Linux System Administrator Certification Bootcamp

Recommendation Statement:

This is a fast pace Linux Administration class and it’s recommended that students have some basic Linux experience before taking this course.  

Course Description:

This course teaches intro through advanced level topics for administering a Linux Enterprise system. Topics in this course apply to Red Hat 7 certification® 7 as well as Oracle ® Linux 7,  CentOS and Debian distributions. Students will learn essential Linux commands, shell features, and how to install, configure and administer a Linux enterprise system. 

This course prepares the student for the CompTIA Linux+ ® Certification LX0-103 & LX0-104 and the Linux Professional Institute LPIC-1 ® 101 & 102 certification exams.

This course covers the following topics: 

LX0-103 & LPIC-1 101 Topics

Introduction to the Linux OS

The command line vs. the desktop environments

Understand Bash shell features and the CLI

Use the Linux commands from the CLI

Process text streams and use filters

Perform file management

Use streams, pipes and redirects

System Architecture

System bootup and shutdown

Change run levels, boot targets

Create, manage, monitor and kill processes

Manage process priorities

Search text files using regular expressions

Edit files using the command line editors

Determine and configure fundamental system hardware

Install and Update the OS

Linux installation and package management

Install a boot manager

Manage share libraries

Use Debian, RPM and YUM package management

Understand Devices, file systems and filesystem hierarchy standards

Mount and unmount file systems

Manage disk quotas

Manage file permissions and ownership

Understand symbolic and hard links

Find files using Linux command line utilities

Configure and Administer the network and firewall