Linux

Introduction to Unix & Linux

• History of Unix & Linux

• Basic Concepts of Operating Systems, Kernel, shell and file system structure

• Basic Concepts of Linux

• Basic Commands of Linux

• Advanced Linux Commands

Installation of Linux

• Interactive Installation

• Kickstart Installation

• Network based Installation

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

• Configuring Linux as DHCP server

• Configuring various clients for dhcp server (Windows & Linux)

Introduction to Graphical Environment

• Use and customize the GNOME interface

• Perform command tasks using the GNOME GUI

• Launch applications from command line and GNOME interface

• Customize X Window System

NFS

• Configuring NFS server

• Mounting NFS exports on NFS clients

Startup and Shutdown scripts

• Boot Sequence

• Kernel Initialization

• INIT Process

Network Information Service (NIS)

• Basics of NIS

• Configuring NIS master server, slave server and client

• Creating NIS users

Software Package Administration

• Installing and deleting software packages

• Querying and updating software packages

DNS with Bind 9

• Basis of Internet

• Basic of DNS and BIND 9

• Configuring DNS primary server, and secondary servers

• Configuring DNS for multiple domains and sub domains

• Configuring various clients ( Windows & Linux)

User and group administration

• Creating and deleting users from the system

• Modifying users profile

• Creating and deleting groups

• Important system files related to user administration

Mail Server(SMTP,POP3,IMAP)

• Basics of Mail servers

• Configuring SMTP services

• Configuring POP3/IMAP service on Linux

• Integrating Antivirus and Antispam.

Advanced file permissions (ACL)

• Assigning advanced files permissions i.e. SUID, SGID and Sticky bit

• Creating, modifying and deleting ACL's

Web Server ( Apache)

• Basics of web service

• Introduction to Apache

• Configuring Apache for main site

• Configuring Apache for multiple sites using IP-based, port-based and name-based virtual hosting

Disk Partitioning and Mounting File System

• Using fdisk, disk druid utilities for disk partitioning

• Using mkfs, dd commands to create file systems

• Mounting various file systems

• Auto mounting of file system

• Logical Volume Manager (LVM)

FTP server ( vsftp daemon)

• Basics of File Transfer protocol

• Configuring proftpd for anonymous ftp service

Quotas

• Enabling Quotas on partitions

• Creating Quotas for users

• Auditing quotas

Proxy Server (Squid)

• Basics of proxy services
• Configuring proxy services
• Creating ACL's for controlling access to internet

Backup and recovery

• Introduction to various types of backup media

• Backup and restoring data using dump / restore commands

• Backup and restoring using tar and cpio commands

• Automation of Jobs

Samba service

• Basics of file sharing in Windows

• Configuring samba to act as member server for Windows Network

• Configuring samba service for file sharing with windows systems

Securing your Linux Server

• Implementing local security

• Implementing network security

• Implementing data security

• Basic elements of Fire Wall using IP Tables

RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)

• Implementing RAID on Linux

• Pre installation / Post Installation

• RAID levels ( 0, 1, and 5) configuration using RAID tools.

Troubleshooting your system

• Recovering the super user password

• Recovering the boot loader (GRUB)

• Troubleshooting Xserver problems

• Troubleshooting network related problems

Web Based Administration

• Installing Webmin on Linux

• Administrating the Linux machine remotely

• Using Webmin as a Tool for configuring various services on Linux

Month

Batch

Starting Date

Timings

January
To
December

Morning

15th

8:30 am - 10:30 am

Afternoon

15th

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Evening

15th

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm