🎓 Official SIXE Training in Advanced Ubuntu Systems Administration

🎯 Target Audience

• Administrators with less than 2 years of experience looking to deepen their skills in managing Ubuntu Linux systems.

🔍 Prerequisites

• Basic computer knowledge and experience with any operating system

📚 Course Description

This course covers everything from installation to user and network management in Ubuntu systems.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

• Expand on the knowledge from the Basic Ubuntu Systems Administration course to become an advanced administrator.

📋 Course Outline

1 – Advanced Console Usage

• Advanced Bash Scripting:
  • Introduction, variables, flow control, functions, and automation.
• Process and Service Management:
  • Handling processes (bg, fg, kill), managing services with systemd, creating units.
• Shell Environment Customization:
  • Configuring bashrc, bash_profile, aliases, and functions.

2 – Advanced User and Permission Management

• Advanced Permissions:
  • Setuid, setgid, sticky bit, ACLs, user/group management.
• Authentication and Authorization:
  • Using PAM, network authentication (LDAP, NIS), managing sudoers.

3 – Advanced Network Management

• Advanced Network Configuration:
  • Static/dynamic networks, bonding, VLANs.
• Network Services:
  • Managing DNS, DHCP, NTP.
• Network Security:
  • UFW, nftables, VPNs, intrusion protection.

4 – Advanced Storage Management

• Disks and Volumes:
  • Advanced partitioning, LVM, RAID.
• File Systems:
  • Management (ext4, xfs, btrfs), snapshots, NFS/CIFS.
• Backup and Storage:
  • Backup tools, recovery strategies.

5 – Introduction to Containers and Virtual Machines

• Virtualization:
  • KVM/QEMU, management with libvirt.
• Containers:
  • Introduction to Docker, basic management, comparison with virtual machines.