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 Our live access labs provide full console access to a self-paced study lab environment. This is an ideal place to re-work lab exercises from class or to experiment with advanced configuration from your home or hotel room. Find out which works for you and get a downloadable eKit when you enroll. Course Description This course is designed for those Newbies in Linux, Technocrats, Linux Administrator, Windows Administrator, DBA’s want to make the best of linux capabilities in IT organizations. This course is completely targeted for industrial Environment with InDetailed Practical Approach to LINUX. During this course you will be exposed to Such Linux Capabilities which are an essential for building great secured Linux Corporate Server Environment. The course module has been enhanced with some industry based projects which will be a niche in the market.Prerequisites Students are expected to be familiar and comfortable with computers. No familiarity with Linux or other Unix operating systems is expected or required.Distributions This course is currently supported on the latest releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Linux.Course Module This course has 3 modules: Module 1: LB101 - Linux Essentials At the end of the course delegates will be well-positioned to become serious users, administrators of any Linux system and will fully understand the application of Linux in serious commercial and other environments Click here : Download the Course in PDF Format Module 1: LB101 - Linux Essentials The aim is to provide him or her aware of all the different features and flavors of a GNU/Linux OS and also understanding of some basic system administration part. Designed to provide the essential skills needed to be proficient at the Linux command line. Subjects focused on during this class include the Unix filesystem and how to manipulate it; the basic Unix notions of pipes, redirection; the management of processes and jobs; vi, the standard Unix editor. The class concentrates on the popular Red Hat distribution of the Linux operating system, and covers subjects ranging from initial installation of Linux to day-to-day administrative tasks such as management of user accounts and disk space. UNIT 1: Introduction to the GNU/Linux operating system History & Evolution of Linux Discussion of the Free Software Foundation's efforts Discuss the role and importance of the GNU project and GPL Licensing Identification of various Linux distributors including Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat®, etc. Discuss features of RedHat® Enterprise Linux 5 Various Types of Linux Certifications UNIT 2: Installation of Linux & Introduction to Virtualization Software Installation of RedHat Enterprise Linux Advance Server 5 and Fedora 8 Planning a Linux Installation Pre-Installation Planning Hardware Requirements Partioning Requirements Dual Booting with Windows Operating System Brief operations-level introduction covers installation, administration, of VMware virtual products such as VMware WorkStation and VMware Server, Free virtual machine software for Windows and Linux. Introduction to XEN (open source virtualization software) Migration from Microsoft Windows to Fedora Linux UNIT 3: Browsing the File System / X Usage Basics Explain the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) – UNIX is one big directory! Explore the Linux file system (ext, ext3) Important directories - /etc, /boot, /var, /srv, /proc, /tmp, /lib, /usr/lib, /usr/local/lib, /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin Partitions (/, /var, /usr and /boot) and Virtual Memory (SWAP) Relative and Absolute Pathnames X Usage Basics: - Switching between virtual consoles and the graphical environment - Elements of the X Window System - Starting the X server UNIT 4: Running Basic commands, Getting Help and Text Editors Common BASH Shell commands - Command Line Interface (CLI) - pwd, ls, cd, touch, cp, mkdir, mv, rm, which, useradd, passwd, cat, echo, date, cal, diff, file. w, wall, watch, whereis, which, who - Important w commands Familiar with the many help resources in RHEL - command --help, man, info, whatis, /usr/share/doc, Red Hat documentation Explore usage of finding and searching user-tools (find, locate) Slocate - Compare and contrast with find and create system-wide DB Usage of Archiving Tools: tar Compression Tools i.e gzip, bzip2 Demonstrate typical usage of vi/vim ASCII text editors UNIT 5: BASH shell navigation Types of Shell in Linux History, editing, completion, shortcuts Basic BASH shell navigation & PATH variable manipulation(set,unset,env,export,etc.) Introduction to Bourne Again Shell (BASH) - Globes/environment Input (STDIN), output (STDOUT) and standard error (STDERR) redirection Pipes Command chaining BASH for