OPS235 Weekly Schedule - Fedora17

Fall 2013

Schedule

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Slides / Reference	Labs
Week 1 ( Sept 3 – 8, 2013 )	Fedora 17 Installation (on Main Host) Manually Creating Partitions Installing Fedora Boot loaders	Slides: Course Introduction: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Lab 1 Preparation / Debriefing: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Reference: Fedora 17 Installation Guide	Lab 1
Week 2 ( Sept 9 – 15, 2013 )	Creating & Using Virtual Machines Installing and Using Virtualization Software Installing Guest VMs	Slides: Virtual Machines Part I (Lab 2 Investigations 1-4): [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Virtual Machines Part II (Lab 2 Investigations 5-7): [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Reference: Fedora 17 Installation Guide Automating the Installation with Kickstart Kickstart Installations Kickstart Configurator Fedora Virtualization Guide	Lab 2
Week 3 ( Sept 16 – 22, 2013 )	LVM & Software Package Management Software Package management with rpm and yum	Slides: Package Management: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Reference: Using the RPM Utility Using the YUM Utility	Lab 3
Week 4 ( Sept 23 – 29, 2013 )	LVM & Software Package Management (continued) Logical Volume Management	Slides: Introduction to LVM: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Reference: Logical Volume Management (Recommended Reading) LVM HOWTO - Read chapters 1 - 3
Week 5 ( Sept 30 – Oct 6, 2013 )	Working with Partitions / User & Group Management Creating / Managing Virtual Partitions Mounting / Unmounting File Systems Automatically Mount File Systems Upon Boot-up User and Group Management	Slides: Linux Filesystems / Working with Partitions: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] User Account Management: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Reference: Linux File Systems (ext2/ext3/ext4) Partitioning with fdisk Mounting / Unmounting File-systems UID and GID explained	Lab 4
Week 6 ( Oct 7 – 13, 2013 )	Complete first half of course: Catch-up on Labs Work on assignment #1 (Due week #7 in class) Review for Practical Test #1 and Written Test
Week 7 ( Oct 14 – 20, 2013 )	Evaluation Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-4) Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-4) Assignment 1 Due (in class)
Study Week
Week 8 ( Oct 28 – Nov 3, 2013 )	Archiving Files, Compiling Software Packages from Source, Managing Services Using Archive Files (tar, tar.gz, tgz) Compiling Software from Source Code System Services (via systemd)	Slides: Archiving & Compiling Software / Managing Run Levels and Services & Run Levels [ ] [ ] [ ] Reference: archiving with tar, gzip,gunzip Compiling Software from Source Code init vs systemd	Lab 5
Week 9 ( Nov 4 – 10, 2013 )	Configuring a Network Using Virtual Machines Static Network Configuration Network Configuration with a DHCP client Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat	Slides: Configuring Networks in VMs - Part1: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Configuring Networks in VMs - Part2: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Reference: Networking with Virtual Machines (Introduction) Virtual Network - Definition Important Linux Networking Commands (Also refer to lab 6 notes) Linux Network Configuration IPTables Reference Lab6 Notes: IPTABLES Firewall	Lab 6
Week 10 ( Nov 11 – 17, 2013 )	Setup and Configure Secure Shell Services, Using Virtual Machines Network Services SSH|	Slides: Network Services / SSH: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Reference: Network services/ssh SSH Tutorial How to Make SSH More Secure IPTables Interest Topic: Linux Security Tips (See Areas involving Networking)	Lab 7
Week 11 ( Nov 18 – 24, 2013 )	Setting Up, Using & Maintaining a DHCP Server DHCP Server Assignment 2 released Work on assignment #2 (Due week #13 in class) Review for Practical Test	Slides: Install & Configure DHCP Server: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Reference: DHCP Server Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol OPS235_Assignment_2	Lab 8
Week 12 ( Nov 25 – Dec 1, 2013 )	Evaluation Practical Test 2 Work on assignment #2 (Due week #13 in class)
Week 13 ( Dec 2 - 6, 2013 )	Assignment #2 Due (in class) Review for Exam
Exam Week ( Dec 7 - 11, 2013 )

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