Course Outline

Unit 1 - Getting Started with the Classroom Environment

• Given a virtualized environment, begin to administrate multiple systems using prerequisite skills

Unit 2 - Enhance User Security

• Configure system to use Kerberos to verify credentials and grant privileges via sudo

Unit 3 - Bash Scripting and Tools

• Automate system administration tasks utilizing Bash scripts and text-based tools

Unit 4 - File Security with GnuPG

• Secure files with GnuPG.

Unit 5 - Software Management

• Use yum plugins to manage packages and understand the design of packages to build a simple package

Unit 6 - Network Monitoring

• Profile running services then capture and analyze network traffic

Unit 7 - Route Network Traffic

• Configure system to route traffic and customize network parameters with sysctl

Unit 8 - Secure Network Traffic

• Secure network traffic through SSH port forwarding and iptables filtering/network address translation (NAT)

Unit 9 - NTP Server Configuration

• Configure an NTP server

Unit 10 - Filesystems and Logs

• Manage local file system integrity, monitor system over time, and system logging

Unit 11 - Centralized and Secure Storage

• Access centralized storage (iSCSI) and encrypt filesystems

Unit 12 - SSL-encapsulated Web Services

• Understand SSL certificates and deploy an SSL encapsulated web service

Unit 13 - Web Server Additional Configuration

• Configure web server with virtual hosts, dynamic content, and authenticated directories

Unit 14 - Basic SMTP Configuration

• Configure an SMTP server for basic operation (null client, receiving mail, smarthost relay)

Unit 15 - Caching-Only DNS Server

• Understand DNS resource records and configure a caching-only name server

Unit 16 - File Sharing with NFS

• Configure file sharing between hosts with NFS

Unit 17 - File Sharing with CIFS

• Configure file and print sharing between hosts with CIFS

Unit 18 - File Sharing with FTP

• Configure file sharing with anonymous FTP

Unit 19 - Troubleshooting Boot Process

• Understand the boot process and recover unbootable systems with rescue mode