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{{Admon/important|The course schedule, labs, and links are subject to change.|Check with your professor for details and changes specific to your section.}}{{Admon/tip|OPS335 Resource Page|[[OPS335 Resources]]}}   = Winter 2016 Fall 2021 =  

'''Instructors:''' *'''Murray Saul''' (Sections )*'''Andrew Smith''' (Sections) see [[OPS335]]

'''Note:''' Each OPS235 OPS335 instructor will indicate the due dates for labs, tests and assignments. This schedule is a considered to be a general guideline for week-by-week content.

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 1:'''<br>8 10 jan - 13 Sept<br />(No class Tues Sept 8th:14 jan<br>Experience Seneca)</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''CentOS Installation (on Main Host)Introduction to OPS335:'''<ul><li>Install CentOS Host Machine (create customized partitions)Outline, policies</li><li>Assignments, labs, evaluation, email</li><li>Obtain System InformationPreparation for OPS335 labs</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture NotesOnline Reference:'''<ul><li>[[OPS235 Course Introduction]https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks#head-4c9ee55a5c9dc051bd32e795b46a3856e41a0335 Centos7 Install Tips]</li><li>[[Lab 1 Warnings / DebriefOPS335 Resources]]</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[httphttps://zenitwiki.senecaccdot.onsenecacollege.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_1_-_CentOS7 Lab 1OPS335_Installation_Lab Prep for Labs]</td>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 2:'''<br>1417 jan -20 Sept<br />21 jan</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''CentOS Installation (on Main Host) / ContinuedBasic Networking &amp; Backups:'''<ul><li>Shell Scripting Basicsifconfig & route vs ip; resolv.conf, hostnamectl</li><li>Use Shell Scripting to Generate System Information Reports/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/</li><li>Network connection troubleshooting</li><li>SSH & SSH Keys</li><li>rsync & cron</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture NotesOnline Reference:'''<ul><li>[https://www.tty1.net/blog/2010/ifconfig-ip-comparison_en.html ip vs ifconfig]</li><li>[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS235_Lab_7 OPS235 - Lab7]</li><li>[Shell Scriptinghttps://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-rsync-to-sync-local-and-remote-directories-on-a-vps rsync Howto]</li><li>[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto Cron HowTo]</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_1 Lab 1: Network/Backup]</td>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 3:'''<br>2124 jan -27 Sept28 jan</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Creating &amp; Packet Filtering Using Virtual Machinesiptables:'''<ul><li>Installing and Using Virtualization SoftwareWhat is Packet Filtering</li><li>iptables Basics<br>(Tables, Chains, Targets)</li><li>iptables Commands &amp; Options</li><li>iptables Command Examples</li><li>Installing Guest VMsSaving iptables Settings</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture NotesOnline Reference:'''<ul><li>[[Lab 2 Warnings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Debrief]Iptables#Overview Overview]</li><li>[httphttps://wwwwiki.centos.org/docs/5HowTos/htmlNetwork/Virtualization-en-US/ RedHat Virtualization GuideIPTables CentOS Wiki]</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[httphttps://zenitwiki.senecaccdot.onsenecacollege.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_2_-_CentOS7 OPS335_Lab_2 Lab 2]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 42a:'''<br>28 Sept - 4 Oct</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Creating &amp; Packet Filtering Using Virtual Machines / Continued:'''<ul><li>Manipulating Virtual Machines</li><li>Backing-up Virtual Machines</li><li>Manipulating Virtual Machines with Shell Scripts</ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>[[Shell Scripting - Part 2iptables]]</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</td> </tr>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 54:'''<br>5 31 jan - 11 Oct4 