Enterprise Linux Systems
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This is a five day, in-depth course that explores installation, configuration and maintenance of Linux systems. The course focuses on issues universal to every workstation and server. This is a five day, in-depth course that explores installation, configuration and maintenance of Linux systems. The course focuses on issues universal to every workstation and server.
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Students should already be comfortable working in a Linux or UNIX environment.
An understanding of network concepts, and the TCP/IP protocol suite is helpful.
This course material is designed to provide extensive hands-on experience. Topics include: installation and configuration; the boot process; user and group administration; filesystem administration, including quotas, FACLs, RAID and LVM, task automation, client networking, SELinux, software management, log files and troubleshooting.
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- Monitoring
- Linux
- Server
- Network
- Installation
- SuSe
- Systems
- IP
- Install
- Network Training
Course programme
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1. Linux Hardware Discovery, Interaction, & Control
Hardware Discovery Tools
Configuring New Hardware with hwinfo Hardware and System Clock Console
Virtual Terminals Serial Ports
SCSI Devices USB Devices
USB Configuration
Common UNIX Printing System Defining a Printer
Managing Optical Media Tape Libraries
Managing Linux Device Files Kernel Hardware Info – /sys/ /sys/ Structure udev
Kernel Modules
Configuring Kernel Components and
Modules
Handling Module Dependencies Configuring the Kernel via /proc/
2. Boot Process and SYSV INIT
Booting Linux on PCs GRUB Configuration Boot Parameters Initial ramdisk
System Init Styles Linux Runlevels /etc/inittab
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
SUSE /etc/init.d/boot
Runlevel Implementation System Configuration Files
RHEL6 Configuration Utilities SLES11 Configuration Utilities Typical SysV Init Script The /etc/rc.local File
The /etc/init.d/*.local Files Managing Daemons
Controlling Service Startup Shutdown and Reboot
3. Software Maintenance
Managing Software RPM Features
RPM Architecture RPM Package Files Working with RPMs
Querying and Verifying with rpm Updating the Kernel RPM Dealing with RPM & YUM
Digest Changes
YUM Plugins
YUM Repositories
Compiling/Installing from
Source
/sbin/init
Manually Installed Shared Libraries Installing Source RPM Packages 4. FileSystem Administraton
Partitioning Disks with fdisk Partitioning Disks with parted Filesystem Creation Mounting Filesystems Filesystem Maintenance Persistent Block Devices Resizing Filesystems Swap
Filesystem Structures
Determining Disk Usage With df and du Configuring Disk Quotas Setting Quotas
Viewing and Monitoring Quotas Filesystem Attributes Backup Software
5. LVM & RAID
Logical Volume Management Implementing LVM
Creating Logical Volumes Manipulating VGs & LVs Advanced LVM Concepts system-config-lvm
SLES Graphical Disk Tool RAID Concepts
Array Creation with mdadm Software RAID Monitoring
Software RAID Control and Display
6. Remote Storage Administration
Remote Storage Overview Remote Filesystem Protocols Remote Block Device Protocols File Sharing via NFS NFSv4
NFS Clients
NFS Server Configuration Implementing NFSv4 AutoFS
AutoFS Configuration
Accessing Windows/Samba Shares from
Linux
SAN Multipathing
Multipath Configuration
Multipathing Best Practices
iSCSI Architecture Open-iSCSI Initiator
Implementation
iSCSI Initiator Discovery iSCSI Initiator Node
Administration
Mounting iSCSI Targets at Boot
iSCSI Multipathing
Considerations
7. User/Group Administration
User and Group Concepts User Administration Modifying Accounts Group Administration Password Aging
Default User Files Controlling Logins
Manual DS Client Configuration system-config-authentication SLES Graphical DS Client
Configuration
System Security Services
Daemon (SSSD)
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8. Pluggable Authentication
Modules (PAM) PAM Overview
PAM Module Types
PAM Order of Processing PAM Control Statements PAM Modules pam_unix
pam_nologin.so pam_limits.so pam_wheel.so pam_xauth.so
9. Security Administration
Security Concepts
Tightening Default Security SuSE Security Checker Security Advisories
File Access Control Lists Manipulating FACLs Viewing FACLs
Backing Up FACLs
File Creation Permissions with
umask
User Private Group Scheme Alternatives to UPG AppArmor
SELinux Security Framework SELinux Modes
SELinux Commands
Choosing an SELinux Policy SELinux Booleans Permissive Domains SELinux Policy Tools
Basic Firewall Activation 10. Basic Networking
IPv4 Fundamentals
TCP/UDP Fundamentals Linux Network Interfaces Ethernet Hardware Tools
Network Configuration with ip
Command
Configuring Routing Tables
IP to MAC Address Mapping with ARP Starting and Stopping Interfaces NetworkManager DNS Clients
DHCP Clients
system-config-network{tui,cmd} SUSE YaST Network Configuration
Tool
Network Diagnostics
Information from netstat and ss Managing Network-Wide Time Continual Time Sync with NTP Configuring NTP Clients Useful NTP Commands 11. Advanced Networking
Multiple IP Addresses
Configuring a DHCP server Enabling IPv6
Interface Bonding Interface Bridging 802.1q VLANS
Tuning Kernel Network Settings 12. Log File Administration
System Logging Syslog-ng Rsyslog
Log Management
Log Anomaly Detector
13. Monitoring & Troubleshooting
System Status – Memory System Status – I/O System Status – CPU
Performance Trending with sar Troubleshooting Basics: The
Process
Troubleshooting Basics: The
Tools
strace and ltrace
Common Problems
Troubleshooting Incorrect File
Permissions
Inability to Boot
Typos in Configuration Files Corrupt Filesystems
RHEL6 Rescue Environment SUSE Rescue Environment
Appendix A: Pre-Installation
Considerations
Pre-Installation Considerations Hardware Compatibility Multi-OS Booting
Partition Considerations Filesystem Planning Selecting a Filesystem
Appendix B: Installing RHEL6
Anaconda: An Overview
Anaconda: Booting the System Anaconda: Common Boot
Options
Anaconda: Loading Anaconda
and Packages
Anaconda: Storage Options Anaconda: Troubleshooting FirstBoot Kickstart
A Typical Install
Appendix C: Installing SLES11 YaST Install Program Interface Network Installation
SLP for SUSE Linux Installation Installation Choices
/etc/rsyslog.conf
Kernel Crash Dump Configuration Creating AutoYaST2 Files Using AutoYaST2 files
linuxrc Automation
Installation Diagnostics After The First Reboot A Typical Install
Appendix D: ISCSI Target Configuration
iSCSI Target Implementations iSCSI Target Configuration (tgt)
iSCSI Target LUN Configuration (tgt) iSCSI Target Auth Configuration (tgt) iSCSI Persistent Configuration (tgt)
ules Delegating Administration
Enterprise Linux Systems