Suse Enterprise Linux

2 Weeks

No formal prerequisites, however previous system administration experience on other operating systems will be very beneficial

Part 1: Installing the Linux operating system 

In this lesson you will learn how to install the Linux operating system which will be essential to the working on the labs. 

Part 2: using Essential tools 

We shall cover some of the Linux basics, including working with the shell and Linux commands which is essential for beginners to familiarize with Linux environment 

Part 3: Essential File Management Tools 

You will learn how to work with tools to manage the Linux file system. This is an important skill because everything on Linux is very file system oriented 

Part 4: working with the text files 

This lesson will teach you how to create text files, but also how to look for specific contents in the different text files. 

Part 5: connecting to a Linux environment 

We shall look at the different methods that can be used to connect to the Linux operating system, where we shall look at local login as well as remote login and the different terminal types used for this purpose 

Part 6: user and group management 

On Linux users are used as an entity that can be used by people or processes that need access to specific resources, I shall explain how to create users and make user management easier by working with groups 

Part 7: configuring permissions 

You learn how to manage Linux permissions through the basic read, write and execute permissions, but also through the special permissions and access control lists 

Part 8: configuring networking 

You learn the essential skills required for managing network connections. 

Part 9: managing processes 

You learn how to work with the different tasks that can be running on Linux, by sending signals to processes and by changing process priority 

Part 10: managing software 

You will learn how to manage software packages. 

Part 11: scheduling tasks 

You learn how to schedule a task for execution on a moment that fits you best 

Part 13: managing partitions 

You will learn how hard disks can be organized in partitions and how these partitions can be mounted in the file system.