feb</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Troubleshooting, Archiving, Package ManagementNetwork Address Translation /<br>iptables Best Practices'''<ul><li>Common Network Address Translation<br>(NAT Table - iptables)</li><li>Debugging firewall problems:<ul><li> Troubleshooting ExamplesProcedures</li><li>Archiving FilesTroubleshooting Tools</li><li>Package ManagementTroubleshooting Exercises</li></ul></li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture NotesOnline Reference:'''<ul><li>[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_1#Linux_Network_Connection_Configuration_Troubleshooting Test Network Connectivity]<br>(From Lab1)</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_2b Lab 3 Warnings 2b:<br>Additional iptables Troubleshooting]</td> </tr><tr valign="top"> <td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 5:'''<br>7 feb - 11 feb</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Domain Name System (DNS):'''<ul><li>Address resolution mechanism (zone definitions)</li><li>DNS server setup</li><li>Querying Name Servers</li><li>Reverse DNS lookups</li></ul>'''Performing DNS Queries'''<ul><li>SOA, MX, TXT records</ Debrief]]li><li>Coordinating multiple servers</li><br><li>'''[[Shell Scripting OPS335_- _Assignment_1_(Part_1) | OPS335 - Assignment 1 (Part 31)]]'''</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Online Reference:'''<ul><li>[httphttps://wwwen.centoswikipedia.org/docswiki/5Domain_Name_System#Address_resolution_mechanism Address resolution mechanism]</htmlli><li>[https:/yum/ Using the YUM Utilityen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup Reverse DNS lookups]</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[httphttps://zenitwiki.senecaccdot.onsenecacollege.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_3_-_CentOS7 OPS335_Lab_3 Lab 3: DNS]</td>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 6:'''<br>12 14 feb - 18 Octfeb</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''User / Group Management, Managing ServicesMail Servers - SMTP'''<ul><li>User ManagementMail Server Elements (MSA/MTA, MUA, MDA, MS, AA, SMTP)</li><li>Group ManagementInstall and using mailx application (MUA)</li><li>Service StatusAnalyze Email Message Headers</li><li>Starting Setup Postfix Server (no encryption)</ Stopping Servicesli><li>Sending Email from VM to Seneca College Mail Account</li><li>Troubleshooting</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture NotesOnline Reference:'''<ul><li>[[Lab 4 Warnings http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/12/01/how-to-send-email-from-the-linux-command-line/ Debrief]Sending Messages with mail Command]</li><li>[[Shell Scripting http://www.johnkerl.org/doc/mail-how- Part 4to.html#prompt_commands Read Email Message with mail Command]</li><li>[https://support.google.com/mail/answer/29436?hl=en Reading Full Email Headers]</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[httphttps://zenitwiki.senecaccdot.onsenecacollege.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_4_-_CentOS7 OPS335_Lab_4 Lab 4]4a:<br>&nbsp;Simple Mail Server Setup]</td> </tr>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 7:'''<br>19 21 feb - 25 Octfeb<br>(Monday is a holiday)</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''User , Group , Service Management Continued Evaluation / Written MidtermReview:'''<ul><li>'''Evaluation: [[OPS335_-_Assignment_1_(Part_2) | OPS335 - Assignment 1, labs 1- 4, Written Text & Practical Test 1(Part 2)]]'''</li><li>Written Midterm Test</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul><li>[[Lab 5 Preparation / Debrief]]</li></ul>&nbsp;</td>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;background-color:#f0f0f5;">'''Study Week:'''<br>26 Oct 28 feb - 1 Nov<br>(No Scheduled Classes)4 mar</td>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 8:'''<br>2 7 mar - 8 Nov11 mar</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Disk Space, Using LVM / Practical Test 1a Centralized Message Store (IMAP)'''<ul><li>Monitoring Hard Disk SpaceSpecifying Domains for Received Email (MTA)</li><li>LVM - DefinitionInstalling &amp; Configuring MDA/LDA</li><li>Using LVMSend &amp; Verify Receiving Mail on VMs</li><li>Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk SpaceTroubleshooting</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture NotesOnline Resources:'''<ul><li>[http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailServerOverview common mail server terms]</li><li>[Lab http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5 Warnings / Debrief].html Postfix man page]</li><li>[https://workaround.org/ispmail/wheezy/setting-up-dovecot Configuring Dovecot]</ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[httphttps://zenitwiki.senecaccdot.onsenecacollege.