Focus: CentOS Linux version 6 Administration
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Duration: 16 Hours
Demos: Launch

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• Installation | Deployment
  • Explore features of CentOS
  • Review network topology
  • Obtain and confirm sources
  • Perform Minimal installation
  • Prep Apache installation server
  • Execute Network installation
  • Carry-out a Custom installation
  • Kickstart installation
  • Compare and contrast installations
  • Evaluate results
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• Post-Installation Initialization and Exploration
  • Explore Boot-INIT sequences
  • Discuss System V Runlevels
  • Generate boot problems
  • Use Rescue Mode to address boot problems
  • Evaluate results
  • Demonstrate usage of the following useful commands & concepts
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• Basic Linux | Unix Commands
  • ls, pwd, cd, cp, mv, rm, mkdir, rmdir, whoami
  • alias, cat, file, chmod, chown, history
  • STDIN | STDOUT, UNIX Pipes, Redirection, Command Chaining
  • ps, df, top
  • less & more, head & tail, find, which & whereis, w, who
  • tar, gzip, bzip2
  • Checksums
  • User management
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• File Attributes | Properties
  • Identify common file types
  • Peruse file system permissions
  • Use SETUID | SETGID | Sticky Bit
  • Implement symbolic links
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• Storage Management
  • Provision additional EXT4 storage
  • Allocate SWAP as needed
  • Logical Volume Management Provisioning
  • Manage LVM volumes
  • Extend LVM volume groups & volumes
  • Extend EXT4 file systems online | offline
  • Implement reserve storage with LVM
  • Evaluate results
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• Package Management
  • Identify key RPM features
  • Use RPM as needed
  • Install | Remove packages
  • Compare RPM and YUM
  • Identify key YUM features
  • Access package groups with YUM
  • Evaluate results
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• Apache Web Services
  • Identify key Apache features
  • Explore default environment
  • Explain and reference Apache Logs
  • Provision IP-based Virtual Hosts
  • Provision Name-based Virtual Hosts
  • Test Virtual Host connectivity differences
  • Segregate logs as needed
  • Explore Apache SSL Configuration
  • Evaluate results
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• Secure Communications
  • Identify key Tools
  • Use: SSH | SCP | SFTP to communicate securely
  • Move data securely from Windows using SSH
  • Implement FTPD with SSL
  • Mandate SSL client usage for FTP services
  • Connect from Windows using SSL as needed
  • Perform network-wide reconnaissance
  • Compare various reconnaissance gathering methods
  • Explore SELinux default configuration
  • Adjust SELinux to facilitate Apache
  • Ensure SELinux directives persist
  • Evaluate results
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