Linux Advanced System Administration (LPI)

Delegates:

System Administrators and Programmers who need to acquire advanced administration knowledge of the key administrative, networking and security tasks required on Linux within the Enterprise.

Targeted to closely follow the official LPI curriculum, this course together with the Linux Essentials and the Linux System Administration course will enable the delegate to work towards achieving the LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 qualifications.

Objectives:

On completion of this course delegates will have in-depth technical knowledge of what is required to administer Linux within the Enterprise. They will have gained practical experience of configuring administrative, networking and security aspects of a Linux Enterprise system to an advanced level.

Delegates will also gain some of the key skills required to work towards achieving the LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 certification status. Together with the Linux Essentials and the Linux System Administration course, this course is suitable for delegates intending to sit the LPI 101, LPI 102, LPI 201 and LPI 202 examinations.

Note:

Exams are not included as part of the course. Before taking any exam, delegates must ensure they have the recommended experience.

Topics Covered:

• Setting up a network installation server
• Advanced network configuration
• Network troubleshooting
• Configuring network services LDAP, APACHE, SAMBA, SQUID, DNS and NIS
• Securing a Linux server using ACLs and extended file attributes
• Firewall configuration
• Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
• Backup and restore
• Kernel installation and compilation
• Compiling software from source
• System logging via syslog
• System performance monitoring
• Collecting process and user activity with system accounting
• Hardware configuration with hotplug and udev
• Managing the XEN Virtual Machine Environment
• Shell scripting

Requirements:

Experience of administering Linux in an Enterprise environment to the level covered in the Linux System Administration course.