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_5_-_CentOS7 OPS335_Lab_4b Lab 54b:<br>Mail Server Setup: LDA]</td>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 9:'''<br>9 14 mar - 15 Nov18 mar</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Disk Space, Using LVM / ContinuedFile Server (Samba):'''<ul><li>Using LVMsmbclient, smbmount (mount -t cifs)</li><li>Creating Shell Scripts to Flag Low Disk Spacesmb.conf, testparm, smbpasswd, pdbedit</li><li>getsebool, setsebool</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture Notes:'''<ul></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;[https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/OPS335_Lab_5 Lab 5: Samba Server]</td>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 10:'''<br>16 21 mar - 22 Nov25 mar</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Configuring a Network Using Virtual MachinesWeb Server (Apache)''':<ul><li>Static Network Configuration</li><li>Network Configuration with a DHCP client</li><li>Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstatLAMP stack installation and configuration</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture NotesOnline Resources:'''<ul><li>[http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp PHP Tutorial]</li><li>[Lab 6 Warnings http://www.w3schools.com/sql/ MySQL / Debrief]SQL Language Resources]</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">[httphttps://zenitwiki.senecaccdot.onsenecacollege.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_6_-_CentOS7 OPS335_Lab_6 Lab 6: Web Server]</td>

<tr valign="top"> <td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 11:'''<br>23 28 mar - 29 Nov 1 apr</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Setup and Configure Secure Shell ServicesWebmail: Encrypted connections'''<ul><li>Network ServicesWebMail installation and configuration</li><li>Setting Up a Self-Serve Certificate</li><li>SSHConfiguring Postfix (VM2) for Encryption (TLS)</li><li>Setting up Encryption with Thunderbird MUA</li><li>Setting Up Dovecot MDA/LDA for Encryption (SSL)</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture NotesOnline Resources:'''<ul><li>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security TLS, SSL Definition]</li><li>[Lab 7 Warnings https://www.e-rave.nl/ Debriefcreate-a-self-signed-ssl-key-for-postfix Create a self signed SSL key for Postfix]</li><li>[http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration Dovecot SSL configuration]</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;<br>[httphttps://zenitwiki.senecaccdot.onsenecacollege.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_7_-_CentOS7 lab7OPS335_Lab_7 Lab 7: Encrypted connections and webmail]</td>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 12:'''<br>30 Nov 4 apr - 6 Dec8 apr</td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Setting Up, Using &amp; Maintaining a DHCP ServerOpenLDAP:'''<ul><li>DHCP ServerLDAP Overview</li><li>Client setup</li><li>Adding users</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Lecture NotesOnline Resources:'''<ul><li>[https://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/ OpenLDAP Administration Guide]</li><li>[Lab 8 Warnings https://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux/centos-how-tos/ Debrief]step-step-openldap-server-configuration-centos-7-rhel-7.html CentOS server & client setup guide]</li></ul></td> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;<br>[httphttps://zenitwiki.senecaccdot.onsenecacollege.ca/wiki/index.php/OPS235_Lab_8_-_CentOS7 lab8OPS335_Lab_8 Lab 8: OpenLDAP]</td> </tr>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Week 13:'''<br>7 11 apr - 9 Dec15 apr<br>(Friday is a holiday)</td> <td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;">'''Evaluation/ Review: Assignment 2, labs 5 - 8 & Practical Test 2'''</tdul> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;"li>'''Lecture Notes:[[OPS335_-_Assignment_2 | OPS335 - Assignment 2]]'''</tdli><li>Exam Review</li> <td style="border-bottom: thin solid black;font-weight:bold;"/ul>&nbsp;</td>

