Linux Administration: The Complete Linux Training Course

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The TOP Linux Administration & Linux Command Line Course That Teaches You All About Linux & Prepares You For IT Jobs

What you’ll learn
By the end of this course you will be a professional in Linux administration and be able to apply for Linux jobs
You will have solid Linux skills and have great understanding of Linux concepts and fundamentals
You will master all of the important Linux commands
Acquire the technical expertise to work on the Linux command line
You will be able to troubleshoot day-to-day Linux related issues
You will gain advance Linux systems administration skills
You will gain knowledge of the most used Linux commands
Become an Independent User of the Linux Operating System
Feel comfortable using the command line interface
CentOS/Redhat versions 7, 8 and 9 and Rocky 8 and 9

WELCOME !

Welcome to the Linux Administration: The Complete Linux Training 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:

Linux Provides Good Career Opportunities

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

Linux is Used on Nearly Every Server

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

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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Who this course is for:
Anyone who would like to learn Linux and seek a job in Linux.
Anyone interested in starting a career in Linux
Anyone who wants to learn how to use the Linux command line and master the skill
Anyone who wants to become a Linux system administrator