Linux System Administration

With the recent push to open source software development, the importance of Linux can no longer be ignored. Linux is everywhere – on your phone, IoT devices, the entertainment systems on your flight, fridge, TVs, routers, etc.

For developers, Linux is gaining a lot of tractions on the server side, and a large percentage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 instances and Azure Virtual Machines are running Linux.

In this 2-day course, participants will learn how to install a specific distribution of Linux (Ubuntu) and learn how to administer the system.

Topics

• Introduction to Linux using Ubuntu

• Installing Linux

• The boot process

• Display Managers

• Installing different types of display managers

• Switching between display managers

• Disk Management o Files and directory permissions

• Managing Users and groups o Creating users

• Changing passwords

• Networking o Connecting to wireless networks

• Configuring remote access

• Transferring files

• Setting up:

• Web Servers

• Email Servers

• FTP Servers

• Setting up:

• PHP Node.js

• Python

• Shell Scripting

• Introduction to Bash Shell

• Environment variables

For developers new to the Linux platform.

This course will provide the necessary hands-on skills needed to use Linux for daily tasks, such as installing packages, writing shell scripts, troubleshooting, creating user accounts, etc.