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What You’ll Learn!

Course Structure / Curriculum

Lesson 1: Set up the LAB for Linux Administration

Lesson 2: Introducing Linux

• Characteristics of Free Open Source Software
• Linux History and Features
• Understanding Linux Distributions (GUI vs CLI)
• Bash Shell and Command Structure with Example
• Bash Tab Completion and History LAB
• Text Editor Vim and Nano in Linux
• Introducing Su and Sudo
• Identify Common Directories in Linux
• Linux Basic uses LAB
• Use Help in Linux
• Identify the Linux Troubleshooting Methodology

Lesson 3: Administering Users and Groups

• Manage user Accounts part 1
• User Configuration files and management commands
• Manage the Group – Create Group
• Manage Groups – Modify the Group
• Configure Privilege Escalation
• Policykit Configuration
• Troubleshoot User and Group Issues

Lesson 4: Configuring Permissions

• Standard Linux permission access level and identities
• LAB on Standard Linux permission access level and identities
• Interpret and set the Permissions with LAB
• Symbolic mode permission and troubleshooting
• Configure Special Linux Permissions
• LAB Configure Special Linux Permissions
• Configure Access Control Lists
• LAB Configure Access Control Lists

Lesson 5: Implementing File Management

• File system Hierarchy standards and Subdirectories
• Key Directories and File Metadata1
• Understand Absolute and Relative Paths
• Configure File Link – Symbolic and Hard Link1
• LAB Configure File Link – Symbolic and Hard Link
• File Management Commands Part 1
• File Management Scenario
• LAB File Management in Linux
• Display File Contents and Redirectors
• Find File Locations
• LAB search Files

Lesson 6: Authoring Text Files

• tar, cpio and dd tools and their functions
• File Compression in Linux
• Confirming File Integrity
• LAB – Backup, Restore, and Compress files

Lesson 7: Managing Software

• Package Management and Compiling Source Code
• Software Lifecycle and Repositories
• Package Manager and Software Dependency
• Red Hat Package Managers
• Query and Repositories
• apt update and upgrade commands with Explanation
• Install and remove packages using APT
• Use dpkg to install and remove packages in Linux
• Manage Debian Repository Configuration files
• Compile from Source code
• LAB Compile the program from source code
• Wget command to acquire the software

Lesson 8: Administering Storage

• Storage Types and Designs
• Storage Interfaces and Types of Partitions
• Traditional vs Logical Volume Manager LVM
• Raid Storage and Disk Quota
• Installation and Partitioning the Drive
• Make a Filesystem and mount the partition
• Filesystem and Testing Tools
• What is Logical Volume Manager LVM
• Linux Filesystem and testing storage
• Create a Filesystem and mount a permanent Logical Volume
• lvm makesa filesystem and mountsa logical Volume

Lesson 9: Managing Devices, Processes, Memory, and the Kernel

• Hardware Information Tools
• Identify Block, Character, and Special Devices
• CPU and Memory Info Tools
• Process and its signal type
• Display Running Processes and Open Files
• Manage the Virtual Memory and Swap Space
• Free and VMstat
• What is the Linux Kernel
• What are kernel Modules

Lesson 10: Managing Services

• Manage Services
• Updating Configuration files
• Logs, Severities, Facilities, and config File Location
• Schedule Tasks using crontab and at
• Configure NFS Server and Client
• Timedatectl and localectl Commands with LAB
• Configure a Webserver
• Deploy services – Remote Syslog Server LAB

Lesson 11: Configuring Network Settings

• TCP IP Layers06:21
• Nodes and Network Devices
• IP address introduction explained
• Network Segments and Ports
• IP and Ifconfig commands in Linux
• Network Manager in Linux
• Network Configuration files and DHCP client
• Name, hostname and other useful files and commands
• Configure SSH Remote Access for Administrative
• Other Remote-access Tools
• LAB Configure SSH and security
• Configure Cockpit, a remote access tool
• SCP command and Rsync for synchronisation
• Troubleshoot the Network

Lesson 12: Configuring Network Security

• Firewall Locations in the Enterprise
• Actions and Features of Firewall
• Firewall Technologies and Selection Criteria
• LAB Configure Firewall in CentOS
• LAB Configure Firewall in Kali Linux
• Monitor Network Traffic

Lesson 13: Managing Linux Security

• Hardening Linux Systems and Their Examples
• Goal of Security Practices and Encryption
• Hashing Graphics
• LAB Harden a Linux System
• Certificate and Public Key Infrastructure – PKI
• Integrity Checking with a hash function
• LAB md5shum command
• What is Identity and Access Management
• Methods of Authentication, including PAM
• What is SELinux
• LAB SELinux Enable, disable, and Configure
• Configure SELinux and Policy

Lesson 14: Implementing Simple Scripts

• Advantages, comment in bash Scripting
• Script Permissions and File Extensions
• Use Shell Script Elements part 1
• Arrays and Functions
• Common Script Utilities

Lesson 15: Using Infrastructure as Code

• Goals and Characteristics of DevOps
• Benefits and Use Cases of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Implement Orchestration
• LAB Configuration of the System With Ansible
• Manage Version Control with Git
• LAB Manage Version Control with Git

Lesson 16: Managing Containers in Linux

• Understanding Container Concepts
• Images, Container,s and DockerFile
• Deploy Containers
• Advanced concept in Containers
• LAB Deploy Containers
• Understand Virtualisation Concepts

Meet your Instructor

1. 🧑‍💻 Aspiring Linux system administrators who want to build strong foundational skills
2. 🎓 Students and beginners in IT or cybersecurity looking to understand Linux from the ground up
3. 🔐 Ethical hackers and penetration testers who want to use Linux for security tools and scripting
4. 💼 Working professionals preparing for the CompTIA Linux+ XK0-005 certification
5. 🏫 Computer science or engineering students wanting hands-on OS-level knowledge
6. 🧠 Anyone curious about open-source systems and looking to build a career in tech