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Genre: eLearning | Language: English

Linux System Administration LiveLessonsprovides novice Linux users with more than five hours of step-by-step video training covering essential system administration responsibilities and skills with professional system administrator Ben Whaley.

The content comprises nine video lessons featuring command-line examples and conceptual discussion. The video tutorials offer practical advice for real world system administration, such as encouraging the use of shell shortcuts and automation to reduce tedious manual tasks and improve administrative efficiency.

About the Instructor:

Ben Whaleyis the co-author of the UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, widely regarded as the de facto system administration text. He has been managing Linux systems since 1999 and is a Red Hat Certified Engineer. He currently uses Linux to power the Amazon Web Services infrastructure at Anki, a robotics and artificial intelligence company in San Francisco.

Skill Level:

Intermediate

Who Should Take This Course?

Individuals seeking to learn more about the system administration discipline

Individuals with some existing Linux command line experience looking to deepen their knowledge

Users returning to Linux wishing to learn new tricks or refresh their skills

What You Will Learn:

How to use Vagrant and VirtualBox as a makeshift lab environment

Linux’s history and background

Shell shortcuts and basic bash scripting

The Linux startup and shutdown procedures

Management of user accounts

The use of sudo to control access to privileged commands

Interact with processes from the command line

The filesystem layout

File permissions and attributes

Log file management with syslog and logrotate

Linux on a TCP/IP network

Network debugging with tcpdump and ping

Using SSH for remote management

The iptables host-based firewall

How to secure a Linux system