Detailed Course Outline
Section 1: Advanced System Administration
- YaST Security Module
- Understand and use the YaST Security Module
- Backup and Recovery
- Understand and Use Snapper
- Software Libraries
- Understand Software Libraries in Linux
- General Server Health
- Gather Server Health and Performance Information
- Monitoring Overview
- Monitoring Methodology
- What are Optimization Tools?
- The Optimization Process
- System Optimization Tools
- Control Groups
- Understand Linux Control Groups
Section 02: Encryption
SSL/TLS Understand SSL/TLS Concepts Create a Certificate Authority Generate and Use Certificates openSSL GPG Understand GPG Concepts Perform GPG Key Creation and Management Perform GPG Key Distribution Section 03: Shell Scripting
Use Basic Script Elements Use Control Structures Read User Input Use Arrays Use Functions Use Command Options in Scripts Test File Types and Compare Values Section 04: Hardware
Hardware Info Display Hardware Information Drivers Understand Linux Drivers Use Driver Management Utilities Section 05: Advanced Networking
Network Namespaces Understand Linux Network Namespaces Work with Linux Network Namespaces Openvswitch Understand Openvswitch Concepts Install and Configure Open vSwitch IPv6 Understand IPv6 Configure IPv6 Section 06: Storage Administration
iSCSI Understand iSCSI Concepts Configure and Manage the LIO Daemon MPIO Understand Mutipath I/O Configure and Manage Device Mapper Multipath I/O Section 07: Centralized Authentication
PAM Understand PAM Configure PAM SSSD Understand SSSD Deploy SSSD Section 08: Packaging and Updates
RPM Mange RPM Packages Build RPM Packages Understand the RPM spec file Sign RPM Packages with GPG Repositories Understand Software Repository Concepts Create a Software Repository with creatrepo Sign RPM-MD Software Repositories Manage Software Repositories with libzypp SMT Understand the Subscription Management Tool (SMT) Install and Configure an SMT Server Manage Software Repositories with SMT Use Repository Staging with SMT Configure SMT Clients Section 09: Advanced Deployment
AutoYaST Introduction to AutoYaST Prepare for an AutoYaST Installation Configure and Installation Server Configure PXE Kiwi Overview of KIWI Installing KIWI Basic Workflow Building Images Customizing the Boot Process The KIWI Image Description File Advanced Configuration Options Image Maintenance System Analysis Machinery Overview of Machinery Installation Using Machinery Section 10: Configuration Management with Salt
Salt Overview Install and Configure Salt Understand Execution Modules Understand the Salt State System