Categories: Linux (LPI), Linux administration, Networking
A practical overview of the most important network services for an administrator: from Apache, proxy servers and Samba, through NFS, DHCP servers and LDAP, to mail servers, security and troubleshooting and monitoring.
A preparatory training for the LPI 202 exam, which is organized by Linux Professional Institute. Passing this exam and the LPI 201 exam allows one to acquire the LPIC-2 certificate – Advanced Level Linux Certification.
We offer this training, combined with the LPI 201 training, as an alternate path for our classical LPIC-2 training path (the Linux Administrator course and a supplementary course), for persons interested only in the LPIC-2 certification who already have some familiarity with Linux administration.
For persons interested in a more in-depth look at the topics covered during this training, we recommend the Advanced Linux Administrator course, which provides a thorough coverage of several advanced technologies.
Duration
5 days
Agenda
- Network services
- Apache server
- configuration
- interesting modules
- Server security
- SSL, OpenSSL
- Virtual servers in Apache 2.x
- Proxy servers – Squid
- Samba – MS Windows integration:
- a theoretical introduction;
- server configuration;
- clients;
- Sharing files via NFS
- NFS configuration: client- and server-side
- Fundamental tools
- Access control
- TCP Wrapper
- DHCP server
- Server configuration
- BOOTP and DHCP protocols
- Best practices in DHCP server management
- Apache server
- LDAP catalog services in Linux
- Using the LDAP client: data modification
- Importing and adding objects
- Managing users
- E-mail systems based on Postfix
- Design, setup, configuration
- Maps and data sources
- Postfix server – management, command line tools
- Procmail
- Secure e-mail infrastructure based on Postfix and Dovecot (IMAP and POP3), monitoring its work.
- Security
- PAM authentication
- IPTables as a firewall: configuration, a simple NAT and typical setup
- A safe FTP server – vsftpd
- Using SSH and SFTP; SSH server
- Problem solving and system monitoring
- Boot problems solving
- Syslog
- Useful tools
- Most common problems
Audience and prerequisites
This training is designed for persons interested in taking the LPI 202 exam, and who have mastered the topics covered by the LPIC-1 certificate – that is, the basics of working in Linux, the command line and system configuration.
Certificates
Course participants receive completion certificates signed by ALX.
See also:
- Linux administrator
- Advanced Linux administrator
- Linux Essentials (For Everyday Users)
- LPI 101. An introduction to Linux administration
- LPI 102. Linux administration and networking
- Selected Linux network services
- Selected Linux server-side technologies
- LPI 201. Linux architecture and low-level configuration
- File sharing and directory services
- LPIC-2 exam prep course
- LPI 300: LDAP, Samba, Integration with MS Windows and Mixed Environments
- LPI 303: Cryptography, Access Control, Services and Network Security
- LPI 304: Linux Virtualization and High Availability
- E-mail server - Exim, anti-spam solutions
- E-mail server - Postfix
- Bash shell programming
- Advanced shell programming, Bash, AWK
- Linux backups
- Advanced network traffic and content filtering
- VPNs in theory and practice
- Bandwidth and Traffic Management (QoS) on Linux
- Server and network monitoring, SNMP, Nagios, Munin
- Apache HTTP server on Linux
- Bind domain name server on Linux
- LDAP directory services on Linux. Integrating authorization systems
- Samba server on Linux
- Advanced Samba configuration (PDC, LDAP, replication)
- Linux virtualization
- Wireless networks and their security
- Digital signature and encryption with OpenSSL and GnuPG
- High availability: Linux Virtual Server and supporting technologies (HA1)
- NFS: Network File System on Linux
- Safe Internet in a computer lab
- Security components in Linux
- Linux - application and kernel debugging
- Linux - exploiting applications and operating system. Low level attacks.
- Linux - application security testing, searching for possible exploits. High-level attacks
- MySQL administration
