About This Course

Linux is the number ONE operating system for the Corporate Enterprise world.

If you want to start your career in Linux and have little or no knowledge of Linux then I can help.  In this course you will learn Linux installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, command line, OS tools, and more…  We have also included a  Resume and Interview seminar that will definitely help you get your dream IT job.

In addition to the lectures, there will be quizzes, homework, and hand-out material for your practice.

Following is the list of topics I will cover in this course:

  • What is Linux?   

  • Everyday use of Linux   

  • Unix vs. Linux 

  • What is Oracle Virtual Box?   

  • Downloading and Installing Oracle Virtual Box

  • Creating virtual machine   

  • Linux Distributions   

  • Different way to install Linux   

  • Downloading and Installing Linux (CentOS)   

  • Redhat Linux installation (Optional)   

  • Linux Desktop (GUI)   

  • Virtual Machine Management   

  • Linux vs. Windows   

  • Who Uses Linux?

  • Commands Syntax  

  • File Permissions (chmod)  

  • File Ownership (chown, chgrp)

  • Getting Help (man, whatis etc.)  

  • TAB completion and up arrow keys  

  • Adding text to file  

  • Pipes ( | )  

  • File Maintenance Commands  

  • File Display Commands  

  • Filters / Text Processing Commands (cut, sort, grep, awk, uniq, wc)  

  • Compare Files (diff, cmp)  

  • Compress and Un-compress files/directories (tar, gzip, gunzip)

  • Combining and Splitting Files   

  • Linux vs. Windows Commands

  • Commands Syntax  

  • File Permissions (chmod)  

  • File Ownership (chown, chgrp)

  • Getting Help (man, whatis etc.)  

  • TAB completion and up arrow keys  

  • Adding text to file  

  • Pipes ( | )  

  • File Maintenance Commands  

  • File Display Commands  

  • Filters / Text Processing Commands (cut, sort, grep, awk, uniq, wc)  

  • Compare Files (diff, cmp)  

  • Compress and Un-compress files/directories (tar, gzip, gunzip)

  • Combining and Splitting Files   

  • Linux vs. Windows Commands  

  • Linux File Editors (vi text editor)

  • sed Command   

  • User account management  

  • Switch users and Sudo access  

  • Monitor users  

  • Talking to users (users, wall, write)

  • Linux Directory Service – Account Authentication

  • Difference between Active Directory, LDAP, IDM, WinBIND, OpenLDAP etc.

  • System utility commands (date, uptime, hostname, which, cal, bc etc.)  

  • Processes and schedules (systemctl, ps, top, kill, crontab and at)  

  • Process Management

  • System Monitoring Commands (top, df, dmesg, iostat 1, netstat, free etc.)  

  • OS Maintenance Commands (shutdown, reboot, halt, init etc.)  

  • Changing System Hostname (hostnamectl)  

  • Finding System Information (uname, cat /etc/redhat-release, cat /etc/*rel*, dmidecode)  

  • System Architecture (arch)  

  • Terminal control keys  

  • Terminal Commands (clear, exit, script)  

  • Recover root Password (single user mode)

  • SOS Report   

  • Linux Kernel   

  • What is a Shell?

  • Types of Shells 

  • Shell scripting  

  • Basic Shell scripts  

  • If-then scripts  

  • For loop scripts  

  • do-while scripts   

  • Case statement scripts  

  • Aliases

  • Shell History 

  • Command history  

  • Enabling internet in Linux VM  

  • Network Components  

  • Network files and commands (ping, ifconfig, netstat, tcpdump, networking config files)  

  • NIC Information (ethtool)  

  • NIC or Port Bonding

  • Downloading Files or Apps (wget)

  • curl and ping Commands

  • File Transfer Commands

  • System updates and repositories (rpm and yum)

  • System Upgrade/Patch Management  

  • Create Local Repository from CD/DVD

  • Advance Package Management  

  • SSH and Telnet  

  • DNS  

  • Hostname and IP Lookup (nslookup and dig)  

  • NTP  

  • chronyd (Newer version of NTP)

  • Sendmail  

  • Apache Web Server (http)  

  • Central Logger (rsyslogd)

  • Securing Linux Machine (OS Hardening)

  • OpenLDAP Installation  

  • System run levels   

  • Linux Boot Process

  • Message of the Day  

  • Disk partition (df, fdisk, etc.)  

  • Storage  

  • Logical Volume Management (LVM)  

  • LVM Configuration during Installation  

  • Add Disk and Create Standard Partition

  • Add Disk and Create LVM Partition

  • LVM Configuration during Installation

  • Add Virtual Disk and Create New LVM Partition (pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate,)

  • Extend Disk using LVM

  • Adding Swap Space

  • RAID  

  • Resume workshop

  • Cover Letter 

  • Linux job description or duties

  • Exposure to Other Technologies

  • IT Components

  • IT Job Statistics

  • Linus Around Us

  • Linux Operating System Jobs  

  • IT Management Jobs

  • Post Resume and What to Expect

  • Interview workshop

  • Join Linux Community

  • 200+ interview questions

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