The Top Linux Administration Course: Start Your Career In IT

WELCOME !         

Welcome to the Top Linux Administration Course, the one course you need to learn all about Linux Administration, Linux Command Line and Linux in general to start your career in IT.

The Linux operating system is the most preferred operating system in the corporate world and the great thing about Linux is that most of what you'll need to learn isn't very difficult at all. Linux is a key skill of IT, it provides good career opportunities with higher salaries, it's a free operating system and by learning Linux, you can use this Linux knowledge and apply it to roles like Linux System Administrator, DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architect, Network Administrator, Security Engineer, Backend Developer, Frontend Developer, Data Scientist, and much more. So if you want to learn Linux and be able to apply it in any of the roles mentioned above, then this course is for you !

Course's Aim ?

This course will teach you the Linux skills that will enable you to start your career in IT in any Linux based or related job and to provide you with all you need to apply for the job as a professional in Linux. After this course you won't be needing any other to start your career and that's because this course is designed to cover all the Linux aspects needed for you to start your career in IT.

Who are we?

We are M Torkey and M Khalil and we have been working with Linux for over a decade, along the years we've worked in so many companies as Sys Admins and DevOps Engineers and we have been given the opportunity to learn from experts and developed a lot of skills in the work field and henceforth we would present for you what you exactly need to skyrocket your chances of landing a job in IT and starting your career.

In this course you'll learn the key commands, concepts and overall Linux skills that will help get you started in your journey.

Why Linux ?

Linux tends to be highly reliable and a more secure system than any other operating system (OS). Linux also is quite popular among many corporates and many consider it to be the lead operating system in the corporate world. Here are 5 reasons why you should start in Linux:

1. Linux Provides Good Career Opportunities

2. Much of the infrastructure that powers the internet, including routers and servers, is based on Linux

3. It's Used on Nearly Every Server

4. Linux is one such skill that allows an individual to experience a widespread growth in their profile after learning it

5. Linux is free and open source

What will be presented in this course ?

The course is aimed to teach Linux to beginners, intermediates and even advanced Linux users who wish to develop their skills in Linux. Starting all the way from the Linux basics up to how to manage an entire platform.

This is the list of topics that I will cover in this course:

Section 1 - Introduction

• Welcome !

• What is Linux ?

• Why Linux ?

Section 2 - Prepare Your Lab

• Install VirtualBox on Windows

• Create our first virtual machine

• Add New Virtual Hard Disk

• Why Rocky Linux ? and it's relation to centOS and RedHat

• Install Rocky 9.0 (Redhat & CentOS compatible)

• Port Forwarding - NAT - Network issue solution

Section 3 - Understand & Use Essential Tools

• Accessing the Command Line

• Linux File System Hierarchy

• Create Files & Directories

• Find Your Way In Linux

• Copy, Move, Rename & Delete Files

• Copy, Move, Rename & Delete Directories

• Get Help with Manual Pages

• Get Help with Pinfo

• Read Linux Documentation

• Use Input & Output redirection

• Create & Edit Text Files

• Access Remote Systems Using SSH

• Archive, Compress, Unpack & Uncompress Files

• Create Hard & Soft Links

• Finding Files

Section 4 - Linux System Administration (Chapter 1)

• Create Local Users & Local Groups

• Gain Super Powers

• Modify Users, Groups & Password Aging

• Configure A System To Use An Existing Authentication Service

• Notation Permissions

• Symbolic Permissions

• Special Permissions

Section 5 - Linux System Administration (Chapter 2)

• Monitor Running Processes with ps Command

• Run Processes in the Background

• Terminate Running Processes with Kill & Pkill

• Monitoring Running System with top

• Listing Unit Files with systemctl

• Start, Stop & Check The status of a Linux Service

• The Truth About System Log

• The rsyslog

• The SystemD Journal

• Boot, Reboot And Shut Down A System Normally

• Boot Systems Into Different Targets Manually

• Interrupt The Boot Process To Gain Access To A System

• Adjust Process Priority With Renice

Section 6 - Linux System Administration (Chapter 3)

• Examining the File System

• Mounting & Unmounting File System

• Create, Mount, Unmount And Use Vfat, ext4 And xfs File Systems

• Mount and Unmount CIFS and NFS Network File Systems

• Extend Existing Logical Volume

• Create and manage Access Control Lists ACLs

• Maintain Accurate Time with ntp

• Validate Your Network Configuration

• Configure Linux Network

• Edit Network Configuration Files

• Configuring Hostnames & Names Resolution

• Install & Update Software with yum

• Manage RPM Packages

• Schedule Tasks Using at and cron

Section 7 - Linux  System Administration (Chapter 4)

