Ubuntu Linux Fundamentals - A Practical Approach to Learning

Ubuntu (pronounced oo-BOON-too) is a free, open source operating system (OS) based on Debian Linux. It was first released in 2004, when Mark Shuttleworth and a small team of Debian developers founded Canonical and then launched the Ubuntu project.

Course Content

Introduction

• About the Course Module

• Installation of Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager

• Installation of Ubuntu Operating System.

Linux File System Hierarchy Concepts

• Overview of Linux File System Hierarchy

• Absolute & Relative Paths

• Practice Lab Session

Standard Input and Output Redirections in Linux

• standard input (stdin)

• standard output (stdout)

• standard error (stderr)

• Practice Session - Standard IO Redirections

• Standard Output to a File ( tee command )

• Recall Quiz

Text Processing Commands in Linux

• Pipes in Linux

• Standard Output to a File (tee command)

• Practice Lab Session

• Cut - Text Processing Commands

• Recall Quiz

• Awk - Text Processing Commands

• Practice Session - Awk Command

• Recall Quiz

• Grep/Egrep  - Text Processing Commands

• Practice Session - Grep/Egrep - Text Processing Commands

• Recall Quiz

• Sort/uniq - Text Processing Commands

• Practice Session - Text Processing Commands

• Recall Quiz

• WC - Text Processing Commands

• Practice Session - WC Text Processing Commands

• Recall Quiz

Managing files

• Compare file - diff & cmp commands

• Practice Session - diff & cmp commands

• Recall Quiz

• Combining and Splitting Files

• Practice Lab Session

Compress and uncompress (tar, gzip, gunzip) & truncate command

• About tar, gzip, gunzip commands

• Practice Lab Session

• Truncate Command in Linux

• Practice Lab Session

Networking in Linux

• Network Files and Commands

• Curl & ping command

• Practice Lab Session

• Hostname or IP Lookup (nslookup and dig)

• Practice Lab Session

• Tracing Network Traffic (traceroute)

• Practice Lab Session

• SSH-Keys - Access Remote Server without Password

• Practice Lab Session

• rsync - Remote Synchronization

Managing Software - Adding, Removing & Updating using APT

• Create Local Repository (Yum Server)

• Advance Package Management - APT

• Practice Lab Session

Linux Boot Process

• Step by step booting process of a Linux System

• Run Levels or Targets in Linux

• Practice Lab Session

Disk Management in Linux

• Disk drives types

• Disk Partitioning in Linux

• Practice Lab - Disk partitioning using fdisk utility

• Practice Lab - Add a new Disk

• Practice Lab - Create standard partitions using fdisk

Logical Volume Manager - LVM

• Overview of LVM

• Practice Lab Session - LVM

• Practice Lab - Create a FS using LVM

• Practice Lab - Mount the FS persistently

• Practice Lab - Extend the size of VG/LV by adding a new disk

• Practice Lab - Delete LV, VG & PV

• Practice Lab - Add SWAP Space

File System Check ( fsck & xfs_repair )

• Overview of File System Check ( fsck & xfs_repair )

• Practice Lab - File System Check using fsck & xfs_repair

Redundant Array of Independent Disk - RAID in Linux

• Overview of RAID and types

• Practice Lab Session

Network File System - NFS

• Overview of NFS

• Practice Lab Session

Samba - Installation & Configuration

• Samba Server - Installation & Configuration

• Practice Lab Session

• Last Lecture