Administering Red Hat Linux - Part I

The Administering Red Hat Linux - Part I training course is suitable for anyone who is new to Linux and needs to understand and use the operating system. The course will particularly appeal to Microsoft Windows system administrators, network administrators and other operating system professionals or anyone who requires a proficiency in Linux.

To provide the skills required to work productively in the workplace using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The delegate will possess at the end of the course some of the fundamental skills required to begin their studies towards achieving the various Red Hat certifications.

Administering Red Hat Linux - Part I Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1
Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO LINUX

• A brief history of UNIX and LINUX
• GNU project
• GPL - GNU General Public license
• The LINUX kernel
• The Bash Shell
• Login sessions

Session 2: THE GRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT

• The GUI Desktop
• Configuring the Desktop
• Managing files graphically
• Graphical tools for investigating hardware
• Exercise

Session 3: BASIC COMMANDS AND BASH ENVIRONMENT

• Basic syntax Rules
• Essential keyboard shortcuts
• Basic commands and utilities
• Getting Help - man pages, info, /usr/share/doc
• Sources of information available on the WEB
• Command line history, viewing and re-executing
• Entering commands in the Bash Shell
• The Bash Environment
• Shell Variables
• Exercise

Session 4: THE LINUX FILE SYSTEM

• The file system structure
• Standard Linux directories and files
• Pathnames : relative and absolute
• Navigating the file system using shell commands
• Managing files and directories
• Monitoring file system usage
• Exercise

Administering Red Hat Linux - Part I Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2
Session 5: EDITING FILES USING GEDIT

• Using the GUI Editor to edit text files
• Exercise

Session 6: FILE ACCESS CONTROL

• Basic file access permissions
• List permissions
• Changing file permissions on the command line
• Exercise

Session 7: BASIC CLIENT NETWORKING

• Configuring Network Interfaces
• Controlling Network Devices: ifup/ifdown
• Configuring IPV4 dynamic and static networking
• Network Tools ifconfig, ethtool etc
• Configuring Remote Desktops
• Accessing Remote Desktop using vncviewer
• Configuring basic NTP
• Connecting NIS and LDAP clients to corresponding servers
• Linking to a system using ssh and rsync
• Exercise

Session 8: MANAGING USER ACCOUNTS

• User and Group administration
• Adding a new user and group
• Setting a password
• Bash profile files
• Exercise

Administering Red Hat Linux - Part I Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 3
Session 9: CHANGING RUN-LEVELS

• The init program and run levels
• The boot Sequence explained
• The grub boot managers
• The /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit Program
• The Startup Script Model
• Control Services using chkconfig, ntsysv etc.
• System Shutdown and Reboot management
• Exercise

Session 10: INSTALLING A SYSTEM GRAPHICALLY AND IMPLEMENTING VIRTUALISATION

• Virtualisation concepts
• Installation methods available
• The RHEL Installer: anaconda
• The Virtual Consoles
• Performing the installation
• Firstboot and post installation
• Install a virtual system
• Checking for supported hardware
• Start and shutdown a virtual system
• Exercises

Session 11: MANAGE LOGICAL VOLUMES

• Basic LVM design and configuration
• The Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
• Displaying information regarding LVM volumes
• Exercise

Administering Red Hat Linux - Part I Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 4
Session 12: MANAGE FILE SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES AND SWAP SPACE

• Mounting and un-mounting file systems
• File System attributes
• Handling Removable Media
• File system swap space management
• Exercise

Session 13: DATA SECURITY

• SELinux
• Management of SELinux
• Easy configuration and customisation of SELinux
• Configuring and using ssh and scp
• Basic Firewall management
• Exercise

Session 14: PRINTERS

• Creating printer queues using CUPS
• Administering CUPS using the Web Browser interface
• Managing printers using the Red Hat Tools
• Creating print requests
• Managing printer queues
• Exercise

Session 15: MANAGE MEMORY AND CPU USAGE

• Time-sharing
• What is a process?
• System and user processes
• Monitoring processes
• Killing processes
• Basic Job Control
• Altering process scheduling priorities
• Desktop tools to monitor and manage processes
• Exercise

Administering Red Hat Linux - Part I Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 5
Session 16: PACKAGE MANAGEMENT

• The Red Hat Package Management system
• Installing removing software manually using rpm
• RPM queries and verifying packages
• Dependency problems and resolution
• Updating the Kernel from RPM's
• Other RPM features
• Updating using Red Hat Network
• Exercise

Session 17: DEPLOYING AN FTP AND WEB SERVER

• The Apache and Tux Web Servers
• Apache server configuration files
• Apache Configuration Directives
• Basic Server Configuration
• HTTP and SELinux
• The FTP Service using vsftpd
• Anonymous FTP Access
• Exercise