Complete Linux Training Course to Get Your Dream IT Job

— Syllabus —

Module 1 – Understanding Linux Concepts

• — What is Linux?
• — Everyday use of Linux
• — Unix vs. Linux
• — Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 2 – Download, Install and Configure

• — 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?
• — Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 3 – System Access and File System

• — Accessing Linux system
• — Download and install Putty
• — New Network Commands (ifconfig and ip)
• — Connect Linux VM via Putty
• — Important Things to Remember in Linux
• — Introduction to File System
• — File system structure description
• — File system navigation commands
• — File System Paths
• — Directory listing overview
• — Creating Files and Directories
• — Linux File Types
• — Finding Files and Directories (find, locate)
• — Difference between find and locate command
• — Changing Password
• — Wildcard (*, $, ^)
• — Soft and Hard Links (ln)
• — How to open image file through GUI
• — Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 4 – Linux Fundamentals

• — Commands Syntax
• — File Permissions (chmod)
• — File Ownership (chown, chgrp)
• — Getting Help (man, whatis etc.)
• — TAB completion and up arrow keys
• — Adding text to file
• — Standard output to a file (tee command)
• — 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)
• — Truncate file size (truncate)
• — Combining and Splitting Files (cat and split)
• — Linux vs. Windows Commands
• — Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 5 – Linux System Administration

• — 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
• — System utility commands (date, uptime, hostname, which, cal, bc etc.)
• — Processes and schedules (systemctl, ps, top, kill, crontab and at)
• — System Monitoring Commands (top, df, dmesg, iostat 1, netstat, free etc.)
• — OS Maintenance Commands (shutdown, reboot, halt, init etc.)
• — System logs monitor (/var/log)
• — 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
• — Environment variables
• — Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 6 – Shell Scripting

• — 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
• — Command history

Module 7 – Networking, Servers and System Updates

• — 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
• — Download files with URLs (wget)
• — curl and ping commands
• — File transfer commands (ftp, scp etc.)
• — System updates and repositories (rpm and yum)
• — System Upgrade/Patch Management
• — Create Local Repository from CD/DVD
• — Advance Package Management
• — Rollback Patches and Updates
• — SSH and Telnet
• — DNS
• — Hostname and IP Lookup (nslookup and dig)
• — NTP
• — chronyd
• — Sendmail
• — Apache Web Server (http)
• — Central Logger (rsyslogd)
• — Securing Linux Machine (OS Hardening)
• — OpenLDAP Installation
• — Tracing Network Traffic (traceroute)
• — Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 8 – Disk Management and Run Levels

• — System run levels
• — Linux Boot Process
• — Message of the Day
• — Customize Message of the Day
• — Storage
• — Disk partition (df, fdisk, etc.)
• — Add Disk and Create Standard Partition
• — Logical Volume Management (LVM)
• — LVM Configuration during Installation
• — Add Disk and Create LVM Partition
• — Extend disk using LVM
• — Adding swap space
• — RAID
• — File System Check (fsck and xfs_repair)
• — System Backup (dd Command)
• — Network File System (NFS)
• — Difference Between CentOS/Redhat 5, 6 and 7
• — Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 9 – All About Resume

• — Resume workshop
• — Cover Letter
• — Linux job description or duties
• — Exposure to other technologies
• — Homework and Handouts

Module 10 – All About Interview

• — What is IT?
• — IT Components
• — Facts about IT
• — Linux around us
• — Linux Operating System Jobs
• — IT Management Jobs
• — Post resume and what to expect
• — Interview workshop
• — Redhat certifications
• — Join Linux community
• — 200+ interview questions
• — Homework and handouts

Course Recap

• Commands We Have Learned
• Don’t give up
• Congratulations
• Recap – Handouts

Additional Resources

• VMWare Workstation Player (Optional)
• Create VMWare VM
• Install Oracle Virtualbox on MAC
• Install Oracle Guest Addition (Tools)
• Troubleshooting Putty Connection
• Changing Default File Permissions (umask)
• Filesystem Color Definition
• Additional Resources – Handout

Bonus

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