LinuxCBT feat. SUSE10 Enterprise Edition

LinuxCBT feat. SUSE 10 Enterprise Edition focuses exclusively on the SUSE Enterprise 10 Linux operating system.
LinuxCBT feat. SUSE 10 Enterprise Edition, is unparalleled in content, depth and expertise. LinuxCBT feat. SUSE 10 Enterprise Edition prepares you or your organization for successfully deploying and managing business-critical SUSE Enterprise 10-based server solutions.

Let LinuxCBT feat. SUSE 10 Enterprise Edition teach you SUSE Enterprise 10 Linux skills!

Recommended Prerequisites:

* Open mind & determination to master Linux and related open-source applications
* Basic MS Windows skills
* Basic understanding of networguide concepts
* Access to a spare PC to perform all of the installations and exercises

Installation & General Usage – Module 1

* Network-based (HTTP & SSH) Installations
o Enable Apache HTTPD on Installation server
o Configure SUSE Ent. 10 Server as an HTTP Installation source with Apache
o Discuss system requirements
o Install SUSE Ent. 10 Server via HTTP
o Confirm results
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* Grand Unified Boot Loader (GRUB) & System V Linux Runlevel implementation
o Explore GRUB configuration
o Explain SUSE Linux System V Init Runlevel (0 – 6) concepts & applications
o Identify key startup files, including scripts (inittab,Sscripts,Kscripts,etc.)
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* GNOME & YaST
o Explore the GNOME Desktop Interface
o Explore YaST, centralized management tool
o Install packages using Yast package manager
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* Basic GNU/Linux Skills – Command Line Interface (CLI) – BASH
o Introduction to GNOME Terminal
o Demonstrate usage of the following useful commands & concepts
o ls, pwd, cd, cp, mv, rm, mkdir, rmdir, whoami, man, info
o alias, cat, file, chmod, chown, history
o Standard in/out, UNIX Pipes, Redirection, Command Chaining
o ps, df, free, vmstat, top, kill
o less & more, head & tail, diff
o which & whereis, w, who
o Use grep and cut to process delimited log files
o find, locate
o tar, gzip/gunzip, bzip2, zcat
o Explore Pico text editor
o Install and explore Nano text editor
o Convert Windows text files to Unix format using dos2unix
o Convert Unix text files to Windows format using unix2dos
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* Common Network Clients
o File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client
o Install and use LFTP – Sophisticated FTP Client to connect to FTP/HTTP servers
o Mirror and reverse mirror using LFTP to synchronize data
o Wget – HTTP/HTTPS/FTP connectivity
o Explain SSH concepts, implementation, etc.
o Use SSH Client to connect to remote Linux Systems using password authentication
o Identify key SSH-client files (.known_hosts, public/private key pairs,etc.)
o Authenticate to remote Linux systems using alternate credentials
o Use Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) to move data between systems non-interactively
o Use Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to move data between systems interactively
o Demonstrate how to generate Public/Private key (RSA/DSA) pairs using SSH-Keygen
o Demonstrate using SSH to authenticate to remote Linux hosts without passwords
o Generate Public Key/Private Key pairs for use with file and E-mail encryption
o Demonstrate using E-mail client with GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) Open PGP for E-Mail encryption
o Use Remote Desktop to connect to RDP & VNC remote Linux and Windows hosts
o Use ping, mtr & arp
o Use dig, host, nslookup name resolution clients
o NETSTAT
o IFCONFIG
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Systems Managment & Configuration – Module 2

* RPM Package Management Tool Concepts & Usage
o Explain classes of SUSE Linux Packages
o Query existing packages
o Identify offline and online package repositories
o Install packages
o Upgrade packages
o Freshen packages
o Remove packages
o Identify package membership of files on the SUSE system
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* Manage Users and Groups & Permissions
o User profile implementation logic and concepts – (Bash profile/etc/skel/aliases/PATH/etc.)
o User and group creation & management concepts – passwd, shadow, group, gshadow files
o Use YaST to create and manage users and groups
o SETUID
o SETGID – Group collaboration
o Sticky Bit
o Explore Hard and Symbolic links including across disparate file systems
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* Paritions, File Systems & Volumes (RAID|LVM)
o Provision new paritions with FDISK/Parted/YaST & ReiserFS
o Configure RAID 0/1/5/ Volumes
o Implement Logical Volume Management (LVM)
o Provision additional Swap storage paritions and files
o Use MKSWAP & SWAPON to enable additional Swap storage
o Identify allocated swap space to the kernel
o Committ changes for persistence
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* Explore System Logging via SYSLOG-NG and Logrotate
o Explore Boot log & System Log
o Explanation of syslog facilities & levels
o Discuss SYSLOG-NG features & enhancements
o Demonstrate syslog administration
o Enable SYSLOG network listener
o Demonstrate Cisco PIX Firewall to SUSE Linux SYSLOG-NG functionality
o Explore automatic log rotation and customization via Logrotate
o Configure Logrotate to rotate & compress sample log files
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Core Networguide Services – Module 3

* Network – Physical & Logical Configuration
o Identify key directories & files for static & dynamic communications
o Configure Linux client with static TCP/IP parameters for network communication
o Explore hotplug -> hwup -> ifup logic
o Use ifconfig to ascertain logical TCP/IP configuration
o Use hwinfo to ascertain installed hardware
o Configure Aliased Ethernet Interfaces to faciliate multiple IP addresses
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* Implement Network Time Protocol (NTP) Client/Server
o Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP) to perform client/server time synchronization
o Identify NTP bounded UDP interfaces
o Synchronize SUSE Enterprise Linux NTP with RedHat Linux Stratum 2 NTP server
o Synchronize against Stratum 1 NTP servers
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* Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
o Explain DHCP Concepts & Applications
o Explore DHCP confiuration files
o Configure DHCP subnet with applicable options
o Configure DHCP Reservation based on layer-2 address
o Enable DHCP with DDNS
o Configure DHCP Failover between SUSE and RedHat Linux Servers
o Test DHCP Failover with Windows 2003 Host
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* Domain Name System (DNS)
o Explore SUSE DNS configuration via YaST
o Configure BIND as a caching-only DNS server
o Implement Master DNS Zone
o Configure Reverse Zone for local subnet
o Implement Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) Zones (Forward/Reverse)
o Explain DHCP and DNS update integration options
o Integrate DHCP with DNS via Encypted Transaction Signatures (TSigs)
o Configure Windows 2003 Active Directory to publish DNS Records to SUSE Server
o Examine Windows 2003 SRV Records
o Configure Master/Slave Zones with RedHat Linux Server
o Evaluate results of BIND configuration using DIG & host
o Implement DNS sub-domains (Third-level domains)
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* CRON – System Scheduler
o Explore Cron Implementation
o Explain scheduling options
o Global and scope-based Cron options
o Schedules jobs to run & examine the output
o Configure individual Crontab entries
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* Samba Implementation
o Implement Linux & Windows Integration via Samba
o Explore Samba Configuration files
o Implement SMBFS integration with SUSE Enterprise Linux File System
o Mount Windows shares seamlessly using Samba File System (SMBFS)
o Configure FSTAB to support repetitive mounts
o Implement secure SMBFS credentials for mounting
o Install Samba Server support
o Install Samba Web-based Administration Tool (SWAT)
o Configure Samba file sharing
o Configure Samba with multiple NETBIOS aliases
o Install Active Directory on Windows 2003 Server
o Integrate SUSE Ent. 10 Server with Windows Active Directory (AD)
o Test Samba-to-Windows integration using

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