Linux System Administration Course code: I61040P | 8 ECTS credits

Basic information

Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies

Year of Study: 3

Semester: 5

Requirements:

Goal: Problem-solving in computer network administration on Linux operating systems.

Outcome: Students should be able to independently install, configure, maintain and optimize server performance as well as the other elements of a computer network in Linux environment.

Contents of the course

Theoretical instruction:

Basic principles of system administration
Linux command line
Process management
Linux File System
Software Installation in Linux
Managing users and groups
Storage administration
Software RAID
Archiving and backup
Managing services
Writing shell scripts
Fundamentals of the Internet Protocol
Network configuration
Firewall configuration
Network file system
Basic DNS server configuration
DHCP configuration
Installing and configuring Linux mail server
Linux cert management
System monitoring
Virtualization

Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):

Linux OS installation and configuration
Creating and configuring user accounts
Mastering package managers and software repositories
Managing disk quotas
Syslog and log files
Scheduling administrative tasks
Writing and debugging scripts
Linux networking tools
Managing printers
Installing and configuring DHCP server
Installing and configuring DNS
Sendmail configuration
System security
Linux containers and virtualization

Textbooks and References

William E. Shotts Jr., The Linux command line, No Starch Press, 2012
Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Linux Administration Handbook, Prentice Hall

Number of active classes (weekly)

Lectures: 4

Practical classes: 3

Other types of classes: 1

Grading (maximum number of points: 100)

Pre-exam obligations

Points

activities during lectures

activities on practial excersises

seminary work

colloquium

Final exam

Points

Written exam

Oral exam