Linux Commands and System Administration Bootcamp

LINUX COMMANDS AND SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION BOOTCAMP: Linux for Beginners and Advanced Learners

Linux is the one of the best operating system in the world. Linux is a popular, open-source operating system that is easy to use and very secure. Most Fortune 500 companies are running their back-end servers on Linux/Unix based OS.

Explore the world of Linux through our comprehensive course, designed for both beginners and advanced users. This Linux course covers everything from the basics to advanced topics like Linux installation, configuration, troubleshooting, shell scripting and more. Join us to unlock the full potential of this powerful operating system and enhance your command line skills for rewarding Linux career paths.

This course is crafted to strengthen your grasp of protecting Linux servers. Acquire expertise in setting up and handling firewalls with iptables for a strong defense against potential threats. Covering crucial aspects of Linux server security, this detailed guide provides the knowledge needed to effectively safeguard your systems.

We promise that what you'll learn will be interesting and easy to understand. By the end of the course, you'll be ready to work as a skilled Linux systems engineer or administrator.

• This course is also great if you're thinking about getting Linux certifications.

• The lessons feel like live classroom sessions with some homework to test what you've learned.

• I have also created quizzes for you to go through and test your knowledge.

• Learning Linux might seem challenging, but I have designed this course keeping in mind the most important things I would need to know if I was starting my Career in Linux today.

Learning Linux Commands and System Administration can be daunting. I have designed this course keeping in mind the most important things I would need to know if I were starting my career in Linux today.

Following is the list of topics I have covered in this course:

Section 1. Course Overview

• Course overview

Section 2. Installation of required software and accessing a Linux System

• Install Virtual Box

• Download & install Cent OS Linux

• Install Red Hat 8 with custom Partitioning on Virtual Box

• Download, install and connect through putty

• Different ways of accessing your Linux Server

Section 3. Linux Fundamentals

• The Linux directory structure

• Basic Linux commands cd, ls, cat, pwd, and more

• Listing files and understanding LS output

• Changing password of a user

• Finding files in your system

• Introduction to vi editor

• Copying directories and files

• Removing directories and files

• Moving and renaming directories and files

• Absolute vs Relative path of a directory

• Creating files and directories by command line 

• Understanding the basic file and directory permissions

• Changing file permissions

• Modify file ownership for user and group

• Quiz

Section 4. Intermediate level Linux Skills

• Use of more and less command 

• Use of  head and tail commands

• Explanation of Tab Key Completion

• Use of history command

• Explanation of Wild Cards Characters

• Soft and Hard Links between files 

• Input, Output and Error Redirection

• Explanation of grep Command

• Uses of Pipe

• Shell Aliases command 

• Use of echo command

• Explanation of environment variables

• Connecting from one server to another

• Transferring and Copying files over the Network

• Counting of words, lines and characters

• Viewing and monitoring processes by command

• Schedule and automate tasks with Cron

• User and group administration

• Switching Users by command line

• The sudo utility

• Compressing and archiving files (using tar, gzip) 

• Displaying and setting the hostname

• Find your IP address in Linux

• (using different ways of text file manipulation by using )tr, sort, diff and uniq command

• cut and sort command

• 32-bit vs 64-bit operating systems

• Finding system information using (uname, dmidecode)

• Root password recovery

• Explanation of  sosreport for Redhat troubleshooting

• Monitor Users (who, last w, id)

• Message of the day (motd) and wall

• Quiz

Section 5. Software Installations

• Software installation using YUM

• Package management using RPM

• Introduction to Repositories

• Create a Local Repository

• System updates and preparation

• Roll back patches and updates

• Installing Software in SUSE Linux using Zypper

• Installing software in Ubuntu

• Updating Kernel

• Quiz

Section 6. Managing Users and Groups

• User and group administration by command

• Create a User account with no login access

• Use of  passwd command

• Password Aging on User accounts

• Create, modify and delete group accounts in Linux

• Activating and deactivating shadow password mechanism

• User authentication files

• Explanation of  passwd file

• Explanation of  shadow file

• Explanation of group file

• Explanation  of gshadow file

• Switching Users

• The sudo utility

Section 7. Disk and Volume Management using (LVM, Parted)

• Introduction to partitioning and file system 

• Introduction to LVM (The Logical Volume Manager)

• Add a new disk volume through Oracle Virtual Box

• Managing storage with partedmot

• Creating Physical Volumes (PVs), Volume Groups (VGs) and Logical

• Extending Volume Group (VG) and Logical Volumes (LV)

• Mirroring Logical Volumes

• Moving Volumes (Data) from one storage to another

• Removing Logical Volumes (LVs), Volume Groups (VGs) and Physical

Section 8. Networking using Linux

• Network Components

• Network Classes

• TCP and UDP Protocols

• The OSI model

• Ping Command

• Network Interfaces, configuration files and commands

• Find your IP address

• Add a network adapter through Oracle VM Virtual Box

• NIC Bonding

Section 9. Linux Security

• Firewall and iptables

• Linux Server Security

Section 10. Servers And Services

• Apache Web Server

• LAMP Server

Section 11. Shell Scripting

• What is Shell Scripting?

• Naming Convention for Shell Script

• Shell Scripting Format

• How to Run a Shell Script

• Basic Commands used in Shell Scripting

• Creating first script - Hello World

• Defining variable

• Arithmetic Expressions in Shell Scripting

• String Manipulation in Shell Scripting

• String Comparisons in Shell Scripting

• Read and Echo (Input/Output) statements

• Relational Operators in Shell Scripting

• Conditional Statements (Decision Making)

• Case Statement

• For loop in Shell Scripting

• Do-while in Shell Scripting

• Until Loop in Shell Scripting

• Select Loop in Shell Scripting

• Infinite Loops, and Sleeping

• Exit Status in Shell Scripting

• Special Variables in Shell Scripting

• Quiz