Everything Linux

Linux estates create operational risk when administration practices vary by technician: inconsistent root access, filesystem changes, SSH configuration, and web/DNS service management can all increase downtime or slow incident response. This intermediate, administrator-level course is a fit for IT Directors and Team Leads onboarding junior Linux admins or standardizing skills across experienced systems administrators. The full curriculum is about 22 hours, 35 minutes per learner, but teams can assign modules by role: core commands and users/groups for onboarding, SSH/root/filesystems for server operators, and Apache, HTTP services, DNS/BIND, file services, and Rclone for service owners. For change management, assign in phases around real maintenance windows so learners can connect lessons to current Linux runbooks. CBT Nuggets Playlists can sequence role-based paths, and Team Reporting can help Training Managers verify completion across the team.

IT teams complete this training to make Linux administration more consistent across servers, services, and remote environments. The curriculum maps to common operational scenarios systems administrators face when maintaining production Linux systems.

• Reduce access-related risk: standardize how admins approach SSH authentication and root account management.
• Improve storage operations: prepare teams to mount filesystems and work with RAID and LVM concepts before storage changes become outage risks.
• Support business-facing services: build working knowledge for configuring Apache, Linux HTTP services, DNS/BIND, and Linux file servers.
• Increase admin efficiency: use Bash scripting, GNU/Unix commands, tmux navigation, and Rclone remote cloud storage management to handle repeatable tasks faster.

Knowledge

• Linux system architecture and startup concepts relevant to administration.
• Core GNU and Unix commands used for day-to-day server work.
• File, user, and group management principles.
• Service and networking essentials for Linux environments.
• Filesystem mounting, RAID, LVM, and Linux file server options.
• Apache, HTTP services, DNS/BIND, SSH, Rclone, and tmux concepts.

Ability

• Navigate and administer Linux systems using command-line tools.
• Write practical Bash scripts for repeatable administrative tasks.
• Manage users, groups, files, permissions, and root-account workflows.
• Configure remote access with SSH authentication.
• Mount filesystems and support storage configurations involving RAID and LVM.
• Configure and support common Linux services, including Apache, HTTP, DNS/BIND, file services, and remote cloud storage with Rclone.