Linux Training Courses
Batky-Howell's Linux training curriculum consists of five different courses that are ideal for all levels of Linux users, from those who are new to the Linux environment to those who have significant experience working with Linux. Our expert Linux instructors have delivered Linux training on various Linux distributions including RedHat, CentOS, openSUSE, and Debian. Click on a course below to read more about each of our offerings:
- Linux Level 1 - Introduction to Linux Use and Administration (5 days)
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This five-day course provides the student with the knowledge to use Linux both as an end user and as an entry-level system administrator. Students will learn the basic command line utilities to navigate the file system and manipulate files, including use of the vi editor and file permissions. The course includes an overview of the available Linux GUI front ends, and specifically looks at the configuration and use of Gnome. System administration topics such as job control, installation and configuration are covered before the basic admin tasks of installing packages, managing users, and booting the system.
- Linux Level 2 - Linux System Administration (5 days)
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This five-day course provides the student with the knowledge to perform system administrator tasks relating to the administration of filesystems, including set uid bit for permissions, partition management, mounting and unmounting, disk diagnostics, RAID, LVM and NFS disk types, and disk quotas. The course finishes with administration of hardware devices, basic networking, including TCP/IP, and system troubleshooting.
- Linux Level 3 – Kernel Management and System Security (5 days)
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This five-day course provides students with the knowledge to perform system administration tasks relating to kernel management and system security. These topics include the proc filesystem configuration, kernel rebuilds and backups as well as log file maintenance. The course moves into security issues including physical security of the host and console, user and system accounts, network and firewall security and software security. The course ends with intrusion detection techniques.
- Linux Level 4 - Linux Network Server Administration (5 days)
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This five-day course helps the experienced Linux administrator develop advanced skills in configuring and managing a secure Linux network server. Students learn how to use the RPM system to create their own RPMs both for packaging your own software for standardized distribution, and for rebuilding existing packages from source RPMs. They will gain hands-on experience configuring and running essential network services, including DNS, NIS, DHCP, FTP, SSH, NTP, Samba, HTTP, Email, and LDAP. Finally, this course introduces important Linux security components, such as cryptography, Kerberos, SELinux, and network security.
- bash Programming (3 days)
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In this course, students learn to read, write, and debug bash shell scripts. Back at work they can greatly increase productivity by automating repetitive tasks (for themselves or others), and by creating specifically tailored utilities designed to meet their precise needs. Students will read and write many bash scripts in this class, which will additionally increase their overall Linux knowledge and skills.
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Delivery Options
All five classes can be delivered at your location, or at our Denver, Colorado Training Center. These courses are also available as live online deliveries using our virtual classroom.
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Being a very experienced UNIX admin in other flavors (HPUX) of UNIX, I was hoping to be able to use that knowledge to transfer into how Linux is structured. I feel this course met that objective very well due to the instructor's willingness to equate things from one OS to the other.
About the Technology
Linux is an open source operating system that is used heavily in industry for web, database, and email servers. Various distributions (distros) of Linux exist which are all based on the same Linux kernel. Some of the more popular distros include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu. Linux distros are typically free, although there are versions of Linux that you can purchase that also provide support.
This was one of the better courses I have attended. I have been using Linux for 10+ years and I still picked up quite a bit of useful info.
About Batky-Howell
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