Udemy – Advanced Linux System Administration 2023-3

Advanced Linux System Administration course. This course is specifically designed for students who have basic knowledge of Linux administration and are looking to acquire advanced Linux administration skills. This course will teach you everything you need to become an advanced systems administrator. Course:

• Each section of the course has a different set of questions, and there are also several lab projects to help you demonstrate what you’ve learned.
• The course assumes basic knowledge of Linux.

What you will learn in the course

• Linux Virtual Server Cluster (LVS):
  • LVS cluster components
  • LVS cluster background
  • Hardware and network requirements
  • Configure an LVS cluster
  • Piranha configuration tool
• Linux virtualization:
  • An overview of Linux virtualization
  • What is a hypervisor?
  • Types of virtualization
  • KVM + QEMU + Libvirt architecture
  • Virtualization requirements
  • Packages, configuration tools and service daemons
• Squid proxy server:
  • Squid proxy server overview
  • Types of proxy servers
  • Configuring the proxy server and its packages
  • How the proxy server works
• LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol):
  • Overview of LDAP
  • Conceptual understanding of LDAP
  • Advantages of LDAP over NIS
  • LDAP database structure
• Managing SELinux security:
  • Introducing SELinux
  • SELinux security concepts
  • Change SELinux modes
  • SELinux audit and troubleshooting logs
• Firewalld:
  • Overview of firewalld on RHEL 7
  • Features of Firewalld and its advantages over iptables
  • Components of Firewalld
  • How packets flow
  • Restrict network connections
• Samba server:
  • Overview of Samba Server
  • Samba server features
  • How the Samba server works
  • Samba file sharing server
  • CIFS file system
• Installation automation with Kickstart:
  • Overview of the Kickstart server
  • Kickstart server features and configuration
  • Graphical mode for configuring the Kickstart file
  • Deploying a new virtual system with Kickstart
• Network Timing:
  • General review of network timing
  • Network timing policies
  • Creating a Timing Virtual Interface (How to configure Timing NIC as an active backup (Failover))
  • Network timing management
• Configure iSCSI targets and initiators:
  • About iSCSI
  • The basics of iSCSI
  • iSCSI Component Terminology
• Access Control Lists (ACL):
  • Overview of the ACL
  • Use getfacl and setfacl commands
  • Default ACL
  • Securing files with ACLs

Who is this course suitable for?

• This course is suitable for IT professionals as well as those currently working in Linux administration who want to gain hands-on experience in advanced Linux topics.