Linux System Administration

Linux Professional System Administration is a hands-on instruction book. It will introduce students to the basics of administering a server running the Linux operating system. The objective of this course is to provide students with the instruction necessary to prepare them for the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Level 1 certification or the Level 1 Sair Linux and GNU certification. We organized each lesson into explanatory topics and step-by-step activities. Topics provide the theory you need to master the Linux operating system; activities allow you to apply this theory to practical hands-on examples.

Course Objectives

  • Examine the history of Linux and review the basic architecture of the Linux operating system.
  • Install Red Hat Linux using custom options.
  • Use the bash shell and understand essential system navigation.
  • Use various text editors and understand their effective uses.
  • Configure and use the X Window server.
  • Configure and use a Linux printer.
  • Configure and administer system users and groups, and administer basic password management.
  • Investigate Linux filesystem basics and the details of the ext2 filesystem.
  • Configure and recompile the Linux kernel.
  • Automate system administration tasks by creating basic shell scripts.
  • Use RPM to install, verify, query, erase, and update packages to manage applications on a server.
  • Manage server processes and daemons and identify the basics of system performance tuning.

Course Benefits

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Examine the history of Linux and review the basic architecture of the Linux operating system.
  • Install Red Hat Linux using custom options.
  • Use the bash shell and understand essential system navigation.
  • Use various text editors and understand their effective uses.
  • Configure and use the X Window server.
  • Configure and use a Linux printer.
  • Configure and administer system users and groups, and administer basic password management.
  • Investigate Linux filesystem basics and the details of the ext2 filesystem.
  • Configure and recompile the Linux kernel.
  • Automate system administration tasks by creating basic shell scripts.
  • Use RPM to install, verify, query, erase, and update packages to manage applications on a server.
  • Manage server processes and daemons and identify the basics of system performance tuning.

Course Duration

48 Hours