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Linux Server Administration

This intermediate Linux training covers configuring, monitoring, and supporting Linux servers. You'll learn to manage packages, users, groups, services, and network connectivity. Topics include managing .deb and .rpm packages, configuring APT/YUM repositories, handling data transfers, testing network connectivity, and using tools like Systemctl and SysV for service management.

Updated February 2020

19Skills
133Videos
16h 15mTotal
133 videos16h 15m

Who This Course Is For

This Administering Linux Servers training is considered administrator-level Linux training, which means it was designed for systems administrators. This server administration skills course is designed for systems administrators with three to five years of experience with open-source platforms.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • Configuring, monitoring, and supporting servers running the Linux operating system
  • Managing .deb and .rpm packages
  • Configuring APT and YUM repositories and identifying non-RPM and non-APT package managers
  • Managing, querying and configuring local users, local groups and user accounts
  • Handling data and copying files across the network
  • Using Systemctl, SysV, and SystemD to manage targets and services
  • Performing system-wide Cron jobs
  • Manipulating kernel modules
  • Testing network connectivity
  • Locating and handling Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, and CentOS network configuration files
  • Creating, formatting, and mounting partitions

Course Curriculum

  • Understand Linux FundamentalsFree49m
  • Premium skill.Understand the Linux Boot Process and Hardware48m
  • Premium skill.Understand Package Compilation and Storage Concepts52m
  • Premium skill.Edit Files on Linux Systems53m
  • Premium skill.Compress, Backup and Archive Files50m
  • Premium skill.Understand File and Directory Operations51m
  • Premium skill.Manage and Transfer Files51m
  • Premium skill.Understand Partitions and Monitor Storage52m
  • Premium skill.Create and Mount Filesystems52m
  • Premium skill.Understand Logical Volume Management & LUKS52m
  • Premium skill.Understanding Network Storage and Shares52m
  • Premium skill.Manage and Schedule Services50m
  • Premium skill.Manage Linux Processes57m
  • Premium skill.Manage Network Interfaces51m
  • Premium skill.Understand Name Resolution50m
  • Premium skill.Monitor Networks52m
  • Premium skill.Understand Package Management50m
  • Premium skill.Packages, System Configurations & Localization50m
  • Premium skill.Configure Kernel Options and System Services51m

Readiness check

Confirm prerequisite knowledge before training begins

A short placement assessment on the CBT Nuggets assessments platform measures whether a learner already has the foundation this course assumes. IT Directors use it to put the right people in the right training — and any learner can take it right now to make sure they'll get full value from day one.

  • Questions generated from this course's own lesson transcripts — what gets measured is exactly what gets taught
  • Instant, per-learner results that show whether the prerequisite foundation is in place
  • Results roll up into team readiness reporting, so training hours go where they change outcomes

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