Goals
- Understanding the OpenSource / Linux world
- Knowing how to install a Linux distribution
- Knowing the basics of using Linux
- Knowing the main Linux daemons (Apache, MySQL / PostGreSQL, Postfix, Cups, Samba / NFS)
Program
Administrator roles
Understanding of technological challenges and anticipation of needs
Standards and their implementations
Reminders on the principles of unit assembly
Physical characteristics and strategic choices
Partitioning techniques (LVM and RAID)
The different file systems
Practical Workshop: Partitioning and Manual Formatting of a Drive
System startup: from boot to connection
Hardware Information
Configure and manage device drivers
Process management
Service management
Operation and log management
Practical workshop: use of the different tools
Network administration reminders
Advanced configuration of the various interfaces
Some associated services: (x) inetd, the SSHd server
Practical workshop: network service management
Performance management
Handling of archives (tar, gzip …)
Advanced file permissions (associated with file systems)
Scheduled tasks (Cron)
Practical workshop: setting up a backup
Name server theory
Strategic and technical issues
The solutions: Bind and DjbDNS
Practical workshop: installing a DNS cache
Operating principle: SMTP protocol
Associated vocabulary
The difficulties to overcome
The extensions to plan (mailing lists, security, …)
The different SMTP software (Sendmail, Qmail, Postfix, Exim)
Practical workshop : installing Postfix
Security at the level of the IP protocol
How the Netfilter software works
Configuration tools (Iptables and interfaces)
Practical workshop : configuring a firewall
Understand the different levels of tunnels
Protocols and their implementations
Practical workshop: initiation to OpenVPN
MySQL overview
Introducing PostGreSQL
Practical workshop: installation and commissioning of DBMS
Standards and implementations
How a web server works
Basic configuration for Apache
PHP integration
Practical workshop: installation of the Apache server
Network File System Theory
UNIX Network File System
Microsoft SMB protocol
Presentation of solutions under Linux (NFS and Samba)
Practical workshop: setting up network sharing
Passing the certification (if provided for in the funding)
Duration
5 days
Price
£ 2165
Audience
IT specialists
System administrators
Prerequisites
Initiation training in using Linux
Reference
LIN43-F
Sessions
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