OPS235 Weekly Schedule

Winter 2015

Instructors:

• Murray Saul (sections A, B, & C)
• Hans Heim (sections E, F, & G)
• Elizabeth Kopiec (section D )

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Reference	Labs
Week 1: 12 - 18 January (No class Monday January 12th)	CentOS Installation (on Main Host): Install CentOS Host Machine (create customized partitions) Obtain System Information	Lecture Notes: Course Introduction Lab 1 Preparation / Debrief	Lab 1
Week 2: 19 - 25 January	CentOS Installation (on Main Host) / Continued: Shell Scripting Basics Use Shell Scripting to Generate System Information Reports	Lecture Notes: Shell Scripting	Lab 1 Sign-off Due
Week 3: 26 January - 1 February	Creating & Using Virtual Machines Installing and Using Virtualization Software Installing Guest VMs	Lecture Notes: Virtual Machines Lab 2 Preparation / Debrief RedHat Virtualization Guide	Lab 2
Week 4: 2 - 8 February	Creating & Using Virtual Machines / Continued: Manipulating Virtual Machines Backing-up Virtual Machines Manipulating Virtual Machines with Shell Scripts	Lecture Notes: Shell Scripting Continued RedHat Virtualization Guide	Lab 2 Sign-off Due
Week 5: 9 - 15 February	Troubleshooting, Archiving, Package Management Common Troubleshooting Examples Archiving Files Package Management	Lecture Notes: The Art of Troubleshooting Archiving Files Package Management Lab 3 Preparation / Debrief Using the YUM Utility	Lab 3
Week 6: 16 - 22 February (Holiday Monday: No Classes)	User / Group Management, Managing Services User Management Group Management Service Status Starting / Stopping Services	Lecture Notes: User / Group Management Managing Services Lab 4 Preparation / Debrief	Lab 4 Lab 3 Sign-off Due
Week 7:	User/Group/Service Management, Written Midterm Using LVM Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space	Lecture Notes: Monitoring Disk Space Using LVM Lab 5 Preparation / Debrief	Lab 4 Sign-off Due
Study Week: 2 - 8 March (No Scheduled Classes)
Week 8: 9 - 15 March	Disk Space, Using LVM / Practical Test 1 Monitoring Hard Disk Space Using LVM Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space	Lecture Notes: Monitoring Disk Space Using LVM Lab 5 Preparation / Debrief	Lab 5

Week 6 16 - 22 February (Holiday Monday: No Classes)	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 23 February - 1 March	Evaluation Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-4) Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-4) Assignment 1 Due (in class)
Study Week 2 - 8 March
Week 8 9 - 15 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 16 - 22 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 23 - 29 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 30 March - 5 April (Holiday on Friday - No classes)	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 6 - 12 April	Evaluation Practical Test 2 Work on assignment #2 (Due week #13 in class)
Week 13 13 - 19 April	Assignment #2 Due (in class) Review for Exam
Exam Week (20 - 24 April )

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