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Linux: Kernels and Logging for System Administration

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Learn how to customize and configure the Linux kernel on CentOS 7, and manage the GRUB boot loader, system initialization, and system logging.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know
1. The Linux Boot Loader
  • Understanding the Linux boot process
  • GRUB overview
  • Create a custom GRUB menu entry
  • Booting into the emergency target
2. System Initialization
  • Linux init services
  • Introduction to systemd services
  • Get systemd service status
  • Manage systemd services
  • Make systemd services persistent
3. The Linux Kernel
  • Linux kernel directory structure
  • Update the kernel
  • Manage kernel modules
4. System Logging
  • Search log files
  • View system log files
  • View systemd journal
  • Use rsyslog filters
  • Rotate log files
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Grant McWilliams

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