Ubuntu Professional 2 (Online version)

The Ubuntu Certified Professional (UCP) is a training certification designed for system administrators, based on the LPI level 1 certification. To earn the UCP, candi- dates are required to pass the LPI 101, LPI 102 and the Ubuntu 199 exams. Exams can be written in any order. Ubuntu Professional Courses 1 & 2 will assist you to pass the required exams, achieve the Ubuntu Certified Pro- fessional certification and enable you to:

• Configure a network of Ubuntu system
• Understand security and package management fundamentals
• Perform key maintenance tasks

The Ubuntu Professional 2 is an online course which will help you prepare for the LPI 102 and Ubuntu 199 exams. Get ahead of the crowd and certify today! .

Audience:

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System administrators seeking to learn how to configure and work with multiple Ubuntu systems in the office.

Prerequisites:

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Ubuntu Professional Course 1 or LPI 101 exam

Price: 250 $

Syllabus:

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• Kernel
  • Managing kernel modules
    • Kernel versions
    • Monolithic and modular kernels
    • Listing the loaded modules
    • Gathering module information
    • Module configuration
    • Loading a module manually
    • Unloading a module manually
    • Loading modules automatically
    • Module dependencies
  • Configuring and building a new kernel
    • Why build a new kernel?
    • Overview of the kernel build process
    • The build environment
    • Kernel Makefile
    • Configuring and building a kernel
    • Configuring the boot loader
    • Using Debian's kernel-package
    • Building an RPM kernel package
• Boot, Initialization, Shutdown and Runlevels -Booting the system
  • GRUB Boot sequence overview
  • Passing kernel parameters via the boot loader
  • Initrd and initramfs
  • Kernel log messages
• Changing run levels, shutting down and rebooting
  • Run levels
  • Changing run levels with init
  • Shutting down and rebooting
• Printing
  • Installing and Configuring Local & Remote Printers
    • An overview of printing in Linux
    • The CUPS printing system
    • Installing a local printer
    • Installing a remote printer
    • Printer Installation using the CUPS browser interface
  • Print files
    • Printing from the command line
    • Converting file formats for printing
  • Managing printers and print queues
    • Sharing a local printer
    • Monitoring and managing print queues
• Documentation
  • Managing local system documentation
    • Local system documentation
    • man pages
    • info pages
  • Finding Linux documentation on the Internet
    • Information sources
  • Notifying users about system-related issues
• Shells, Scripting, Programming
  • Customizing the shell environment
    • Customising the bash Shell
    • Shell aliases
    • bash functions
    • Setting shell options
    • bash variables
    • Startup files
  • Writing simple scripts
    • Creating and executing a script
    • Passing parameters to a script
    • Command substitution
    • Exit status
    • Branching with if / then / else
    • Conditional evaluation
    • Conditional file operators
    • Integer and string comparisons
    • Looping with for
    • Looping with while
    • Managing shell scripts
• Administrative Tasks
  • Managing users, group accounts and related system files
    • User Accounts
    • The passwd file
    • The shadow file
    • Adding a user account
    • Modifying or deleting a user account
    • Account creation defaults
    • Managing user passwords
    • Group information
    • Managing groups
    • Debian / Ubuntu account management
  • Tuning user and system environment variables
    • Establishing the user's environment
    • Environment variables
  • Configuring and using system log files
    • The system log
    • Syslog facilities and levels
    • Example of /etc/syslogconf
    • Monitoring log files
    • Rotating log files
    • Logging from the command line
  • Automating system administration tasks by scheduling jobs to run in the future
    • Scheduling one-off events in the future
    • Running commands at regular intervals
    • Format of crontab
    • Denying and allowing cron and at users
    • Anacron
  • Maintaining an effective backup strategy
    • Backup strategy
    • Making backups using tar
    • Making backups using cpio
    • Managing backup using rsync
    • Managing backups using dd
    • Managing backup using dump and restore
    • Other backup tools
  • Maintaining system time
    • Getting and setting the time
    • Managing the hardware clock
    • Time synchronization with NTP
    • NTP utilities
• Networking Fundamentals
  • Fundamentals of TCP/IP
    • Introducing TCP/IP
    • Key protocols in the TCP/IP suite
    • IP Addresses
    • Traditional Network classes: A, B and C
    • Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
    • Special IP addresses
    • Network services and port numbers
    • Classic services: ftp and telnet
    • Diagnostic tools
    • Routing
  • TCP/IP configuration & troubleshooting
    • Configuring a network interface
    • Boot time network startup
    • MAC addresses and the ARP cache
    • Configuring name resolution
    • Network configuration using DHCP
    • Configuring the network using graphical tools
    • Other network utilities
    • Configuring network profiles for roaming users
  • Configuring Linux as a PPP client
    • Configuring a PPP connection
    • Chat scripts
    • The PPP daemon
    • Alternative tools
  • Configuring network authentication for clients
    • Name Service Switch
    • Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
    • Configuring network authentication using NIS
    • Configuring network authentication using LDAP
    • Configuring network authentication using Samba
• Networking Services
  • Setting up basic DNS services
    • Name resolution and DNS
  • Configuring inetd and xinetd
    • inetd, xinetd and related services
    • Configuring inetd
    • Configuring xinetd
    • xinetd logging
    • Controlling access with TCP Wrappers
  • Configuring a mail transfer agent (MTA)
    • Mail system architecture
    • Sendmail
    • Qmail
    • Exim
    • Postfix
    • Basic troubleshooting
  • Apache configuration
    • Apache 2

  • Managing NFS and SAMBA
    • NFS
    • Samba components
    • Samba server configuration
    • Configuring samba using SWAT
    • Samba Client Tools
    • Samba authentication
  • Setting up a secure shell
    • Using ssh
    • Authentication with secure shell
    • Server installation and configuration
    • Secure shell client-side configuration
• Security
  • Security administration tasks
    • Boot time security
    • Finding set-uid and set-gid files
    • Password management
    • Responding to security updates
    • Verifying file and package integrity
    • Packet filtering with iptables
    • Finding open ports with nmap and netstat
  • Setting up Host Security
    • Security-related system configuration files
    • Setting up user level security
    • User limits