Course: SA3-253 Linux System Administration III: Internet, Network Services and Security Description: Price: $2,520.00 Category: Popular Courses Duration: 4 days Schedule: Request Dates Outline: 1 Hardware Requirements and Installing Linux Supported hardware, driver requirements, install options Step by step Installation Overview Pre-configured Installation Options Custom Installation Overview Selecting Packages to Install Basic Network Setup Parameters Firewall and SELinux setup options Video and Monitor Setup For X Window Configuration Using kickstart to automate installation Description of kickstart directives LAB 2: Install a 'Server' configuration Create a kickstart script and test it 2 Bootup and GRUB Boot Manager Linux Bootup Overview Grub.conf configuration, Grub Stages and Commands Kernel Initialization, Log : /var/log/dmesg The init Command Steps Daemon Processes and System V Run Levels Runlevel 1, 3, 5 defined Run Level Service Management : chkconfig Initialization management: /etc/inittab The /etc/init.d/rc.local script System Shutdown and Reboot Configuring GRUB restricted access option Managing initialization and startup of network services Switching between run levels Managing orderly shutdowns and reboots 3 Partitions, Formating, Mounting ext2, ext3 and swap Adding a disk partition : fdisk
Formatting partitions : mkfs, ext2, ext3, swap Mount and umount commands, /etc/fstab updates Rebuilding broken file system: fsck Linux Run Levels Starting and Stopping System Services Listing Run Level Services Configuring Services in Various Run Levels Overview Of RAID Levels and Features Creating RAID Devices and Volumes Info and Recovery Options For mdadm Flexible File Systems With LVM Creating Physical Volume, Volume Group and Logical Volume Logical Volumes : lvcreate, lvextend, extende2fs Physical Volumes : pvcreate, vgcreate, vgextend Display LVM Information : pvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvdisplay Create physical partitions for ext3 Configure a new partition, format and make it available after reboot Configure a new swap partition, format and make it available after reboot Format partitions, create permanent mount points in /etc/fstab Configuring Services as ON or OFF Create LVM and RAID partitions for ext3 Configure a new RAID device, format and make it available after reboot Configure a new LVM device, format and make it available after reboot Extend a logical volume while the logical volume is still attached 4 RPM and YUM Package Management Concepts of 'Packages' and Package Managers Using RPM Displaying current packages installed Adding, removing packages Tar Balls of software Installing tar balls of software Configuring and using the YUM frontend to RPM Viewing installed software Installing software at the prompt and in X Query packages, add a package, remove it using RPM and YUM 5 Adding Users and groups Concepts of login control, users and groups Shadow file login restrictions Securing the root account Creation of basic user accounts Choice of command shell to use: sh, ksh, bash User tools: chsh, chgrp, passwd, chfn Admin Tools : chown, sudo Basic security settings, Access Control Lists, ACL's Concepts of Security on files and directories
Overview of modes, umask and chmod Creating a directory shared by a group of users Pluggable Authentication Modules, PAM, configuration and use Centralized user accounts from NIS and LDAP, client setup Testing Name Services : getent Creating, managing and monitoring file system quotas Add, modify and remove user accounts Managing file security settings Change file ownership Switch to different user accounts Manipulate file security settings Create a shared group directory Create a public and a group restricted directory Configure limited access using PAM Configure access to NIS and LDAP services for additional users Configure quotas for users and groups 6 Admin Tools : IPv4, IPv6, cron, Logs, Process Control, CUPS Concepts of Networking LAN network settings, connection basics Using Static or DHCP networking Network files and parameters within files Host Name Resolution, /etc/hosts, DNS Client set Network Diagnostics: ping, netstat, traceroute, mtr IPv6 features, setup and configuration IPv6 utilities: DHCPv6, ping6, traceroute6, ip, DNS Periodic Job Control: cron, crontab, at, anacron Log Rotation controls and management Configuring syslog options Temp File and Log File Management: tmpwatch, logrotate Process Monitoring: ps, top, gnome-system-monitor uptime, w, free and vmstat utilities Controlling Processes : top, kill Interpreting performance measurements Printer configuration using CUPS Configuring manual and DHCP IP settings Forcing DHCP settings to release and renew Testing network connectivity Configuring and Testing IPv6 settings Creating cron and at jobs to manage a host Observing and managing log rotation Observing and managing processes 7 Kernel Concepts, Processes Preparing To Update
