Advanced Linux System Administration (2018)

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• Advanced Linux System Administration (2018)

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  Teaching Faculty Pablo Abad Fidalgo José Ángel Herrero Velasco Department of Computer Engineering and Electronics

  The main objective of this course is to introduce the basic skills required for the administration of a Linux-based server. We will learn how to plan the installation and deployment of the Operating System (disk partitioning, basic configuration aspects, booting process), the main administration tasks for a local server (user, software and resource management, filesystem maintenance, task automatization through shell scripting, kernel tuning, etc.) and a few fundamentals about network administration (network interface configuration, subnetting, routing policies).

     
  

  Keywords  Linux System Administration, Shell Scripting, Booting & Shutdown, Resource Management, Logging, User Management, Software Management, File System, Kernel, Networking.

• Course Details

  

   

   

  Course Information Course: Advanced Linux System Administration Code: G663 Department / Unit: Department of Computer Engineering and Electronics Degree: Degree in Computer Systems Engineering Faculty: Faculty of Sciences ECTS credits: 6 Language of instruction: English Instructors: Pablo Abad Fidalgo & José Ángel Herrero Velasco

     

     

     

      Course structure    

    
  

  Unit 1. Introduction/Installation

  • Topic 1.1. Description of system administrator figure.

  • Topic 1.2. The Linux OS.

  • Topic 1.3. Installing Linux.

  • Topic 1.4. Command Line (shell).
    

     

  Unit 2. Basic administration

  • Topic 2.1. Booting/stopping the system.
    

  • Topic 2.2. Software management.

  • Topic 2.3. Users and groups.

  • Topic 2.4. Filesystem.

  • Topic 2.5. Resource management.

  • Topic 2.6. Events.

  • Topic 2.7. Introduction to Linux kernel.

     

  Unit 3. Network administration

  • Topic 3.1. Basic concepts.

  • Topic 3.2. Network interface configuration.

• Readings

  

   
  

   

      Required reading list    
  

   

  • Evi Neneth, Garth Snyder & Trent R. Hein (cop 2007): «Linux Administration Handbook». 2^nd Ed. Upper Saddler River, NJ. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-148004-9.

• Lecture Notes

  

   

   

  • MC-F-001. Topic 0. Lab 1. Getting Started. Linux installation (virtualization).
  • MC-F-002. Topic 1. Introduction to UNIX/Linux.
  • MC-F-003. Topic 2. Command Line (Shell).

  • MC-F-004. Topic 3. Booting & shutting down.
  • MC-F-005. Topic 4. Software management.
  • MC-F-006. Topic 5. User management.
  • MC-F-007. Topic 6. File systems fundamentals.
  • MC-F-008. Topic 7. File systems, advanced management.
  • MC-F-009. Topic 8. Resource management.
  • MC-F-010. Topic 9. Logging.

  • MC-F-011. Topic 10. The Linux Kernel.

  • MC-F-012. Topic 11. Network administration (Introduction).
    

• Lab Assignments

  

   

   

  • MC-F-001. Lab Assignment 1. Corresponding to Topic 2. Command line (Shell).

  • MC-F-002. Lab Assignment 2. Corresponding to Topic 3. Booting & shutting down.

  • MC-F-003. Lab Assignment 3. Corresponding to Topic 4. Software management.

  • MC-F-004. Lab Assignment 4. Corresponding to Topic 5. User management.

  • MC-F-005. Lab Assignment 5. Corresponding to Topics 6 & 7. File systems.

  • MC-F-006. Lab Assignment 6. Corresponding to Topics 8 & 9. Resource management & logging.

  • MC-F-007. Lab Assignment 7. Corresponding to Topic 10. The Linux Kernel.

  • MC-F-008. Lab Assignment 8. Corresponding to Topic 11. Network administration (Introduction).

• Assessment

  

    

   

      Sample exams    

   

  2014-2015

  • PE-F-001. Lab Exam (Topics 1-3).

  • PE-F-002. Lab Exam (Topics 4 -7).

  • PE-F-003. Lab Exam (Topics 8-11).

  • PE-F-004. 2015 Lab Exam (Final).

  • PE-F-005. 2015 Theory Exam (Final).

     

  2015-2016

  • PE-F-006. Lab Exam (Topics 1-5).

  • PE-F-007. Lab Exam (Topics 6-11).

  • PE-F-008. 2016 Lab Exam (Final).

  • PE-F-009. 2016 Theory Exam (Final).
    

     
  

  2016-2017

  • PE-F-010. Lab Exam (Topics 1-5).

  • PE-F-011. Lab Exam (Topics 6-11).

  • PE-F-012. 2017 Lab Exam (Final).

  • PE-F-013. 2017 Theory Exam (Final).

• Syllabus

  

   

   
  

  •   Here you can download the Syllabus in PDF format.

• About the Professor

  

   
  

   

  Pablo Abad Fidalgo   Department of Computer Engineering and Electronics UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA   Additional information

   

  José Ángel Herrero Velasco   Department of Computer Engineering and Electronics UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA   Additional information