• Configure Key-Based Authentication for SSH

• Disallow User Root from Logging In Using SSH

• Copying Files Securely Between Systems

• Synchronize Files & Folders Securely Between Systems

• Configure Firewall Settings Using Firewall-config & Firewall-cmd

• Introduction To SElinux

• List And Identify SElinux File And Process Context

• Restore Default File Contexts

• Use Boolean Settings To Modify System SElinux

• Diagnose And Address Routine SElinux Policy Violation

Section 8 - Linux System Administration (Chapter 5)

• Configure Aggregated Network Links Between 2 RHEL Systems or Interfaces

• Configure IPv6 Addresses and Perform Basic IPv6 Troubleshooting

• Firewalld - The rich rules

• Configure Network Address Translation(NAT) - Masquerade

• Configure Network Address Translation (NAT) - Port forwarding

• Configure a system as an iSCSI target

• Configure a system as an iSCSI initiator

• Use procsys and sysctl to Modify or Set Kernel runtime parameters

• Produce and deliver reports on system utilization(processor,memory,disk,network)

Section 9 - Linux System Administration (Advanced Topics)

• Install the packages needed to provide the service

• Configure SELinux to support the service

• Use SELinux port labelling to allow services to use non-standard ports

• Configure the service to start when the system is booted

• Install and Configure Apache

• Configure Apache access restrictions on directories

• Configure Group Managed Content

• Deploy a basic CGI application

• Configure an Apache Virtual Host

• Configure TLS security

• The Apache Configuration File

• Configure a Caching-Only Name Server

• Provide network shares to specific clients

• Provide network shares suitable for group collaboration

• Use Kerberos to Control Access to NFS network shares (configure Kerberos)

• Use Kerberos to Control Access to NFS network shares ( Configure Nfs Server )

• Provide Network Shares to Specific Clients-client installation and configuration

• Provide Network Shares Suitable for Group Collaboration

• Configure a system to forward all emails to a central mail server

• Configure Key-Based Authentication

• Configure Key-Based Authentication 2

• Synchronize time using other NTP peers

• Install and Configure MariaDB

• Create a simple database schema

• Backup database

• Perform simple SQL queries against a database

• Restore a MariaDB database

Section 10 - Bonus 1: Secure Shell Deep Dive

• Introduction To Secure Shell

• How do I connect to a remote host

• How do I connect to a remote host on a different SSH port

• How can I login to a specific directory?

• How do I execute a command on a remote host using SSH?

• How can I copy (file/files) to a remote host using SCP?

• How can I copy (file/files) from a remote host using SCP?

• How can I Copy entire directory using SCP?

• Can I limit the speed (bandwidth) of files transfer using SCP?

• What is SFTP and how to connect to SFTP?

• SFTP List file and check the working directory

• SFTP Uploading Files

• SFTP Downloading Files

• SFTP Switching and Creating Directories

• SFTP Remove Files and Directories

• Multiple SSH Sessions with screen (Install Screen)

• Multiple SSH Sessions with screen (Start working)

• Multiple SSH Sessions with screen Lock and Exit from the screen

• Tunneling x11 Through SSH (Linux)

• Tunneling x11 Through SSH (Run Linux Applications on Windows)

• Remote Desktop with SSH (Install and Configure VNC Server)

• Remote Desktop with SSH (Connect to Remote Desktop)

• Change The Default Port

• Disable Direct Root Access

• Allow Access for Certain User(s)

• Deny Access from Known IPs

• Allow Access from Known IPs

• Public Key Authentication

• Disable Password Authentication

Section 11 - Bonus 2: Additional Lectures

• Vi editor part 1

• Vi editor part 2

• Create SWAP file and SWAP partition

• Logical Volume Management (LVM)

• Software RAID

• Process Managment

• VMSTAT And IOSTAT

• List Open Files (LSOF)

• Tcpdump

• Search for Files on Linux using find and locate

• Cat Command

• Grep Command

• AWK Command

• HEAD Command

• Network Clients (ssh , Scp , Ftp ,wget)

With that there will be  24 hour support for any questions or suggestions in the discussion forum 

And now after this description you must be concerned on what are you going to get out of this course by the end ! 

By the end of this course you will have the skills that will qualify you to apply for any Linux related job and be able to preform in real life situations.  

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