GRUB version 2 and earlier
The Grub shell
Starting the Boot loader and loading a kernel
Loading the Kernel
Initializing and configuring the hardware
Initializing and configuring the services
Knowing the different installation locations of the boot loader on a hard disk or a removable device
Edit the standard boot loader options and use the boot loader shell
Know UEFI
LILO
SYSLINUX, ISOLINUX, PXELINUX
Understand PXE
Workshop: MCQ to comment on the subject 202
Subject 203 : File system and devices
FHS
Configuration of fstab
Tools to manipulate swap and file partitions
Use of UUIDs
Tools for handling ext2, ext3 and ext4
Handling SMART peripherals
Tools for handling xfs
Knowledge of btrfs
Autofs configuration file
Tools for UDF and ISO9660
Knowledge of CD-ROM file system (UDF, ISO9660, HFS)
Knowledge of CD-ROM file system extensions (Joliet, Rock Ridge, El Torito)
Knowledge of basic functionalities on encrypted file systems
Workshop: MCQ to comment on the subject 203
Subject 204 : Advanced administration on storage devices
Configuration files and tools for software RAID
Use and configure RAID 0, 1 and 5
Tools for configuring DMA for IDE ATAPI and SATA devices
Tools for handling and analyzing system resources (eg interrupts)
Knowledge of the sdparm command and its use
Tools for iSCSI
LVM Suite Tools
Resize, Rename, Create, and Delete Logical Volumes, Volume Groups, and Physical Volumes
Create and Maintain Snapshots
Activate Volume Groups
Workshop: MCQ to comment on subject 204
Subject 205 : Network configuration
Tools to configure and manage ethernet network interfaces
Configure basic access to the wifi network with iw, iwconfig and iwlist
Tools for handling routing tables
Tools for configuring and managing network interfaces
Tools for analyzing the state of network devices
Tools for monitoring and analyzing TCP / IP traffic
Location and content of access restriction files
Tools for listing network status
Tools for obtaining information on network configuration System
initialization files (SysV init)
Knowledge of NetworkManager and its impact on network configuration
Workshop: MCQ to comment on the subject 205
Subject 206 : System maintenance
Extract source code with common compression and archiving tools
Understand the basics of make to compile programs
Apply parameters to a configuration script
Know where sources are stored by default
Know the folders to be included in backups
Knowledge of network backup solutions such as Amanda, Bacula and BackupPC
Know the advantages and disadvantages of tapes, CDRs, disks or other backup media
Perform partial and manual backups
Check the integrity of backup files
Perform partial or full restores
Automate communication with users through connection messages
Inform active users of system maintenance
Workshop: MCQ to comment on the subject 206
Passing the certification (if provided for in the funding)
Sessions
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