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= OPS235 Weekly Schedule =
[[Category:OPS235]]

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! Week !! Objectives and Tasks !! Assigned Reading !! Labs / Exercises
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|'''Week 1'''
January 9 - 13

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Installing Linux
* Manually Creating Partitions
* Installing Fedora
* Boot loaders
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* '''Introduction to Linux (YouTube Videos):'''
:: [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paPT5qxM9m0 Part1] ] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_677922&feature=iv&src_vid=L88GRihyqZc&v=Dlx7JxHy2ls Part2] ] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=Dlx7JxHy2ls&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_457630&v=L88GRihyqZc Part3] ]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/ Fedora 16 Installation Guide]

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:[[OPS235 Lab 1]]
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|'''Week 2'''
January 16 - 20

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Using Virtual Machines
* Installing and Using Virtualization Software
* Installing Guest VMs
<!-- Assignment 1 Released -->
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* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/pt-Advanced_installation_options.html Fedora 16 Installation Guide -Advanced Installation Options]
** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/sn-automating-installation.html Automating the Installation with Kickstart]
** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/ch-kickstart2.html Kickstart Installations]
** [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Installation_Guide/ch-redhat-config-kickstart.html Kickstart Configurator]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/virtualization-guide/f13/en-US/html/ Fedora Virtualization Guide]
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:[[OPS235 Lab 2]]
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|'''Week 3'''
January 23 - 27

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* Logical Volume Management
* Software Package management with rpm and yum
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* [[Logical Volume Management]]
* [http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/whatislvm.html LVM HOWTO] - Read chapters 1 - 3
* [http://fedoranews.org/alex/tutorial/rpm/ Use the RPM Utility]
* [http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yum/ Using the YUM Utility]

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:[[OPS235 Lab 3]]

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|'''Week 4'''
January 30 - February 3
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Continue working on:
* Logical Volume Management
* Installing / Removing Applications with Yum
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|'''Week 5'''
February 6 - 10

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* Creating / Managing Virtual Partitions
* Mounting / Unmounting File Systems
* Automatically Mount File Systems Upon Boot-up
* User and Group Management
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* [[Logical Volume Management]]
* [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/fdisk_partitioning.html Partitioning with fdisk]
* [http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.php?name=MContent&pageid=282 Mounting / Unmounting File-systems]
* [http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14446/53/ UID and GID explained]
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:[[OPS235 Lab 4]]
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|'''Week 6'''
February 13 -17

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* Using Filesystems in Regular Files
* Using Archive Files (tar, tar.gz, tgz)
* Compiling Software from Source Code


* Catch up / Review for Practical and Written tests
* Work on assignment
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:OPS235 Lab 5
:(N/A)

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|'''Week 7'''
February 20 -24

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* Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-5)
* Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-5)
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!colspan="4"|Study Week - February 27 - March 2

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|'''Week 8'''
March 5 - 9

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<!-- * Assignment 1 Evaluation -->

* Static Network Configuration
* Network Configuration with a DHCP client
* Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat
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Networking with Virtual Machines (Introduction)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_network Virtual Network - Definition]
* [http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/networkingadmin.shtml Important Linux Networking Commands] (Also refer to lab 6 notes)
* [http://colwiki.org/Linux_Networking_Services Linux Networking Services]
* View and Configure IPTABLES Firewall (refer to lab 6 notes)
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:OPS235 Lab 6
:(N/A)

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|'''Week 9'''
March 12 - 16

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* Network Services
* SSH
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* Network services/ssh
* [http://support.suso.com/supki/SSH_Tutorial_for_Linux SSH Tutorial]
* [http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/shh-securing-ssh-howto-10640 How to Make SSH More Secure]
* [[IPTables]]
* Interest Topic: [http://linuxgazette.net/issue58/sharma.html Linux Security Tips] (See Areas involving Networking)
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:OPS235 Lab 7
:(N/A)

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|'''Week 10'''
March 26 - 30

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* DHCP Server
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* DHCP Server Definition:<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol]
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:OPS235 Lab 8
:(N/A)

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|'''Week 11'''
April 2 - 6

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<!-- * SELinux and Apache (httpd)
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* Assignment 2 released
* Review for Practical and Written Tests
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<!-- * SELinux and httpd -->
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|'''Week 12'''
April 9 - 13

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* Written Test 2
* Practical Test 2
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|'''Week 13'''
April 16 - 20

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* Assignment 2 Due
* Review for Exam
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!colspan="4"|Exam Week - April 23 - 27
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