Description

This training will provide you with the essential knowledge to install and administer Linux RedHat on a daily basis. You will see in particular the management of users, disks and devices, backups, network configuration and main services.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Administrators, system engineers.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Install and configure a Red Hat Linux server Perform common administration tasks Configure network interfaces Optimize Linux server performance

Training program

• Installation, X server and packages
  • What's changing in RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.
  • Installation type.
  • Typical issues and solutions.
  • Hotfixes and updates day.
  • Registering for RedHat Network.
  • Compiling and installing source or binary packages.
  • Using Yum.
  • Configuration d'Xorg.
  • The different desktop managers.
  • Practical work Install, configure Linux RedHat.
• Administration standard
  • User and group management.
  • Shadowutils: commands and files for configuring user accounts, templates /etc/skel/*.
  • Role of NSS, PAM.
  • Tree backup tools, block to block, synchronization.
  • Startup: boot, grub, kernel.
  • Init/Upstart.
  • Startup scripts, customization.
  • Service management.
  • Login.
  • System shutdown .
  • Practical work Manage startup, users, groups.
• Managing disks and other devices
  • Disk types and partitioning.
  • USB storage media.
  • RAID and LVM and other types.
  • Primary and secondary swap .
  • File systems.
  • Formatting, tuning and maintenance.
  • Mounting: mount, automounter and /etc/fstab file.
  • Peripheral management.
  • Modules.
  • Special files, from mknod to Udev.
  • Practical work Disk management.
• Core, performance and tuning
  • Modify or build a new kernel? What's new in kernel 3.
  • x.
  • Compilation and installation process.
  • Performance management.
  • Resources to monitor.
  • Disk space and quota management.
  • Monitoring tools.
  • Traces.
  • System audit.
  • Acquisition and centralization of traces.
  • Practical work Manage performance.
  • Use of standard analysis tools.
• Integration into the existing network
  • Configure network interfaces on Linux.
  • Client configuration: IP and name resolution.
  • Network-level security.
  • The Xinetd super-server.
  • NetFilter and iptables: packet filtering.
  • Practical work Configure network interfaces under Linux.
• Presentation of network services
  • Apache HTTP Server.
  • Architecture.
  • Getting Started.
  • Samba File Server.
  • Installation , startup.
  • Sharing resources with Windows.