Linux Administration Certification Training Course

BY
Edureka

Become a Linux Admin Expert with the Linux Administration Certification Training course by Edureka.

Mode

Online

Duration

7 Weeks

Fees

₹ 17995 19995

Inclusive of GST

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study, Virtual Classroom
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based
Frequency of Classes Weekends

Course overview

The Linux Administration Certification Training Course by Edureka will make you an expert in the primary concepts and methods of administration in Linux. Linux is a free software used for controlling laptop, desktop, mobile devices, supercomputers, aeroplanes and automobiles, networking equipment, and more. This training course will help you master all the concepts from Linux installation to security administration. 

Furthermore, the Linux Administration Certification Training course is tailored to suit the needs of anyone who wants to learn Linux. The training course illustrates various Linux concepts like file system management, networking concepts, system services, Linux configuration and Kernel services.

The Linux Administration Certification Training programme also offers instructor-led live online classes with practical assignments at the end of each class. Also, to facilitate easy learning, the programme includes use-cases for the implementation of different Linux Admin concepts. In addition, Edureka encourages knowledge sharing and peer interaction through a community forum. 

At the end of the Linux Administration Certification Training course, you will secure a “Linux Admin Expert” certification from Edureka.

The highlights

  • Seven weeks course
  • 42 hours of online live instructor-led classes
  • Weekend classes
  • Linux Admin Expert certification from Edureka
  • Practical assignments
  • Forum for knowledge sharing
  • 24x7 online support 
  • Lifetime access to LMS
  • Real-life case studies

Program offerings

  • Instructor-led training
  • Course completion certificate
  • Lifetime access to lms
  • Practical assignments
  • 24x7 expert support
  • Weekend classes
  • A community forum

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 17,995  ₹19,995  (Inclusive of GST)

Course fee and GST charges constitute the total fee of the Linux Administration Certification Training programme by Edureka. The website offers you the option to pay in lump-sum or no-cost EMIs. Moreover, variable discounts are also available on the course price from time to time.

Linux Administration Certification Training Course Fee Structure

HeadAmount
Original priceRs. 19,995
Discounted priceRs. 17,995

* No Cost EMI starts at Rs. 5,999 / month

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Edureka

Who it is for

Anyone who wishes to learn Linux can benefit from the Linux Administration Certification Training online course. The training course is also highly suitable for professionals who want to become Linux Administrators.

Eligibility criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Interested candidates should be familiar with the IT world. But there are no essential prerequisites to join the Linux Administration Certification Training online course. 

Certificate Qualifying Details

To earn the ‘Linux Admin Expert’ certification from Edureka, you need to attend the live online sessions and submit the assignments at the end of each class. At the end of your Linux Administration Certification Training programme, you will be working on a use case project. The Edureka expert team will review the project and you will receive the certificate based on the project performance. 

What you will learn

Knowledge of linux

Upon the successful completion of the Linux Administration Certification Training course by Edureka, you will become skilled in:

  • Installing and initialising Linux software
  • Process monitoring and package management in Linux. You will also become familiar with basic networking tools
  • Managing services, files, important directories and configurations. Also, learn about the different data processing utilities
  • System services like configuring scheduling jobs, NTP service, securing communication and copying of files, X Window system and so on
  • Concepts of User Administration in Linux
  • Understanding file system management like mounting, unmounting and automounter techniques
  • Advanced File System Management like Reporting Quota Status, Quota System, LVM Creation, File types, Network Tools, the difference between soft and hard links, and so on
  • Server Configurations – Analyse and store logs, Apache Configuration and DNS
  • Writing efficient Shell Scripting and configuring Kerberos
  • Configuring SMTP service, SMB Service, and Virtualization
  • Advanced Security and Networking Concepts like IPTables (Firewall Configuration), SELinux, Aggregation and Bridging, and Linux Containers
  • Database Configuration and performing a backup, restoring operations, iSCSI devices
  • Kickstart Installation and IPv6 configuration

The syllabus

Installation and Initialization

  • Introduction
  • Installation
  • Linux Architecture
  • Boot Process
  • Kernel
  • System Initialization
  • GRUB(Modify the system boot loader)
  • GUI
  • CLI(Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax
  • Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.), create and edit text files, delete, copy, and move files and directories
  • Introduction to Bash Shell
  • Basic Commands
  • Editors
  • Man Pages
  • Boot systems into different targets manually & automatically
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A
  • Quick Recap.

Package management and Process monitoring

  • Securing single-user mode (su login)
  • Shutting down and rebooting the system
  • RPM Package Manager
  • Installing and Removing Software
  • rpm Queries
  • rpm Verification
  • About yum
  • Using yum
  • Searching packages/files
  • Configuring local Repositories
  • What processes are?
  • The properties of a process
  • Parent processes and child processes
  • Killing processes and sending signals to a process (kill, killall, xkill)
  • How to start processes, monitor them
  • Identify CPU/memory intensive processes, adjust process priority, start/stop/check the status of network services
  • Configure networking and hostname resolution statically or dynamically
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A
  • Quick Recap.

Important Files, Directories and Utilities

  • Control services and Daemons
  • Start and stop services and configure services to start automatically at boot, /dev & /proc directories
  • System documentation under /usr/share/doc, Awk, Sed, use grep and regular expressions to analyze text
  • Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2, dump, restore
  • Locate and interpret log files
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A
  • Quick Recap.

