- Week
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- Objectives and Tasks
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- Slides / Reference
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Labs
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- Week 1
12 - 18 January
(No class Monday January 12th)
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- CentOS Installation (on Main Host)
- Manually Creating Partitions
- Installing CentOS
- Introduction to RPM
- Introduction to Networking Commands
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- Slides:
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- [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]
- Lab 1 Preparation / Debriefing:
- [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]
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Lab 1
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- Week 2
19 - 25 January
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- Creating & Using Virtual Machines
- Installing and Using Virtualization Software
- Installing Guest VMs
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- 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:
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Lab 2
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- Week 3
26 January - 1 February
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- LVM & Software Package Management
- Software Package management with rpm and yum
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- Slides:
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- [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]
- Reference:
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Lab 3
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- Week 4
2 - 8 February
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- LVM & Software Package Management (continued)
- Logical Volume Management
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- Slides:
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- [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]
- Reference:
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- Week 5
9 - 15 February
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- 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
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- Slides:
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- [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]
- Reference:
- Assignment 1:
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Lab 4
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- Week 6
16 - 22 February
(Holiday Monday: No Classes)
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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
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- Week 7
23 February - 1 March
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- Evaluation
- Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-4)
- Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-4)
- Assignment 1 Due (in class)
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| Study Week
2 - 8 March
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- Week 8
9 - 15 March
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- Archiving Files, Compiling Software
Packages from Source, Managing Services
- Using Archive Files (tar, tar.gz, tgz)
- Compiling Software from Source Code
- Controlling System Services
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- Slides:
- Linux Filesystems / Working with Partitions:
- [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]
- Archiving & Compiling Software / Managing Run Levels and Services & Run Levels
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- Reference:
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Lab 5
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- Week 9
16 - 22 March
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- Configuring a Network Using Virtual Machines
- Static Network Configuration
- Network Configuration with a DHCP client
- Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat
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- Slides:
- Configuring Networks in VMs - Part1:
- [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]
- Configuring Networks in VMs - Part2:
- [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]
- Reference:
- Networking with Virtual Machines (Introduction)
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Lab 6
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- Week 10
23 - 29 March
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- Setup and Configure Secure Shell Services,
Using Virtual Machines
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- Slides:
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- [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]
- Reference:
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Lab 7
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- Week 11
30 March - 5 April
(Holiday on Friday - No classes)
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- Setting Up, Using & Maintaining a DHCP Server
- Assignment 2 released
- Work on assignment #2 (Due week #13 in class)
- Review for Practical Test
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- Slides:
- Install & Configure DHCP Server:
- [ odp ] [ pdf ] [ ppt ]
- Reference:
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Lab 8
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- Week 12
6 - 12 April
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- Evaluation
- Practical Test 2
- Work on assignment #2 (Due week #13 in class)
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- Week 13
13 - 19 April
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- Assignment #2 Due (in class)
- Review for Exam
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| Exam Week (20 - 24 April )
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