Learn how to transfer your generic UNIX system administration skills to the administration of Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux and/or SUSE Linux.

This course includes lab exercises to reinforce what was taught in lecture. This course helps the student to prepare for the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Certification.

• Discuss the history of Linux
• Perform a network and automatic installation
• Use Linux online documentation
• Understand and manipulate Linux startup and shutdown flow
• Identify system administration tools
• Identify and use utilities to install and update software packages
• Identify and use common Linux block devices
• Describe, create, and use Linux filesystems
• Create and manage Linux users and groups
• Learn common troubleshooting methods
• Describe and use memory management utilities
• Describe and configure virtualization using Xen

This is an intermediate course for UNIX system administrators who implement and administer Red Hat or SUSE workstations.

You should have:

• experience as a UNIX system administrator
• experience as a UNIX TCP/IP network administrator, including TCP/IP configuration, routing, and networking software, such as Domain Name System (DNS), Network File System (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS)
• or equivalent experience

Day 1

• Unit 1 - Introduction to Linux
• Exercise 1 - Introduction to Linux
• Unit 2 - Installing Linux
• Exercise 2 - Installing Linux
• Unit 3 - Linux documentation
• Exercise 3 - Linux documentation
• Unit 4 - Startup and shutdown
• Exercise 4 - Startup and shutdown

Day 2

• Unit 5 - System administration tools
• Exercise 5 - System administration tools
• Unit 6 - Package management
• Exercise 6 - Package management
• Unit 7 - X Window system
• Exercise 7 - X Window system
• Unit 8 - User administration
• Exercise 8 - User administration

Day 3

• Unit 9 - Block devices, RAID, LVM
• Exercise 9 - Block devices, RAID, LVM
• Unit 10 - Filesystems
• Exercise 10 - Filesystems
• Unit 11 - Kernel configuration
• Exercise 11 - Kernel configuration
• Unit 12 - Memory management
• Exercise 12 - Memory management

Day 4

• Unit 13 - Virtualization
• Exercise 13 - Virtualization
• Unit 14 - Troubleshooting
• Exercise 14 - Troubleshooting

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is defining and creating an extensive set of objectives and related test items to help qualify a person as a Linux Professional. Their goal is to clearly distinguish between three levels of certification. This course, along with hands-on experience, prepares you for the LPI Certification (LPIC) Level 1 exams and starts you on your way to LPIC Level 2. For more information on the LPI certification program, visit the Web site: http://lpi.org/