Technical Support on Linux Based on Red Hat 7 - TED Learning

Value of Training

Your team is your most valuable asset. By investing in the expertise of your staff, you can ensure optimal system performance, enhance productivity, and mitigate risk. When you include hands-on training from Red Hat 7 as part of your deployment and maintenance strategy, you can maximize the value of your Red Hat 7 technology investment and reach new productivity heights.

Course Overview

Technical Support on Linux training is designed for IT professionals who are new to Linux and require core Redhat 7 Linux skills. Focused on administration tasks that will be encountered in the workplace, this course will actively engage students in task-focused activities, lab-based knowledge checks, and facilitative discussions to ensure maximum skill transfer and retention.

In addition, GUI-based tools will be featured to build on the students’ existing technical knowledge, while key command line concepts will be introduced to provide a foundation for students planning to become full-time Linux system administrators.

By the end of the 2-day course, students will be able to perform installations, establish network connectivity, manage physical storage, and perform basic security administration.

Audience

• Microsoft Windows system administrators who need to quickly learn core Fedora Enterprise Linux proficiencies
• System administrators, network administrators, and other IT professionals who require proficiency performing core tasks in Linux
• Non-Linux IT professionals on the path to becoming full-time Linux system administrators

Prerequisites

• Previous operating system administration experience is helpful but not required Course Details

Course Details

Module 1 – Designing and Configuring a Linux Server

• Configuring open–source systems
• The roles of an administrator
• Open–source licensing
• Acquiring your Linux distribution
• The System Design
• Structuring the file system
• Selecting software packages
• The /etc configuration hierarchy

Module 2 – Booting Linux

• Managing the boot process
• Following the boot sequence
• Controlling services with systemctl
• Rescuing an unbootable system
• Troubleshooting a boot loader
• Recovering with rescue media

Module 3 – Controlling and Monitoring User Processes

• Users and groups
• Enforcing access control policy with Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
• Assigning users to groups
• Establishing and modifying accounts
• Process control and logging
• ps
• pstree
• top
• vmstat
• Examining the /proc file system
• Signaling processes with kill and pkill
• Capturing important events with journalctl
• Meeting compliance requirements with journald and syslog

Module 4 – Managing File Systems

• Device and volume management
• Installing new disks
• Establishing and extending logical volumes
• Mounting file systems
• Creating and tuning journaled file systems
• Attaching to network file servers
• Ensuring availability
• Backing up and restoring data
• Archiving system configuration

Module 5 – Adding and Updating Software

• Managing software packages
• Manipulating portable tar archives
• Installing software with Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) to blend Red Hat with CentOS and other Linux distributions
• Building software from source
• Working with SRPMs and packaging binary RPMs
• Resolving dependency issues with yum

Module 6 – Configuring Networks

• Connecting to an IP network
• Setting IPv4 addresses and netmasks
• Configuring and testing IPv6 connectivity
• Controlling network services
• Providing multiple websites with Apache virtual hosting
• Securing services with access control

Module 7 – Supporting Print and File Services

• Service for UNIX and Mac OS X clients
• Offering local and network print services
• Sharing files with NFS
• Service for Windows clients
• Emulating Windows services with Samba
• Authenticating users

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