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|<div style="background: #ffff00">[[OPS235 Weekly Schedule|Weekly Schedule]]</div>[https://scsict.senecac.onsenecacollege.ca/course/ops235 Course Outline]<br />[http://fedoraproject.org Fedora Project]<br />[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora documentation]
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= Welcome to OPS235 - ''Introduction to Open System Servers'' =
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== What This Course is About ==
<u>This course is the second in a series of courses about Linux technologies:</u>
:* ULI101 taught you to be a Linux ''user''. '''In OPS235, you will move from being Linux a ''user'' to being a Linux system ''administrator''.'''
:* As a system administrator, you will be responsible for '''installing, configuring, adjusting, maintaining, and troubleshooting the operation of computer systems'''. This is a lot of responsibility, and with that responsibility comes power. You will be able to change anything on the system, and you will also have the ability to damage or destroy the system.
:* In this course you use a '''removable disk tray an external SSD drive (USB 3) with the lab computers''' to set up a Linux system. You will also set up '''at least four additional Linux systems using "Virtual Machines"''', and therefore gain experience with different types of system configurations as well as setting up networking between systems.
:* Later courses (OPS335 and OPS435) teach you to administer Linux servers (web servers, DNS servers, FTP servers, file sharing servers) -- and to use more complex Python scripting to boost your system administration efficiency.
== Learning by Doing ==
Most of the learning in this course occurs through the hands-on problem solving that takes place in the eight labs and two assignments.
<u>Requirements for Success: :* '''It is very important to stay up-to-date with the coursework''', and to practice until you have confidently mastered each task. :* '''All of the software used in this course is ''open source'' software, so you are free to use, modify, and redistribute it'''. This means that you can install it as many times as you want on as many different computers as you would like. It also means that you can tinker with it -- you can take it apart, see how it works, and put it back together in the same or a different way, limited only by your time and ambition. '''You are encouraged to experiment and question liberally'''. :* '''The notes that you make during the labs and assignments are your reference material for the quizzes, tests, and assignments'''. Take really good notes, and if you have questions, experiment and consult with your professor. :* '''Carefully read ALL lab instructions and check your work regularly'''. The labs have been designed with backup safeguards to prevent the student from losing their work. On the other hand, '''students may lose their work if they fail to follow lab instructions or accidentally forget their removable hard disks in the workstation's hard disk bay drive!'''</u>
:* [[OPS235 Weekly Schedule |OPS235 Weekly Schedule]] (Course Notes / Labs)* [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/All of the software used in this course/ops235 Course Outline]* [https://cs.senecacis ''open source'' software, so you are free to use, modify, and redistribute it.This means that you can install it as many times as you want onas many different computers as you would like.ca/~scs/DonMillsPolicies/policy.html Course Policies]* [https://scs.senecac.on.ca/ School of Computer Studies Homepage]* Optional (non required) Reading Materials: [http://magazine.redhat.com/2008/01/31/bookIt also means that you can tinker with it -review-fedora-linux-toolbox/ Fedora Linux Toolbox]you can take it apart, see how it works, and put it back together in the same or a different way, limited only by your time and ambition. You are encouraged to experiment and question liberally.
:* Carefully read ALL lab instructions and check your work regularly. The labs have been designed with backup safeguards to prevent the student from losing their work. On the other hand, students may lose their work if they fail to follow lab instructions or accidentally forget their removable hard disks in the workstation's hard disk bay drive!