<td width="20%" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;background-color:#f0f0f5;">'''Exam Week14 (3 days):'''<br>10 18 apr - 16 August22 apr</td> <td colspan="3" style="border-bottom: thin solid black;background-color:#f0f0f5;">&nbsp;'''Evaluation / Review:'''<ul><li>Final Exam</li></ul></td>

[[OPS235 OPS335 Resources]][[Category:OPS235]]            {|width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2"! Week !! Objectives and Tasks !! Assigned Reading !! Labs / Exercises|- |'''Week 1'''07 Sep - 11 Sep|Introduction to OPS335*outline, policies, assignments, labs, midterm test, quizzes, exam, email*Fedora Project Overview|*Chapter One - Where to Start* [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/22/html/Installation_Guide/ Fedora 22 Installation Guide]** [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/22/html/Installation_Guide/appe-disk-partitions-overview.html Partitioning for Fedora]|[[OPS335 Lab 0|Lab 0]]*System Installation|- |'''Week 2'''14 Sep - 18 Sep|Basic Networking*ifconfig, aliasing, route, iptables, ping, configuring a gateway, ip forwarding, masquerading, interface aliasingAssignment 1 Part 1 Released|* Chapter 14 - TCP/IP Networking*[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd Fedora Systemd Documentation]*[https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/22/html/System_Administrators_Guide/ch-DNF.html DNF Guide]|[[OPS335 Lab 1|Lab 1]]*Configuring a Service|- |'''Week 3'''21 Sep - 25 Sep|Packet Filtering*iptables|* Chapter 22 - Security* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FirewallD Firewalld documentation]* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FirewalldRichLanguage Firewalld rich rules]|[[OPS335 Lab 2|Lab 2]]*Packet Filtering|- |'''Week 4'''28 Sep - 02 Oct|DNS*nslookup, dig, host, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts, /etc/named.confAssignment 1 Part 1 Due Assignment 1 Part 2 Released [[BIND&DNS Notes|BIND and DNS notes]]|*Chapter 17 - DNS: The Domain Name System|[[OPS335 Lab 3 | Lab 3]]*DNS Setup|- |'''Week 5'''05 Oct - 09 Oct|Backup/Restore*tar, cpio, dump/restore, wget, netcat, ssh, scp, rsync, cron, at|*Chapter 10 - Backups|[[OPS335 W13 Lab 4 | Lab 4 ]]*Automating Backups|- |'''Week 6'''12 Oct - 16 Oct|Mail*postfix, smtp, imap, pop, mailx No Class on 12 October.|*Chapter 20 - Electronic Mail|[[OPS335 W13 Lab 5 | Lab 5]]*Postfix Mail Configuration|-|'''Week 7'''19 Oct - 23 Oct|test #1 | | |- !colspan="4"|Study Week|- |'''Week 8'''02 Nov - 06 Nov|Web Servers*Apache installation and configuration Assignment 1 part 2 due|*Chapter 23 - Web Hosting|[[OPS335 W13 Lab 6 | Lab 6]]*Apache Install/Config|- |'''Week 9'''09 Nov - 13 Nov|SAMBA*smbclient, smbmount (mount -t cifs)*smb.conf, testparm*smbpasswd, pdbedit*getsebool, setsebool|*Chapter 30 - Cooperating with Windows |[[OPS335 Samba Lab|Lab 7]]*Samba Servers and Clients|- |'''Week 10'''16 Nov - 20 Nov|NFS with Automount*exportfs, showmount, /etc/exports,autofs, auto.master Assignment 2 Released|*Chapter 18 - The Network File System|[[OPS335 NFS Lab|Lab 8]]*NFS Setup|- |'''Week 11'''23 Nov - 27 Nov|NIS*ypserv, ypbind, ypcat|*Chapter 19 - Sharing System Files|[[OPS335 NIS Lab|Lab 9]]*NIS Configuration|- |'''Week 12'''30 Nov - 04 Dec|Test #2 FTP Server|* vsftpd (ftp server)** [https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd.html project web site]** [http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf configuration file]** [https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd/FAQ.txt vsftpd FAQ]* [http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-ftp-commands/ Tutorial on ftp commands]|[[OPS335 W13 FTP Lab | Lab 10]]*VSFTP Server Setup|- |'''Week 13'''07 Dec - 09 Dec|Exam Review Assignment 2 Due||*Outstanding Labs|- !colspan="4"|Exam Week