loops Use grep to process lines Use awk to process fields Usage: sed UNIT 6: System Monitoring & Process Management Process creation: fork and exec Demonstrate usage of system monitoring tools (uptime, free, top, vmstat,iostat, /proc/meminfo, /proc/cpuinfo, kill, watch) ps, pstree, pidof - explore process lists Statistics on the virtual memory system: vmstat Process Priority: nice and renice Managing Background Process: jobs, fg, bg, Ctrl Z Usage of killing process: kill, Peek into Signals Sending Signals to Processes limit the system resources: ulimit Monitoring process activities/Process Accounting: psacct, ac, lastcomm, sa, sar lists open files: lsof identify processes using files or sockets: fuser New: Linux OS Architecture Concept: Multiuser, Multitasking, Multithreading, Multiprogramming Concept: Process, Daemon UNIT 7: File Ownership & Permissions Explain UNIX/Linux file security & permissions rules & concepts - Symbolic Way: (-rwxrwxrwx) - Octal Way: (777) Setting Permissions with chmod Setting Default Access Permissions: umask Advance File Permissions: - "set user id" (suid bit) - "set group id" (sgid bit) - sticky bit File attributes on the linux file system - lsattr - chattr Access Control List (ACL): setfacl, getfacl Secure File Deletion: shred UNIT 8: User and Group Administration User Administration\Management Group Administration User admin Tools: useradd, userdel, usermod, pwconv, pwunconv, grpconv,grpunconv Group Commands: groups, gpasswd, groupadd, groupmod, groupdel Verification Commands: pwck, grpck Changing User and Group Ownership: chown, chgrp Use system-config-users to create and manage users and groups User and group creation & management concepts - passwd, shadow,group,gshadow files Password aging under Linux: chage User profile implementation logic and concepts – (Bash profile/etc/skel/aliases/PATH/etc.) The Linux login process and login authentication User Login Activity: Whois, Who, w, wc Alter users GECOS information: chfn Changing users default shell: chsh User information lookup program: finger, last, lastlog, faillog Mingetty/MOTD/Banners/Issue File
MODULE 2: LB201 – Enterprise Linux Systems Administration This in-depth course helps students acquire the variety of skills needed to set up and maintain Linux Server. The goal of this course is also to provide the student with a fundamental knowledge of the internals of the Linux kernel. The focus is on understand the workings of the kernel, and not the theory. UNIT 1: X Windows Exploration X Windows – Exploration X Server / X Client / Window Manager / Desktop Environment Configuring X XOrg: The X11 Server XOrg Server Configuration UNIT 2: Package Management Discuss RedHat Package Manager (RPM) concepts, features and applications Demonstrate usage of RPM to install, upgrade, freshen and remove packages Usage of RPM to import public keys Usage of RPM to verify the integrity of downloaded packages Installing Software through tarballs, srpm Usage of YUM - Searching packages/files - Configuring Additional Repositories - Creating a private repository Red Hat Network Server / Client UNIT 3: RedHat Linux Boot Process BIOS / MBR Boot loaders / managers - GRUB & LILO Kernel Initialization Discuss the role of the init grandfather process and illustrate logical boot flow - /etc/inittab System V Init Runlevel (0 - 6) concepts The Run Level Scripts In /etc/rc.d Identify key startup files, including scripts (inittab,Sscripts,Kscripts,etc.) - /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit - /etc/rc.d/rc Demonstrate Daemon/Service management with (chkconfig/ntsysv/redhatconfig- services/system-config-services) - /etc/rc.d/init.d/ Identify startup log files & entries using DMESG & exploration UNIT 4: Using sudo Simple Sudo Examples - Temporarily Gaining root Privileges - Becoming root for a Complete Login Session The /etc/sudoers File Simple /etc/sudoers Examples - Granting All Access to Specific Users - Granting Access To Specific Users To Specific Files - Granting Access to Specific Files as Another User - Granting Access Without Needing Passwords - Using Aliases in the sudoers File UNIT 5: Configuring the Quota System Enable file system quota Setting Quotas for users: setquota, edquota, quotaon, quotaoff, quotacheck Quota Concept: - Soft Limit - Hard Limit - Grace Period Reporting Quota Status - quota - repquota - warnquota UNIT 6: SYSLOG Concepts / Log Rotatio Syslog facilities & levels Syslog administration Discuss & demonstrate automatic log rotation and customization Implementation of Centralize Log Server UNIT 7: CRON – Process Scheduling Identify various predefined CRON entries and schedules Define custom cron jobs system-wide Define custom cron jobs user-wide Evaluate results of cron jobs UNIT 8: Backup and Recovery Backup media: Magnetic Tape, CD-ROM, Hard Disk, Which form of Media