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Learn Oracle Linux fundamentals and advanced administration through this comprehensive 16-hour course covering essential system administration skills. Master Linux architecture, kernel concepts, and command-line operations while exploring Oracle Linux-specific features and tools. Develop proficiency in file and directory management, user and group administration, and software package management using DNF. Gain hands-on experience with shell scripting, system monitoring utilities like top, vmstat, iostat, and mpstat, and network configuration tools including NetworkManager CLI and firewalld. Explore virtualization technologies by setting up KVM hypervisors, creating virtual machines with virt-install and virsh commands, and managing containerized applications using Podman for container creation, image building, and registry management. Discover advanced storage solutions including Logical Volume Management, XFS and Btrfs file systems with snapshot capabilities, and NFS server configuration with autofs automation. Learn security implementations through SELinux basics, Pluggable Authentication Modules, SSH tunneling, and Oracle Ksplice for rebootless kernel updates and exploit detection. Practice system maintenance tasks including kernel module configuration, systemd service management, system logging with rsyslog and journald, and automated task scheduling with cron and anacron. Understand boot processes from BIOS firmware to GRUB 2 bootloader configuration, kernel boot parameters, and UEFI systems. Explore Oracle Cloud Infrastructure integration, diagnostic data collection for support requests, and system upgrades using Leapp. Master performance profiling with Gprofng, DTrace for system tracing, and Image Builder for creating custom Oracle Linux images through both command-line and Cockpit web console interfaces.
