OPS235 Weekly Schedule - CentOS6

Winter 2014

Instructors: Murray Saul (A,B,C) , Kent Poots (D, E) , Andrew Smith (F,G)

Schedule

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Slides / Reference	Labs
Week 1 7 - 12 January (No class on monday)	CentOS Installation (on Main Host) Manually Creating Partitions Installing CentOS Introduction to RPM Introduction to Networking Commands	Slides: Course Introduction: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Lab 1 Preparation / Debriefing: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]	Lab 1
Week 2 13 - 19 January	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: RedHat Virtualization Guide RHEL Installation Guide	Lab 2
Week 3 20 - 26 January	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 27 January - 2 February	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 3 - 9 February	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: 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 10 - 16 February	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 18 - 23 February (Monday is a holiday)	Evaluation Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-4) Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-4) Assignment 1 Due (in class)
Study Week 24 February - 2 March
Week 8 3 - 9 March	Archiving Files, Compiling Software Packages from Source, Managing Services Using Archive Files (tar, tar.gz, tgz) Compiling Software from Source Code Controlling System Services	Slides: Linux Filesystems / Working with Partitions: [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ] Archiving & Compiling Software / Managing Run Levels and Services & Run Levels [ ] [ ] [ ] Reference: archiving with tar, gzip, gunzip init vs systemd init vs systemd vs upstart Runlevels	Lab 5
Week 9 10 - 16 March	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 17 - 23 March	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 24 - 30 March	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 31 March - 6 April	Evaluation Practical Test 2 Work on assignment #2 (Due week #13 in class)
Week 13 7 - 10 April (Friday is exam week)	Assignment #2 Due (in class) Review for Exam
Exam Week ( Friday the 11th - Thursday the 17th of April )

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