Linux Professional Series: Enterprise Administration
Course Specifications
Course length: 5 days
Course Description
Linux Professional Series: Enterprise Administration is a hands-on instruction book. It will introduce students to the basics of configuring Linux servers for Enterprise networks and organizations. We organized each lesson into explanatory topics and step-by-step activities. Topics provide the theory you need to master the Linux operating system; activities allow you to apply this theory to practical hands-on examples.
Prerequisites: To ensure students' success with this course, we recommend that they first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge:
- Linux+ Certification
- Network+ Certification
- Linux Professional Series: Linux System Administration
Delivery Method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Performance-Based Objectives
- Comprehend and review the essential concepts associated with enterprise Linux server and system administration.
- Install, configure, and secure an enterprise Linux FTP server and use FTP-based clients.
- Set up an enterprise Web server on Linux using the Apache Web server software package.
- Establish an enterprise email infrastructure using the Sendmail software on Linux and various Linux email clients.
- Configure and optimize network services through the use of the xinetd Superserver and TCP Wrappers on a Linux enterprise server.
- Discuss and explore security concepts and components critical to an enterprise network using the Linux software.
- Build an enterprise Linux firewall using the IpTables firewall program.
- Enhance the Web performance on an enterprise network by implementing the Squid Proxy server software.
- Implement a strong authentication scheme with Kerberos and OPIE to enhance enterprise network security on your Linux servers.
- Examine additional Linux enterprise concepts such as Virtual Private Networks and Intrusion Detection Systems.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Examining the Essential Concepts of Enterprise Network Administration
Topic 1A: Examining Enterprise Network Components
Topic 1B: Exploring Elements of the Design Foundation
Topic 1C: The Installation and Configuration Foundation
Topic 1D: The Security Core Foundation
Topic 1E: Management and Troubleshooting
Lesson 2: Installing and Configuring an Enterprise Linux FTP Server
Topic 2A: The File Transfer Protocol
Topic 2B: Installing and Configuring FTP on Linux
Topic 2C: Using FTP Client Software
Lesson 3: Using Linux as a World Wide Web Server with the Apache Software
Topic 3A: Examining Web Servers and the Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Topic 3B: Installing the Apache Software
Topic 3C: Configuring the Apache Software
Topic 3D: Reviewing Additional Apache Concepts
Lesson 4: Configuring an Enterprise Mail Server on Linux Using Sendmail
Topic 4A: Exploring Email and Email Servers
Topic 4B: Using Linux-based Email Clients
Topic 4C: Introducing Sendmail
Topic 4D: Configuring Sendmail
Lesson 5: The xinetd Superserver
Topic 5A: Introduction to the xinetd Superserver
Topic 5B: Configuring the xinetd Superserver Daemon
Topic 5C: Increasing Security with TCP Wrappers
Lesson 6: Examining Essential Enterprise Security Concepts and Techniques
Topic 6A: Introduction to Enterprise Network Security
Topic 6B: Linux Security
Topic 6C: Security Methodologies
Lesson 7: Building an Enterprise Linux Firewall
Topic 7A: Introduction to Firewalls
Topic 7B: Introduction to IpTables
Topic 7C: Additional Linux Firewall Considerations
Lesson 8: Configuring an Enterprise Linux Proxy Server
Topic 8A: Examining Proxy Servers
Topic 8B: The Squid Proxy Server
Topic 8C: Proxy Server Clients
Lesson 9: Enhancing Enterprise Security Using Secure Authentication
Topic 9A: Introduction to the Kerberos Security Protocol
Topic 9B: Installing and Configuring the Kerberos Security Protocol
Topic 9C: Introducing One-time Passwords in Everything (OPIE)
Topic 9D: Installing and Configuring OPIE
Lesson 10: Managing Advanced Enterprise Linux Concepts
Topic 10A: Introduction to Virtual Private Networking
Topic 10B: Introduction to Intrusion Detection Systems
Topic 10C: Implementing an Intrusion Detection System with Tripwire
Topic 10D: Controlling Passwords on an Enterprise Linux Server