to use? Securing your backup Backup concepts Backup software: mt, tar, cpio, dump and restore, dd Remote Backup of a server using rsync Roll your own: Performing a backup, Verifying Backups and Restore from backup UNIT 9: Kernel Module Management & Kernel Re-Compilation Identify and discuss kernel implementation Use kernel utils to identify modules and supported hardware Discuss proper kernel update procedures Remove outdated kernel and confirm results Download and Install the latest Uniprocessor-based kernel Types of Kernels Updating Modules Patching the kernel Kernel Compiling Methods Compilation Process Booting with modified kernel Examine changes to GRUB and other key directory trees SYSCTL - use to view and modify run-time variables UNIT 10: File System Management Identify the various types of files on Linux systems Understanding different linux file systems like ext2, ext3 and reiserfs Maintenance - checking consistency with fsck, monitoring disk usage with df, du Concept of Inodes and Directories Symbolic Links: Hard and Soft Link Producing file statistics: stat Device Recognition Disk Partitioning Managing Partitions: fdisk, sfdisk, GNU parted, partprobe Making Filesystems: mkfs, mkfs.ext3 Filesystem Labels: e2label Viewing Filesystem Parameters: dumpe2fs Adjusting Filesytem parameters: tune2fs Mount Points amd /etc/fstab - explore File System Table Mounting Filesystems with mount and Unmounting Filesystems Use FDISK to create a swap partition Create Swap file using MKSWAP Provision additional swap space using swapon & swapoff Mounting/unmounting basic Linux floppy, CD & ISO ISO images - create ISOs with mkisofs UNIT 11: What is Logical Volume Manager (LVM)? Creating Logical Volumes Resizing Logical Volumes Logical Volume Manager Snapshots Using LVM Snapshots UNIT 12: What is Software RsAID? Understanding different RAID Levels(0,1,4,5 and 6) Software RAID Configuration Software RAID Testing and Recovery MODULE 3: LB301 – Enterprise Linux Network Administration Students interested in developing skills as network administrators find this course invaluable. Topics explored and implemented in the class include the setup and maintenance of many of the most popular network services available for Linux and Unix today, including servers for DNS, DHCP, NFS & NIS, Web (HTTP, HTTPS), FTP, SMB (Windows networking), Squid Proxy, email (SMTP, POP3, IMAP) and Firewall (IpTables) UNIT 1: Network Utilities Assigning an IP address: ifconfig, ip addr Activating and De-Activating your NIC: ifup, ifdown Configuring your NIC: Speed and Duplex settings: mii-tool, ethtool Defining the local host name: hostname Send ICMP Echo Request Packets to Hosts - ping Print the Route Packets take to Network Host - traceroute, mtr show / manipulate the IP routing table – route, netstat –r, ip route Print Network Statistics - netstat Dump traffic on a network: tcpdump Manipulate the System ARP Cache - arp Verify DNS Connectivity – dig, host, nslookup Query a Whois or Nicname database – whois, host, nslookup UNIT 2: Network - Physical & Logical Configuration Understand network device recognition Know how to configure network interfaces: Ethernet(eth0), Dialup(ppp0) Dynamic IPV4 Configuration and Static IPV4 Configuration Use network configuration utilities - /etc/sysconfig/network Network IP aliasing (Device Aliases) Understand IP route configuration Local Resolver: /etc/hosts Remote Resolver: /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/nsswitch.conf UNIT 3: Remote Administration Secure SHELL (SSH) Putty Telnet VNC server/viewer Rdesktop UNIT 4: Implement Very Secure VSFTPD (FTP) service Implement Very Secure VSFTPD File Transfer Protocol (FTP) services Implement anonymous FTPD Implement user-level FTPD access Implement FTPD banners Disable anonymous access UNIT 5: TCP Wrappers and Xinetd super server concepts Concept: TCP Wrappers TCP Wrappers Configuration Files: hosts.deny and hosts.allow Identify services controlled by Xinetd and xinetd Configuration files /etc/xinetd.d/ /etc/xinetd.conf Enable & disable Xinetd-controlled services & examine results Implement access control on Xinetd controlled services UNIT 6: SELinux SELinux: Targeted Policy SELinux: Management SELinux: semanage SELinux: File Types UNIT 7: Network File System (NFS) Implementation with NIS Server NFS Server Configuration and NFS Clients Setup an NFS server and export directories Configure NIS client as part of the EXAMPLE.COM domain Review /etc/exports parameters and options Evaluate access to NFS exports UNIT 8: Network Information Service (NIS Server) Creating a NIS Master Server NIS Client Configuration Slave Server Configuration Exploring Configuration Files: - /etc/sysconfig/network - /etc/yp.conf Adding New NIS Users Enable ypxfrd for high-performance database transfers between master and slave NIS