Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: INSTALLING RED HAT LINUX

• Installation Methods Available
• The RHEL Installer: Anaconda
• The Virtual Consoles
• Using Boot Time Options
• Performing the Installation
• Firstboot and Post Installation
• SELinux choices

Session 2: INVESTIGATING THE SYSTEM

• The /proc pseudo Filesystem
• Investigating Bus/Devices: lspci, lsusb etc.
• Graphical Tools for Investigating Hardware
• Serial Device Management
• Monitoring and Managing log files
• Using the system-config Tools
• The /etc/sysconfig Directory and Main Configuration Files

Session 3: USER ADMINISTRATION

• User and Group Administration
• Adding a New User and Group
• Password Management Using passwd, chage etc.
• Authentication Policies and User Private Groups
• Switching Accounts
• The su Command
• Configuring sudo to gain administrative access
• The Shells and the User Environment

Session 4: SYSTEM STARTUP/SHUTDOWN AND INITIALISATION

• The boot Sequence Explained
• The grub boot managers
• The init Program and Run Levels
• The /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit Program
• The System V Startup Script Model
• Control Services Using chkconfig, ntsysv etc.
• System Shutdown and Reboot Management
• Tailoring the startup and shutdown routines

Session 5: FILESYSTEM CONFIGURATION

• The Linux File System Basics
• The Native Linux File Systems ext2fs and ext3fs
• Disk Partitioning: fdisk and parted
• Creating and Maintaining Linux File Systems
• Autofs
• Checking and Repairing File Systems
• Handling Removable Media
• File System Attributes
• Creating Access Control Lists (ACL's) for users and groups
• Using Disk Quotas

Session 6: LVM, RAID AND SWAP MANAGEMENT

• Software RAID Using mdadm
• Implementing RAID0, 1 and 5 File Systems
• Hot Swap Replacement
• Simulating RAID Disk Failure and how to recover
• The Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
• Creating and Extending LVM filesystems
• Basic LVM Design and Configuration
• Swap Space Management

Session 7: PRINTERS

• Files Printing under Red Hat Using cups
• Administering CUPS Using the Web Browser Interface
• Administering CUPS Using the Red Hat Tools
• Print Queue Management
• Print Commands

Session 8: PROCESS SCHEDULING

• Using at to Manage One-Off Jobs
• Using the cron System
• System crontab Files
• Monitoring cron Access
• Controlling Access to cron and at Using cron Processes
• Using anacron

Session 9: BACKUP AND RESTORE

• Backup and Restore
• Backing up to tape devices
• Controlling tape devices
• Using the backup Commands
• LVM snapshots
• Using Compression
• Remote Backup administration

Session 10: PACKAGE MANAGEMENT

• The Red Hat Package Management system
• The YUM management tool
• Installing removing software manually using rpm
• RPM queries and verifying packages
• Dependency problems and resolution
• Updating the Kernel from RPM's
• Other RPM features
• Updating using Red Hat Network

Session 11: CUSTOMISING AND USING X WINDOWS

• Windowing System available
• The X Windowing System Managers
• Configuring using system-config-display
• Customising X Start-up

Session 12: XEN VIRTUALISATION

• Basic definition
• XEN components - para-virtualised domains
• Installing XEN using virt-install
• Enabling access to a CD Drive
• Managing the VM Environment
• Migration

Session 13: BASIC CLIENT NETWORKING

• Device recognition and control
• Configuring IPV4 dynamic and static networking
• Using multiple and Virtual Interfaces
• Configuring NTP
• Configuring your System as a DHCP/DNS Client
• Connecting NIS and LDAP clients to corresponding servers
• Configuring Routing
• Network Tools ifup, mii-tool etc.

Session 14: TROUBLESHOOTING

• The Rescue Environment
• Using the anaconda rescue environment
• The Networked Rescue Environment
• Overriding Boot Levels from grub
• Booting from USB devices
• Common boot problems and their resolution