OPS235 Weekly Schedule - Fedora17

Summer 2013

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Slides / Reference	Labs
Week 1 (May 6 -12)	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 (May 13-19)	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 (May 20 - 26)	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 (May 27 - June 2)	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 (June 3 - 9)	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 [ ] [ ] [ ] User Account Management [ ] [ ] [ ] Reference: Linux File Systems (ext2/ext3/ext4) Partitioning with fdisk Mounting / Unmounting File-systems UID and GID explained	Lab 4
Week 6 (June 10 - 16).	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 (June 17 - 23)	Evaluation Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-4) Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-4) Assignment 1 Due (in class)
Study Week (June 24 - 30)
Week 8 (July 1 - 7)	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: Topic [ ] [ ] [ ] Reference: archiving with tar, gzip,gunzip Compiling Software from Source Code init vs systemd	Lab 5
Week 9 (July 8 - 14)	Configuring a Network Using Virtual Machines Static Network Configuration Network Configuration with a DHCP client Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat	Slides: Topic [ ] [ ] [ ] 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 (July 15 - 21)	Setup and Configure Secure Shell Services, Using Virtual Machines Network Services SSH|	Slides: Topic [ ] [ ] [ ] 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 (July 22 - 28)	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: Topic [ ] [ ] [ ] Reference: DHCP Server Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol OPS235_Assignment_2	Lab 8
Week 12 (July 29 - Aug 4)	Evaluation Practical Test 2 Work on assignment #2 (Due week #13 in class)
Week 13 (Aug 4 - 11)	Assignment #2 Due (in class) Review for Exam
Exam Week (August 12 - 16)

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