servers Configure autofs to access an NFS export - /etc/auto.master - /etc/auto.misc UNIT 9: BIND Domain Name Server (DNS) Implement BIND 9.x Configure BIND as a caching-only DNS server Configure BIND as a primary DNS server named.conf Syntax and Options Block Test primary name resolution from Linux hosts Configure BIND as a secondary(slave) DNS server Implement poor man's load balancing using DNS round robin Evaluate results of BIND configuration using DIG Configure DNS zones Configure zone transfers Zone Database File Syntax SOA - Start of Authority A -Address / PTR-Pointer NS - Name Server CNAME -Alias / MX-Mail Host Allowing Queries Allowing Recursion Allowing Transfers Remote Name Daemon Control (rndc) UNIT 10: Implement Samba services - Implement Linux & Windows Integration via Samba - Explore Samba Configuration files - Mount Windows shares seamlessly using Samba File System (SMBFS) - Samba Client Tools: smbclient, nmblookup, mounts - Configure FSTAB to support repetitive mounts - Implement secure SMBFS credentials for mounting - Install Samba Server support - Install Samba Web-based Administration Tool (SWAT) UNIT 11: Implement Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) services Explain the various steps of the DHCP processConfigure global & scope-level DHCP options Configure IP reservations based on layer 2 MAC addresses Enable Linux DHCP services UNIT 12: Apache Web Server Implementation Discuss Apache server's features and concepts Examine Apache - Red Hat HTTPD CONF hierarchy Examine various configuration files Configure IP-based Virtual Hosts Configure Name-based Virtual Hosts Restrict access to content based on IPs and subnets Configure .htacess file with directives Implement Basic and digest authentication schemes Implement Apache logging system per virtual host UNIT 13: Email Concepts SMTP theory Email Protocols Email Program Classifications Mail Transport Agents Mail Delivery Agents Mail User Agents Email Work Flow Architecture Smtp Error Codes UNIT 14: Sendmail: Features, Process, Components, and Configuration Configure mail server to accept internet mail Blocking spam email id, ips with access database Relay access to my network through access database Route mail to specific hosts or mailserver – FEATURE(`mailertable') Masquerading outgoing email address Configure sendmail as a smart host Force sendmail to deliver a message in sendmail’s mail queue Configure Sendmail SSL encryption for sending and receiving email Limiting Denial of Service (DOS) Attack Mail Forwarding Route all mail to unknown users (for verification ) to a single mail account. UNIT 15: Configure Dovecot as POP3/IMAP Server Discuss the capabilities and limitations of POP3/IMAP Implement POP3/IMAP services Demonstrate access to POP3 services from the client perspective Demonstrate access to IMAP services from the client perspective Implement Secure IMAP services using SSL (IMAPS) with self-signed certificate UNIT 16: Implement Postfix Mail Server Using alternatives to Switch MTAs Service Profile: Postfix sMasquerading or changing outgoing SMTP email address Redirect one users mail to another user Limit the mailbox size for users Flush the Mail Queue SSL Certificate Installations and Configuration Block Malware with blacklist Block .bat, .exe .com .vbs mime attachments - common virus spreading files Postfix Spam filtering with blacklists Anti Spam Database service providers Postfix mail server error and solution Test Mail Server for an open relay UNIT 17: Implement SQUID Proxy Server Configure web browser to utilize proxy services Grant permissions to permit local hosts to utilize proxy services Configure SQUID Define an ACL for authorized IP networks Apply the ACL using http_access Test multiple HTTP-based ACLs Configure transparent proxy services UNIT 18: IPTABLES (Netfilter Linux Kernel-based Firewall) Introduction to Firewalls - Stateless Firewalls - Stateful Firewalls Implement IP Forwarding between disparate subnets Discuss IPTABLES/Netfilter Concepts Explore default tables and chains Explain IPTABLES default chains/filters and policies Implement ICMP inbound filtration based on various hosts Restrict access to various daemons (SSH/FTP/HTTP/etc.) Implement Network Address Translation (NAT) IP Masquerading Using IPtables 
Duration LinoBox offers Regular Track (30 days), Weekends Track (14 days) and Rapid Track (10 days) Boot Camps for RedHat Enterprise Linux Course. Duration for the Course is 80 hours.
On-Site Delivery This course is available for on-site delivery for groups of 5 or more students. LinoBox offers discounted training for on-site courses of more than 5 students - contact Sanjeet Vanamala at sanjeet@linobox.com or 91-9819586142 to schedule training and arrange details or for any kind of information.
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