Administering Red Hat Linux 6 - Part 1
Course Code: RHSA1
Duration: 5 days
Administering Red Hat Linux 6 - Part 1 Course Overview
This highly practical instructor led Administering Red Hat Linux 6 - Part 1 training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the Red Hat Linux operating system and basic systems administration.
Commonly used commands are described in detail as well as GUI tools. The attendee will also gain basic administration techniques used in the workplace.
Course Objectives
To provide the skills required to work productively in the workplace using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
Who will the Course Benefit?
The Administering Red Hat Linux 6 - Part 1 training course is suitable for anyone who is new to Linux and needs to understand and use the operating system. The course will particularly appeal to Microsoft Windows system administrators, network administrators and other operating system professionals or anyone who requires a proficiency in Linux.
Skills Gained
The delegate will learn and acquire skills as follows:
- Be capable of using the graphical desktop and manage files graphically
- Be able to access help and documentation facilities both locally and online
- Be capable of using basic Bash Shell commands and be able to run basic job control
- Understand the Linux file system and managing files from the command line
- Configure Remote Desktops
- Edit files using gedit
- Listing and changing access permissions on files both from a GUI and also the command line
- Understand basic virtualisation concepts
- Use the graphical interface to install the Linux Operating system with virtualisation and then configure the first boot
- Understand run levels and change run levels
- Manage users and groups
- Be able to configure printers, print files and manage print queues
- Deploy an FTP server and a web server
- Understand disk organisation and Logical Volume Manager
- Manage file system attributes and swap space
- Manage memory and processes
- Manage system software locally and also using Red Hat Network (RHN)
- Understand basic networking concepts
- Manage and test networks.
- Use basic network commands to access remote systems using ssh and rsync
- Manage a firewall and understand basic SELinux concepts
Administering Red Hat Linux 6 - Part 1 Training Course
Course Introduction
- Administration and Course Materials
- Course Structure and Agenda
- Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO LINUX
- A brief history of UNIX and LINUX
- GNU project
- GPL - GNU General Public license
- The LINUX kernel
- The Bash Shell
- Login sessions
Session 2: THE GRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT
- The GUI Desktop
- Configuring the Desktop
- Managing files graphically
- Graphical tools for investigating hardware
- Exercise
Session 3: BASIC COMMANDS AND BASH ENVIRONMENT
- Basic syntax Rules
- Essential keyboard shortcuts
- Basic commands and utilities
- Getting Help - man pages, info, /usr/share/doc
- Sources of information available on the WEB
- Command line history, viewing and re-executing
- Entering commands in the Bash Shell
- The Bash Environment
- Shell Variables
- Exercise
Session 4: THE LINUX FILE SYSTEM
- The file system structure
- Standard Linux directories and files
- Pathnames : relative and absolute
- Navigating the file system using shell commands
- Managing files and directories
- Monitoring file system usage
- Exercise
Administering Red Hat Linux 6 - Part 1 Training Course
Session 5: EDITING FILES USING GEDIT
- Using the GUI Editor to edit text files
- Exercise
Session 6: FILE ACCESS CONTROL
- Basic file access permissions
- List permissions
- Changing file permissions on the command line
- Exercise
Session 7: MANAGING USER ACCOUNTS
- User and Group administration
- Adding a new user and group
- Setting a password
- Bash profile files
- Exercise
Administering Red Hat Linux 6 - Part 1 Training Course
Session 8: CHANGING RUN-LEVELS
- The init program and run levels
- The boot Sequence explained
- The grub boot managers
- The /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit Program
- The Startup Script Model
- Control Services using chkconfig, ntsysv etc.
- System Shutdown and Reboot management
- Exercise
Session 9: INSTALLING A SYSTEM GRAPHICALLY AND IMPLEMENTING VIRTUALISATION
- Virtualisation concepts
- Installation methods available
- The RHEL Installer: anaconda
- The Virtual Consoles
- Performing the installation
- Firstboot and post installation
- Install a virtual system
- Checking for supported hardware
- Start and shutdown a virtual system
- Exercises
Session 10: BASIC CLIENT NETWORKING
- Configuring Network Interfaces
- Controlling Network Devices: ifup/ifdown
- Configuring IPV4 dynamic and static networking
- Network Tools ifconfig, ethtool etc
- Configuring Remote Desktops
- Accessing Remote Desktop using vncviewer
- Configuring basic NTP
- Connecting NIS and LDAP clients to corresponding servers
- Linking to a system using ssh and rsync
- Exercise
Session 11: MANAGE LOGICAL VOLUMES
- Basic LVM design and configuration
- The Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
- Displaying information regarding LVM volumes
- Exercise
Administering Red Hat Linux 6 - Part 1 Training Course
Session 12: MANAGE FILE SYSTEM ATTRIBUTES AND SWAP SPACE
- Mounting and un-mounting file systems
- File System attributes
- Handling Removable Media
- File system swap space management
- Exercise
Session 13: DATA SECURITY
- SELinux
- Management of SELinux
- Easy configuration and customisation of SELinux
- Configuring and using ssh and scp
- Basic Firewall management
- Exercise
Session 14: PRINTERS
- Creating printer queues using CUPS
- Administering CUPS using the Web Browser interface
- Managing printers using the Red Hat Tools
- Creating print requests
- Managing printer queues
- Exercise
Session 15: MANAGE MEMORY AND CPU USAGE
- Time-sharing
- What is a process?
- System and user processes
- Monitoring processes
- Killing processes
- Basic Job Control
- Altering process scheduling priorities
- Desktop tools to monitor and manage processes
- Exercise
Administering Red Hat Linux 6 - Part 1 Training Course
Session 16: PACKAGE MANAGEMENT
- The Red Hat Package Management system
- 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
- Exercise
Session 17: DEPLOYING AN FTP AND WEB SERVER
- The Apache and Tux Web Servers
- Apache server configuration files
- Apache Configuration Directives
- Basic Server Configuration
- HTTP and SELinux
- The FTP Service using vsftpd
- Anonymous FTP Access
- Exercise
- Course technical content is subject to change without notice.
- Course content is structured as sessions, this does not strictly map to course timings. Concepts, content and practicals often span sessions.
Requirements
The delegate should be familiar with basic computer concepts and terminology e.g. hardware, software, files and directories.
Follow-On Courses
Course Reviews
Tony provided an excellent service.
Eddie - IT Admin - Retail / Hire
The trainer made the course very easy to learn. Managed to get through a lot of literature, very quickly, without it being rushed either. Practical examples helped with the learning. The course was everything I would have wanted it to be.
Mike - Lead Engineer - Communications
All the basics taught extremely well. Having previous knowledge of Linux, it was great to tie it all together which makes the Linux environment more easily understandable and configurable.
Alex - IT Service Operations Enginner - Insurance
Informative course for someone like me, who has had no experience of Linux at all. The trainer explained things well, and was happy to help if we had any questions.
Richard - Insurance
One of the most useful training courses I have attended. Covered a lot of very relevant material that we would use on a daily basis. Well paced and easy to follow, the interactive labs along with Duncan's instruction kept the course interesting and entertaining. I would recommend this course to all of my colleagues.
David - Secure Operations Engineer
Great course, filled in a lots of blanks and will definitely help me in my current role. Duncan was extremely professional and his knowledge of Linux was outstanding, he really helped me to understand the course and also helped with some customer specific questions I had.
Jamie - Shift Engineer
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