Retrieving and Updating To A Newer Kernel RPM /proc Virtual File System Features and Usage /proc System Control Utility : sysctl Kernel Modular Design and Commands lsmod, rmmod, insmod, modprobe Modules Configuration /etc/modprobe.conf Install and use alternative kernel Observe modules being loaded by kernel Changing selective kernel parameters 8: Web Services Apache Overview Apache Server Configuration Server and Namespace Configuration Creating Virtual Hosts Apache.htaccess Usage Apache Access Configuration CGI Scripts Implementation and Issues Apache Encrypted Web Server Certificates Squid Web Proxy Cache Service Implementing multiple web sites Add password controlled directories Restrict access to non web related directories Use CGI scripts in web pages 9: Network File Sharing Services File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Network File Service (NFS) Samba Overview Samba Services and Daemons Configuring File Sharing, WINS Support Authentication Methods Printing to the Samba Server Syntax checkers: testparm Samba Client Tools: smbclient Admin tools: nmblookup, mount, fstab Firewall Requirements Update FTP service, add NFS and SMB shares Limit access to local net for all shares in firewall 10: Organizing Networked Systems Host Name Resolution DNS-Specific Resolvers Trace a DNS Query with dig Exploring DNS with host DNS Basics Zones, Domains & Delegation Internet DNS and Name Server Hierarchy
Client-side DNS, Server-side DNS Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (BIND) Configuring BIND : Configuration File Basics bind-chroot Package Address Match Lists and acl Usage Zone Files, Main Record Types Delegating Subdomains Testing Utilities: named-checkconf, named-checkzone Caching-only Name Server Round Robin Load Sharing through DNS Remote Name Daemon Control (rndc) Delegating Subdomains The DHCP Service Overview Configuring an IPv4 DHCP Server Implement DNS Server, add subdomain, slave to a master domain 11: Electronic Mail Services A Review of Email Services and features Basic sendmail Features Main Configuration Files Security and "Anti-Spam" Features Blacklisting Recipients Generating sendmail Configuration with m4 sendmail Client Configuration Debugging sendmail Using alternatives to Switch MTAs Postfix version of sendmail Using and configuring Postfix Additional postfix Configuration Files Mail Retrieval Protocols Basics of procmail for Local Delivery Configuring POP3 and IMAP Configuring Secure POP3S and IMAPS Creating Local Certificate for POP3S and IMAPS Configuring no relay, open email Adding POP3, POP3S, IMAP, IMAPS and certificate Testing email services, configuring procmail 12: Network Resource Access Controls Internet Protocol and Routing IPv6 Features, implementation IPv6: Dynamic and Static Interface Configuration IPv6: Routing Configuration TCP_Wrappers and IPv6 Enabling and Disabling IPv6
Netfilter Firewall Overview Firewall Rules: General Considerations Firewall Port Options Firewall Connection Tracking Firewall Network Address Translation (NAT) IPv6 and ip6tables Viewing Ipv6 Settings Securing Network With Netfilter (Firewall) 13 X Window System XOrg and XFree86 Overview File Locations and Configuration Tool Modularity Of Design and Extensibility Built Into Design Layers In X, Desktops and The X Protocol XFS fontconfig Service Security With xhost, xauth and ssh VNC Remote X Display 14: Securing Data The Need For Encryption Random Numbers Needed Symmetric Encryption Asymmetric Encryption Public Key Infrastructures Digital Certificates OpenSSH Authentication Overview SSH Server and Client Configuration Client Key Management Using SSH keys with and without passphrases Tunneling X Applications Through SSH 15 Troubleshooting Your System Concepts of Troubleshooting a Broken System Creating an Emergency Boot Disk Getting to Single User Mode Getting to Rescue Mode Using chroot in Rescue Mode Where to start looking for trouble: log files Examples of broken systems and what to do Bad boot block, bad file system, bad fstab, Network down, NFS not working Emergency scenarios and how to repair them Repairs from single user mode
Repairs from executive mode Using the chroot command within rescue mode to: Rebuild boot block Recover from bad root partition