Linux Administration Online Certification Training

• Linux architecture
• Boot process
• Kernel
• System initialization
• GRUB
• GUI
• CLI
• Package management and Process monitoring
  • Package management which includes installing, updating and removing software
  • Networking tools
  • CMD's to monitor system processes and resources
• System Services
  • Network Time Protocol
  •  X Windows, SSH: Secure Shell(Access remote systems using ssh, SCP, Passwordless SSH, Configure key-based authentication for SSH)
  • Cron
  • Controlling Access to cron
  • System crontab Files
  • Daily Cron Jobs
  • Anacron Scheduler, Schedule tasks
• User Administration
  • Adding a New User Account
  • User Private Groups, Modifying / Deleting User Accounts
  • Administration of group,  Policies of password aging
  • Switching Accounts, sudo access
  • Network Users
  • Authentication Configuration
  • SUID and SGID Executable
  • SGID Directories
• File System Security and Management
  • Device Recognition, Disk Partitioning.
  • Managing Partitions, Making Filesystems(vfat, ext4, and xfs,)
  • Mount and unmount CIFS and NFS network file systems, Filesystems and types, Labels, tune2fs,
  • Mount Points and /etc/fstab, Mounting Filesystems with mount, Unmounting Filesystems
  • Handling Swap Files and Partitions, NFS server and NFS Client, NFS share for group collaboration
  • Mounting NFS Filesystems, Use Kerberos to control access to NFS network shares
• Advanced file system management
  • Special file types, Symbolic links
  • Inodes and directory entries, Hard links, Preserving links while copying and archiving
  • Configuring the Quota System, Setting Quotas for Users, Reporting Quota Status
  • What is Logical Volume Manager (LVM)?, Creating Logical Volumes, Resizing Logical Volumes, Network Interfaces
  • IPv4 Addresses, Dynamic IPv4 Configuration, Static IPv4 Configuration, Device Aliases
• Server configurations
  • Configure BIND to function as a caching-only DNS server
  • Configure a caching-only name server to forward DNS queries
  • Troubleshoot DNS client issues, Configuring BIND options
  • Configuring directory location for zone files
  • Apache Overview, Apache Server Configuration
  • Virtual Hosts, Apache Access Configuration
  • Deploy a basic CGI application Configure TLS security, Configure private directories
• Shell scripting & Kerberos Authentication
  • Shell Scripting basics
  • loops, shell variables
  • arrays, writing scripts, Kerberos authentication
  • Samba & Mail services, Virtualization
    • Configure SMB to provide network share to clients
    • Configure mail server to forward all emails to Central mail server
    • Introduction to KVM Virtualization, Virtual Machine installation
    • Configuring Virtual Machines
    • Install centos systems as virtual guests
    • Configure systems to launch virtual machines at boot
• Advanced security & Networking concepts
  • SELinux Overview, SELinux Tools, SELinux Contexts, SELinux Booleans
  • Use SELinux port labeling to allow services to use non-standard ports
  • Diagnose and address selinux policy violations
  • Configure firewall settings
  • N/W port security, Route IP traffic and create static routes, Boot level security (GRUB)
• Database configuration
  • Install MariaDB, Schema Creation and Writing Queries, backup & restore operations
  • Configure a system as either an iSCSI target or initiator that persistently mounts an iSCSI target
• IPv6 configuration, Kickstart configuration
  • Ipv6 configuration, kickstart installation using NFS, HTTP services, Setting Grub Password, Setting root password for single user mode from Grub page
  • Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by Universally Unique ID (UUID) or label, List, create, delete partitions on MBR and GPT disks.
• Project – Prepare for the RHCE Exam
  • Include questions from all the topics covered so far, new troubleshooting scenarios

Writing Scripts for given use cases, Project for Certification