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OPS curriculum topics for discussion Key Topics to be included/discussed/introduced

Lower Semesters

• Lower Semesters OPS stream focus on the network layers

ULI101 - First Semester

• Introduction to the Linux system (PC with Live Linux OS or Raspberry Pi)
• Single Host or VM (with root access ?)
• Suggestion - Focus on the physical layer and data-link layer administrative tasks
  • For example - ARP, ICMP, tcpdump
• SSH Client configuration
• TCP/IP network accounting using iptables

OPS235 - 2nd Semester

• OS Installation and configuration (bare metal and/or VM)
• Disk partition and LVM
• 2 hosts or VMs (client and server)
• Suggestion - Focus on the Network and Transport layers administrative tasks
  • For example - routing and RIP, UDP, TCP, tcpdump, wireshark
• SSH server configuration, ssh tunnelling, X forwarding etc.
• TCP/IP network filtering using iptables
• SELinux Security

OPS335 - 3rd Semester

• Application Server software installation, configuration and maintenance (VM only?)
• 3+ hosts or VMs (with application servers: email, DNS, SAMBA, NFS)
• Suggestion - Focus on the Application layers administrative tasks
  • For example - DNS, HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, SAMBA etc.
  • tools - tcpdump, wireshark,
• TCP/IP network logging using iptables
• SELinux security policy for confined network applications

Upper Semesters

• Upper semesters OPS stream - Cloud based topics/services?
• Contents based on SOA - there are many, let's consider the three major ones:
  • Saas
  • PaaS
  • IaaS

OPS435

• Introduction to cloud computing - NIST definition
• service oriented architecture
  • Identity services
  • Messaging services
• Automation using scripting language
  • automate local services/tasks using bash shell
  • network/infrastructure automation using python/CMS
    • virtual networks
    • virtual machines
• source code version control using git

OPS535

• Infrastructure services
  • DHCP
  • DNS/DDNS/DNSSEC
  • DataBase Service
  • LDAP using OpenLDAP
  • File sharing service
  • PAM
  • DAC/MAC
  • Firewall service
• The REST API
• Platform as a service (PaaS)
  • OpenShift Online
  • OpenShift Origin

OPS635

• Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
  • OpenStack and/or others?
• SOA
  • Network Services
  • Compute Services
  • Storage Services
  • Monitoring Service

Resources: hardware, software and others

• Rack mount servers
  • CPU:
  • Memory: 32GB
  • NICs: >10G
• SAN
• OS - Enterprise Linux
• Web mail, wiki, moodle, wordpress, etc
• OpenShift
• OpenStack
• Floating IPs (142.204.x.0/24)
• Registered domain name, for ICT or subdomain from Seneca College

OPS535 Weekly Index

week	Topics	Reading/Reference	Tasks/Labs
1:Sept 5	Course Overview OPS535 Course Outline Required Material List Assignments, Lab due dates	Single Host Administration Review	Lab 1
2:Sept 12	DNS Review	TCP/IP Network Review	Lab 2
3:Sept 19	Network Storage and Access	Network File System	Lab 3
4:Sept 26	NIS and LDAP	Network Directory Services	Lab 4
5:Oct 3	Firewalls Review and configuration	Local and Network Security	Lab 5
6:Oct 10	Thanksgiving Holiday - No lecture	Adcanced DNS Topics	Assignment 1
7:Oct 17	Mid-Term Test	Netwok Virtualization	Assignment 1
Break: Oct 24-28	Study/Reading Week	All of the above.
8:Oct 31	DNS Logging, Dynamic DNS and DNSSEC	SMTP, POP, and IMAP	Lab 6
9:Nov 7	eMail Protocol suite	DNS and eMail	Lab 7
10:Nov 14	Internet mail system	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol	Lab 8
11:Nov 21	OpenLDAP Server Administration	OpenLDAP Documentation	Assignment 2
12:Nov 28	Linux Clusters and OpenShift Assignment 2		Assignment 2
13:Dec 5	Exam Review		Assignment 2
Exam:Dec 12-16	Exam: Bring your log book	Please check your exam time table.	Do the exam.