Linux System Administration Course code: T61040S | 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
0
activities on practial excersises
20
seminary work
0
colloquium
30
Final exam
Points
Written exam
50
Oral exam
0