==Required Materials==Main Fedora Repository:''' http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/16/<br /table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="100%">(Accessible from any Internet connection.)<br /tr><br /td width="10%" style="border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;">|[[Image:blank-cdssd.png|thumb|right|100pxleft|95px]]<b/td>Blank Writable CD or DVD</btd width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;">'''Solid State Drive (SSD)'''<br /td>Available at the Bookstore or other retail stores]]|[[Image<td width="20%" style="border-bottom:blankthin solid #cccccc;text-cd.png|thumb|align:right|100px|;">'''Minimum Capacity:''' 240 GB<b/td>Blank Writable DVD </btr><tr valign="top"><br /td width="10%" style="border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;">Available at the Bookstore or other retail stores]]|[[Image:toasterblank-cd.png|thumb|right|100pxleft|50px]]<b>Freedom Toaster <br /td>in TEL Open Lab</btd width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;">'''CentOS 7 Full Install<br /> (Convenient, but machine has problems with some types of DVDs)]]|-!'''Fedora 16 installation DVD''' (x86_64)|'''Freedom Toaster (in the Open Lab)Image''' <br /td>(Does not work with DVD<td width="20%" style="border-R bottom: thin solid #cccccc;text-- use DVD+R)<br /><br />'''Seneca's mirror of the Fedora projectalign:'''<br /right;"> http[https://belmont.senecacmirror.onsenecacollege.ca/fedora/releasescentos/167/Fedoraisos/x86_64/iso/FedoraCentOS-167-x86_64-DVD-2003.iso <br />(Fast, can burn in labs, but only accessible from <u>within</u> Download at Seneca's network - i.e. at college)Lab]<br /><br />'''Main Fedora Repository:''' [http://mirrorscentos.fedoraprojectmirror.orgrafal.ca/publiclist7.9.2009/Fedoraisos/16x86_64/Download from Home]<br /td>(Accessible from any Internet connection.)<br /tr><tr><br /td width="10%" style="border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;"> |[[Image:toasterubs-key.png|thumbleft|right|100px|<b>Freedom Toaster 50px]]<br /td>in Tel Open Lab</btd width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;">'''USB Flash Drive'''<br /> (Convenient, but machine has problems with some types of DVDs3.0 preferred)]]|} <u/td><td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;text-align:right;">'''2. Additional Hardware / ItemsMinimum Capacity:'''16 GB</td></utr> {|border<tr><td width="110%" cellpaddingstyle="8border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;">[[Image:log-book.png|-!Item!Item Details!Graphicleft|44px]]</td><td width="20%" style="border-!SATA Hard Disk in Removable Drive Tray|Hard Disk Sizebottom: at least thin solid #cccccc;">'''160GBLab Logbook'''.<br />'''Please buy the tray from ACS or the bookstore''' as not all trays are compatible.(download & print<br />Both sides per lab permitted)<br />Mechanical shock from dropping a hard drive causes drive failure for several students each semester. <b>NOTE: If you use a mechanical hard drive, be careful not to drop it, and transport it 've taken this<br> class in a padded container (e.g.previous semester, a neoprene netbook sleeve, available from some dollar stores).<br /><br />Hard drives are currently expensive due to flooding in Thailand. Solid state disks (SSDs) are becoming competitive in price, are faster, and are less susceptible to shock, so you may want to look for a deal on an SSD instead of a hard drive -- but check to ensure MAY NOT bring that your SSD will fit properly into your drive tray.<br />version of the lab logbook<br />Please tighten the drive screws securely to prevent the tray from jamming in the holder, or leave the screws offany testing.<br /b><br /td><td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;text-align:right;">|[[Image:hd-trayMedia:OPS235_logbook.jpg|thumb|right|180pxpdf|Download PDF]]<b/td>Hard Disk in Disk Tray</btr><br /tr>At least <btd width="10%" style="border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-left:25px;">160 GB</b> (available at the Bookstore)]]|span style="font-size:3em;font-!USB Flash Drive|'''2GB''' or larger recommended).<br /> '''Warningfamily:''' anything on this flash drive will be erased!|[[Imagearial;color:ubsred;font-key.png|thumb|right|75px|<bweight:bold;">A single USB key!</bspan><br /td>At least <b>2 GB</b> or larger]]|td width="20%" style="border-!Lab Log-Book|Download and Printbottom: thin solid #cccccc;">'''[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/~chris.tyler/ops235/2012-1/ops235_2012-1_lab_log_book.pdf Lab log book (PDF)]Dos and Don'ts'''.<br /td>Please note that '''you can use your log book during <td quizzes, written tests, practical tests and the final exam'''. It's also the record that you have completed the labs, so don't lose it!|width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid #cccccc;text-align:right;">[[Image:logOPS235 -book.png|thumb|right|200pxTips|Tips]]<b/td>Lab Log-Book</btr><br /table>Used for '''marking labs''' and for an '''evaluation aid''']]
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= Course Faculty ={|cellpaddingWiki Participation ="15" width="100%"|-|During the Winter 2012 semester, OPS235 is taught by:
* [[User:Chris Tyler|Chris Tyler]] (Section A)* [http://csYou can edit these pages! Please feel free to fix typos or add links to additional resources.senecacPlease use this capability responsibly.on.ca/%7Ebrian.gray Brian Gray] (Section B, C)* [http://cs.senecac.on.ca/~murray.saul/ Murray Saul] (Section D, E, F, G)|[[Image:christyler.jpg|thumb|right|150px|<b>Chris Tyler</b><br />Section '''A''']]|[[Image:briangray.jpg|thumb|right|100px|<b>Brian Gray</b><br />Sections '''B''','''C''']]|[[Image:murraysaul.jpg|thumb|right|175px|<b>Murray Saul</b><br />Sections '''D''','''E''','''F''','''G''']]|}
