OPS705 Weekly Schedule

Fall 2020

This schedule is a considered to be a general guideline for week-by-week content. Due dates may vary per instructor.

Week	Objectives and Tasks	References	Labs
Week 1: Sep 14-18	Introduction to Microsoft Azure: Accessing the Azure Portal Connecting to Your Account Using DevTest Labs Testing With A Web App Instance		Lab 1: Connecting to Microsoft Azure
Week 2: Sep 21-27	Creating & Using Virtual Machines Installing and Using Virtualization Software Installing Guest VMs	Lecture Notes: Installing Virtual Machines: web pdf	Lab 2: Creating and Connecting to Azure Virtual Machines
Week 3: Sep 28-Oct 4	Creating & Using Virtual Machines / Continued: Manipulating Virtual Machines Backing-up Virtual Machines Manipulating Virtual Machines with Shell Scripts	Lecture Notes: Managing Virtual Machines: web pdf Bash Shell Scripting (part2): web pdf	Lab 3: Unix/Linux Command-line Basics
Week 4: Oct 5-11	Troubleshooting, Archiving, Package Management: Common Troubleshooting Examples Archiving Files Package Management	Lecture Notes: Troubleshooting, Archiving, Package Management: web pdf Bash Shell Scripting (part 3): web pdf	Lab 4: Managing Azure VMs with PowerShell
Week 5: Oct 12-18	Managing Users, Groups & Services: User Management Group Management Service Status Starting / Stopping Services	Lecture Notes: Managing Users, Groups & Services: web pdf Bash Shell Scripting (part 4): web pdf	Lab 5: Installing and Configuring an Apache Web Server
Week 6: Oct 19-25	Evaluation: Labs 1 - 4 Assignment 1 Written Midterm Test		Lab 6: Installing an IIS Webserver
Study Week: Oct 26 - Nov 1
Week 7: Nov 2-14	Monitoring Disk Space, Intro to LVM Monitoring Hard Disk Space LVM - Definition Using LVM Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space	Lecture Notes: Monitoring Disk Space, crontab, awk command: web pdf	Lab 7: Setting Up a Project Group in Azure
Week 8: Nov 9-15	Using LVM Using Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Space	Lecture Notes: Introduction to LVM: web pdf Demonstration of Growing /home partition using LVM: YouTube	Lab 8: Creating a Web App Instance
Week 9: Nov 16-22	Configuring a Network Using Virtual Machines Static Network Configuration Network Configuration with a DHCP client Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat	Lecture Notes: Creating a Virtual Network: web pdf Bash Shell Scripting (part 6): web pdf	Lab 9: Creating a Web App with Persistent Storage
Week 10: Nov 23-29	Setup and Configure Secure Shell Services Network Services SSH	Lecture Notes: Securing Network via SSH: web pdf Configuring Firewalls (iptables): web pdf	Lab 10: Creating a Blog through Web App Containers
Week 11: Nov 30-Dec 6	Setting Up, Using & Maintaining a DHCP Server DHCP Server	Lecture Notes: Setting up a DHCP Server: web pdf
Week 12: Dec 7-13	Evaluation: Labs 5 - 8 Assignment 2 Final Exam