Course Duration
4 days
Course Overview
The Linux Administration Part 1 course covers all the main flavours of Linux including Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian and SuSE. The course allows delegates to have a basic understanding of the Linux environment and also provides the delegate with sufficient knowledge to take the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Certification Level 1 Exam 101.
Using a straight forward approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one allowing the delegate to learn the essentials of Linux from the ground up.
Who should attend
Users with administration experience of other operating systems who now need to administer a Linux system. The course is the first in the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) process and will be of use to users planning on sitting the LPIC Level 1 Exam 101.
Course Topics
 Introduction to Linux
Getting started in Linux
Introduction to Linux desktops. (KDE & Gnome)
Introduction to Linux applications. (Office & graphics)
Work effectively on Linux command line
Process text streams with text processing filters
Perform basic file management
Use Unix streams, pipes and redirects
Search text files using regular expressions
Process & job control
Advanced shell usage
Filesystem concepts
Create and change hard and symbolic links
Manage file ownership
Use file permissions to control access to files
Create partitions and filesystems
Control filesystem mounting and un-mounting
Maintain the integrity of filesystems
Find system files and place files in the correct location
Set and view disk quotas
Boot the system
Change run levels and shutdown or reboot system
Use and manage local system documentation
Find Linux documentation on the Internet
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Course Duration
4 days
Course Overview
The Linux Administration Part 2 course covers all the main flavours of Linux including Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian and SuSE. The course allows delegates to have a basic understanding of the Linux environment and also provides the delegate with sufficient knowledge to take the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Certification Level 1 Exam 102.
Using a straight forward approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one allowing the delegate to learn the essentials of Linux from the ground up.
Who should attend
Users who have attended the LPI Linux Administration Part 1 course and require further knowledge to administer their Linux systems. The course is the second in the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) process and will be of use to users planning on sitting the LPIC Level 1 Exam 102.
Course Topics
Configure fundamental system hardware
Set up SCSI and NIC devices
Configure modems and sound devices
Design a hard disc layout
Install a Boot Manager
Make & install programs from source
Mange shared libraries
Use Debian & Red Hat Package Management
Manage kernel modules at runtime
Reconfigure, build & install custom kernel & modules
Perform basic file editing operations using vi
Install & configure local and remote printers
Manage printers and print queues
Print files
Customise and use the shell environment
Create simple shell scripts
An overview of the X Window system
Fundamentals of TCP/IP
TCP/IP troubleshooting
Configure & use ppp
Configure & manage inetd
Operate & perform basic configuration of sendmail & apache
Perform basic management of NFS, DNS & Samba
Perform host level & user level security
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Course Duration
5 days
Course Overview
The Linux Advanced Administration course covers all the main flavours of Linux including Debian, Red Hat, Mandrake and SuSE. The course will allow delegates to create a local area network; set-up a Network File System server and clients; Network Information Services and DNS. Delegates will also be introduced to Samba to enable Windows systems access to Linux services; and Apache for Web server applications.
The gives delegates an advanced understanding of the Linux Kernel and networking environment and also provides them with sufficient knowledge to obtain Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Certification Level 2, by taking the optional LPI 201 and 202 exams.
Who should attend
Users who have attended the LPI Linux Administration Part 1 & 2 courses and require to integrate Linux systems into local and wide area networks.
The course is the third in the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) certification process and will be of use to users planning on sitting the LPI Level 2 Exams 201 & 202
Course Topics
Kernel patching and compiling
Customising the boot process
Maintaining the Linux filesystem
Configuring LVM and RAID devices
Adding new hardware
System logging
Performing system backups
Introduction to shell scripts
System troubleshooting and recovery
Creating a local area network
Sharing files with NFS
Sharing resources for Windows with Samba
Overview of TCP/IP
Network Information Services (NIS)
Network security
Building an Internet server
Setting up Domain Name Service (DNS)
Using Apache to serve the web
Setting up E-Mail services
Setting up Telnet and FTP Services
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Course Duration
5 days
Course Overview
The LPIC Linux for Experienced Unix Administrators course is for current administrators with at least a years experience with an Unix operating system. The course covers all the main flavours of Linux including Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian and SuSE but concentrates on the differences between Linux and other Unix operating systems.
On top of their current Unix experience, delegates will gain a thorough understanding of the Linux environment and also have sufficient knowledge to take both the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Certification Level 1 Exams.
Who should attend
It is a prerequisite that delegates have at least a years experience of administering a Unix system. The course starts at a very high level and concentrates on the differences between Unix and Linux administration.
Course Topics
Introduction to Linux
Getting started in Linux
Linux desktops. (KDE/Gnome)
Linux applications. (Office/graphics)
Create partitions and filesystems
Control filesystem mounting
Maintain the integrity of filesystems
System files and location
Set and view disk quotas
Boot the system
Run levels, shutdown and reboot
Use and manage local system documentation
Find Linux documentation on the Internet
Configure fundamental system hardware
Set up SCSI and NIC devices
Configure modems and sound devices
Design a hard disc layout
Install a Boot Manager
Make & install program from source
Mange shared libraries
Use Debian & Red Hat Package Management
Manage kernel modules at runtime
Reconfigure, build & install kernel modules
Install & configure local and remote printers
Fundamentals of TCP/IP
TCP/IP troubleshooting
Configure & use ppp
Configure & manage inetd
Basic configuration of Apache
Configure NFS, DNS & Samba
Perform host level & user level security
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