Advanced Linux for System Administrator

This course specifically designed for students who have basic Linux Administration knowledge and looking for advance administration skills in Linux. This course will teach you everything you need to know to be an Advanced systems administrator

Every section of this course has a different set of quizzes, and there is also many project lab assignment that will help you demonstrate what you have learned

Course Outline

Linux Virtual Server Cluster

Introduction

Components of an LVS Cluster

Background of the LVS Cluster

Hardware/Network Requirements

Cluster Node Interconnection Prerequisites

Configuring an LVS Cluster

Piranha Configuration Tool

Linux Virtualization

Overview of Linux Virtualization

What is Hypervisor

Types of Virtualization

KVM + QEMU + Libvirt Architecture

Virtualization Requirements

Packages, Configuration tool & Service Daemon

Practice Lab Session

Squid Proxy Server

Overview of Squid Proxy Server

Types of Proxy Server

Proxy Server Configurations & its packages

How proxy Server works

Practice Lab Session

LDAP (Light Weight Directory Access Protocol)

Overview of LDAP

Conceptual understanding about LDAP

Advantages of LDAP over NIS

LDAP Database Structure

Practice Lab Session

Managing SELinux Security

Introduction – SELinux

SELinux Security Concepts

Changing SELinux Modes

Practice Lab Sessions

Changing SELinux Contexts

SELinux Booleans

Audit logs & troubleshooting SELinux

Firewalld

Overview of firewalld in RHEL 7

Features of firewalld & its advantages over iptables

firewalld components

how packet flows

Limiting network communications

Practice Lab Sessions

Samba Server

Overview of Samba Server

Features of Samba Server

How Samba Server Works

Samba File sharing Server

CIFS File System

Practice Lab Sessions

Automating Installation with kickstart

Overview of kickstart Server

Features & configuration of kickstart server

Graphical mode to configure the kickstart config file

Deploying a new virtual system with kickstart

Practice Lab Sessions

Network Teaming

Overview of Network Teaming

Policies of Network Teaming

Creating teaming virtual interface – (how to configure NIC Teaming as Active Backup (Failover)

Managing Network Teaming

Configuring iSCSI Targets & Initiators

About iSCSI

iSCSI fundamentals

iSCSI Components terminology

Practice Lab Sessions

Access control Lists ACL’s

Overview of ACL

Use of command getfacl & setfacl

Default ACL

Securing files with ACLs

Practice Lab Sessions

Troubleshooting Linux Boot Problems in Red Hat Linux (Basic System Recovery) – Advanced Level

Simple & step by step understanding of Linux Boot Process ( 2 detailed Sessions)

Overview of Red Hat Linux 7 and their features

Comparison of features of RHEL7 with RHEL6

Lab on Basic System Recovery (Initramfs file missing/Corrupted)

Lab on Basic System Recovery (Grub related issues like stage 1.5/2 grub is missing)-Part1

Lab on Basic System Recovery (Grub related issues like stage 1.5/2 grub is missing)-Part2

Lab on Basic System Recovery (Master Boot Record missing/corrupted)

Lab on Basic System Recovery (Critical files are missing like mount binary, incorrect entry in fstab etc)

Lab on Basic System Recovery (Critical files are missing like mount binary, incorrect entry in fstab etc)