OPS235 Weekly Schedule - CentOS6

Winter 2014

Previous OPS Schedules (Fedora17)
It is recommended that you use the Winter 2014 Schedule (Using CENTOS Linux) as opposed to the Fedora OS.

If you require to access the previous semester's schedule (not recommended), click on the link below:

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: Fedora 17 Installation Guide Automating the Installation with Kickstart Kickstart Installations Kickstart Configurator Fedora Virtualization 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: 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 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 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 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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