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Linux Foundation

Linux System Administration Essentials

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This course is ideal for those new to IT, or those who have worked with operating systems other than Linux and want to move into a career administering Linux systems. Aspiring cloud professionals will also benefit from understanding Linux administration as it serves as the basis of most cloud instances.

Along with real-world experience and study, this course will provide the skills and knowledge also tested by the Linux Foundation Certified Systems Administrator (LFCS) exam.

Syllabus

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Linux Filesystem Tree Layout

Chapter 3. User Environment

Chapter 4. User Account Management

Chapter 5. Group Management

Chapter 6. File Permissions and Ownership

Chapter 7. Package Management Systems

Chapter 8. dpkg

Chapter 9. APT

Chapter 10. RPM

Chapter 11. dnf and yum

Chapter 12. zypper

Chapter 13. GIT Fundamentals

Chapter 14. Processes

Chapter 15. Process Monitoring

Chapter 16. Memory Monitoring, Usage and Configuring Swap

Chapter 17. I/O Monitoring

Chapter 18. Containers Overview

Chapter 19. Linux Filesystems and the VFS

Chapter 20. Disk Partitioning

Chapter 21. Filesystem Features: Attributes, Creating, Checking, Usage, Mounting

Chapter 22. The EXT4 Filesystem

Chapter 23. Logical Volume Management (LVM)

Chapter 24. Kernel Services and Configuration

Chapter 25. Kernel Modules

Chapter 26. Devices and udev

Chapter 27. Network Addresses

Chapter 28. Network Devices and Configuration

Chapter 29. LDAP

Chapter 30. Firewalls

Chapter 31. System Init: systemd History and Customization

Chapter 32. Backup and Recovery Methods

Chapter 33. Linux Security Modules

Chapter 34. System Rescue

Taught by

Jerry Cooperstein and Eric Egan

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