Linux Systems Administration

SPRING 2008 Semester Dates: Every Saturday from 1/11/08 to 29/11/08
Times: 9am - 5pm
Duration: 36 hrs over 5 weeks
Fees: $1600.00
Venue: City campus - Building 10

Expressions and Enrolment

If you are interested in this course, please submit an Expression of Interest form to register your interest. Please note if you wish to enroll into this short course, you must also submit an Application Form [PDF 114k] to pay for and secure a place. Submission of an application form is confirmation of your intent to enroll and terms and conditions will apply.

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Who should attend
Course Objectives
Course Description
Course Outline

Who Should Attend?

This course is aimed at people who wish to:

  • gain professional knowledge of Linux Systems Administration
  • prepare for LPIC-1 - Linux Professional Institute Certification (Junior Level Administration)

Participants should be competent with Linux and Linux skills (for example may have successfully completed the Fundamentals of Unix course) or professional experience with Unix or Linux.

Course Objectives

At the end of this short course the student will be able to:
  • Explain concepts of LINUX servers in general, including location of system software, disk partition layout and location of configuration files.
  • Perform routine system administration tasks, such as user account management, system monitoring and backups.
  • Configure basic networking parameters for a Linux system.
  • Set up networked services for a small network, such as networked file systems and networked information systems.
  • Install and administer Internet services, including a web server, and an email server.
  • Describe and apply knowledge of security in a networked Linux environment.
  • Understand the importance of maintaining system documentation.

Course Description

Linux operating systems occupy important roles in the server market and the Internet infrastructure, and consequently, most systems administrators will be exposed to Linux systems at some point in their career. This course allows participants to learn principles and techniques for managing networked Linux systems, with particular emphasis on Internet services (e.g. web servers, email servers, etc). This course builds upon the content of Fundamentals of Unix but focuses on systems administration rather than programming. This course also provides preparation for the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) Level 1 exams 117-101 and 117-102.

Course Outline

The major topics are:

  • Introduction to Linux servers, including system startup, installation and maintenance
  • Routine system administration tasks, including user account management, file management, and backups
  • Networking configuration, and basic network services
  • Linux system-level services, such as networked file systems and DNS
  • Linux e-mail services
  • Linux web servers
  • X Windows configuration, printing services, documentation
  • System security