Video description
Linux System Administration LiveLessonsprovides novice Linux
users with more than five hours of step-by-step video training
covering essential system administration responsibilities and
skills with professional system administrator Ben Whaley.
The content comprises nine video lessons featuring command-line
examples and conceptual discussion. The video tutorials offer
practical advice for real world system administration, such as
encouraging the use of shell shortcuts and automation to reduce
tedious manual tasks and improve administrative efficiency.
About the Instructor:
Ben Whaleyis the co-author of the UNIX and Linux System
Administration Handbook, widely regarded as the de facto system
administration text. He has been managing Linux systems since 1999
and is a Red Hat Certified Engineer. He currently uses Linux to
power the Amazon Web Services infrastructure at Anki, a robotics
and artificial intelligence company in San Francisco.
Skill Level:
Who Should Take This Course?
What You Will Learn:
- How to use Vagrant and VirtualBox as a makeshift lab
environment
- Linux’s history and background
- Shell shortcuts and basic bash scripting
- The Linux startup and shutdown procedures
- Management of user accounts
- The use of sudo to control access to privileged commands
- Interact with processes from the command line
- The filesystem layout
- File permissions and attributes
- Log file management with syslog and logrotate
- Linux on a TCP/IP network
- Network debugging with tcpdump and ping
- Using SSH for remote management
- The iptables host-based firewall
- How to secure a Linux system
Course Requirements:
Table of Contents
Introduction
Introduction to Linux System Administration LiveLessons
Lesson 1: Where to Start
Learning objectives
1.1 Understand the duties of a system administrator
1.2 Review suggested experience and background
1.3 Explain the history of Linux
1.4 Practice with Linux
1.5 Refer to man pages and online documentation
1.6 Find and install software
Lesson 2: The Shell
Learning objectives
2.1 Take command of the system with shells
2.2 Explore shell basics
2.3 Explain regular expressions and shell globbing
2.4 Master file editing with Vim
2.5 Write a basic Bash script
2.6 Discuss other important scripting languages
Lesson 3: Booting and Shutting Down
Learning objectives
3.1 Bootstrap the system
3.2 Load Linux using GRUB
3.3 Behold the kernel
3.4 Manage Upstart
3.5 Review init startup scripts
Lesson 4: Access Control, Accounts and Rootly Powers
Learning objectives
4.1 Understand the Linux access control model
4.2 Switch between accounts
4.3 Add users and groups
4.4 Elevate privileges using sudo
4.5 Maintain the home directory and automatic shell startup files
Lesson 5: Controlling Processes
Learning objectives
5.1 Review the components of a process
5.2 Understand the lifecycle of a process
5.3 Send signals to processes
5.4 Use ps and top to inspect and monitor processes
5.5 Browse the /proc filesystem
5.6 Trace system calls and signals with strace
5.7 Schedule commands with cron
Lesson 6: The Filesystem
Learning objectives
6.1 Understand the Linux filesystem
6.2 Organize the filesystem hierarchy
6.3 Understand file types and attributes
6.4 Manage access control lists (ACLs)
Lesson 7: Log Files and Syslog
Learning objectives
7.1 Explore Linux log files
7.2 Manage syslog
7.3 Rotate and condense log files
7.4 Centralize logs and use logging services
Lesson 8: TCP/IP Networking
Learning objectives
8.1 Discuss Linux’s versatility on the network
8.2 Configure TCP/IP
8.3 Configure DNS
8.4 Troubleshoot networking
Lesson 9: Security
Learning objectives
9.1 Secure a Linux system
9.2 Use SSH for secure remote management
9.3 Configure a Linux firewall
Summary
Summary of Linux System Administration LiveLessons