System Services

  • Network Time Protocol
  • X Windows
  • SSH: Secure Shell(Access remote systems using ssh, SCP, Passwordless SSH, Configure key-based authentication for SSH)
  • Cron
  • Controlling Access to cron
  • System crontab Files
  • Daily Cron Jobs
  • Anacron Scheduler
  • Schedule tasks using at
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A
  • Quick Recap.

User Administration

  • Adding a New User Account
  • User Private Groups
  • Modifying / Deleting User Accounts
  • Group Administration
  • Password Aging Policies
  • Switching Accounts, sudo access
  • Network Users
  • Authentication Configuration
  • SUID and SGID Executable
  • SGID Directories
  • The Sticky Bit
  • Default File Permissions
  • Changing file ownership (chown)
  • Changing file group ownership (chgrp)
  • Permissions on files
  • Permissions on directories
  • How permissions are applied
  • Changing permissions (chmod),Access Control Lists (ACLs)
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A
  • Quick Recap.

File System Security and Management

  • Device Recognition
  • Disk Partitioning
  • Managing Partitions
  • Making Filesystems(vfat, ext4, and xfs,)
  • Mount and unmount CIFS and NFS network file systems
  • Filesystems and types
  • Labels, tune2fs
  • Mount Points and /etc/fstab
  • Mounting Filesystems with mount
  • Unmounting Filesystems
  • Handling Swap Files and Partitions
  • NFS server and NFS Client
  • NFS share for group collaboration
  • Mounting NFS Filesystems
  • Use Kerberos to control access to NFS network shares
  • Automounter
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A
  • Quick Recap.

Advanced file system management

  • Special file types
  • Symbolic links (ln -s)
  • Inodes and directory entries
  • Hard links
  • Preserving links while copying and archiving
  • Configuring the Quota System
  • Setting Quotas for Users
  • Reporting Quota Status
  • What is Logical Volume Manager (LVM)?
  • Creating Logical Volumes
  • Resizing Logical Volumes
  • Network Interfaces
  • IPv4 Addresses
  • Dynamic IPv4 Configuration
  • Static IPv4 Configuration
  • Device Aliases
  • Routing Table
  • Default Gateway
  • Verify IP Connectivity
  • Defining the Local Host Name
  • Local Resolver
  • Remote Resolvers
  • Verify DNS Connectivity
  • Network Tools
  • NFS server and NFS Client
  • NFS share for group collaboration
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A
  • Quick Recap.

Server configurations

  • Configure BIND to function as a caching-only DNS server
  • Configure a caching-only name server to forward DNS queries
  • Troubleshoot DNS client issues
  • Configuring BIND options
  • Configuring directory location for zone files
  • Apache Overview
  • Apache Server Configuration
  • Virtual Hosts
  • Apache Access Configuration
  • Deploy a basic CGI application
  • Configure TLS security
  • Configure private directories
  • Analyze and store logs
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A and Quick Recap.

Shell scripting & Kerberos Authentication

  • Shell Scripting basics, loops, shell variables, arrays, writing scripts
  • Kerberos authentication 
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A
  • Quick Recap

Samba & Mail services, Virtualization

  • Configure SMB to provide network share to clients
  • Configure mail server to forward all emails to Central mail server
  • Introduction to KVM Virtualization
  • Virtual Machine installation
  • Configuring Virtual Machines
  • Install centos systems as virtual guests
  • Configure systems to launch virtual machines at boot
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A
  • Quick Recap.

Advanced security & Networking concepts

  • SELinux Overview
  • SELinux Tools
  • SELinux Contexts,
  • SELinux Booleans
  • Use SELinux port labeling to allow services to use non-standard ports
  • Diagnose and address selinux policy violations
  • Configure firewall settings
  • N/W port security
  • Route IP traffic and create static routes
  • Boot level security (GRUB)
  • Security need for TCP wrappers
  • Configure aggregated links between two systems
  • Use firewalld and associated mechanisms such as rich rules, zones and custom rules, to implement packet filtering and configure network address translation (NAT)
  • Use /proc/sys and sysctl to modify and set kernel runtime parameters
  • Linux Containers
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A
  • Quick Recap.

Database configuration

  • Install MariaDB
  • Schema Creation and Writing Queries, backup & restore operations
  • Configure a system as either an iSCSI target or initiator that persistently mounts an iSCSI target
  • Annie’s Quizzes
  • LAB
  • Q & A and Quick Recap.

IPv6 configuration, Kickstart configuration

  • Ipv6 configuration, kickstart installation using NFS
  • HTTP services
  • Setting Grub Password
  • Setting root password for single user mode from Grub page
  • Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by Universally Unique ID (UUID) or label
  • List, create, delete partitions on MBR and GPT disks.

Project – Prepare for the RHCE Exam

  • Include questions from all the topics covered so far, new troubleshooting scenarios
  • Writing Scripts for given use cases
  • Project for Certification
  • Q & A and Quick Recap.

Admission details

If you want to enrol in the Linux Administration Certification Training course, you can do so by following the steps given below:

Step 1 – Visit Edureka’s official website at https://www.edureka.co/.

Step 2 – Find the “Linux Administration Certification Training” course on the website by using the search bar.

Step 3 – Click on the course name. You will be redirected to a new page with course details. Look for the “enrol now” button. 

Step 4 – Next, click on the button to apply. An application form will pop-up asking for a few contact details. Click on proceed after entering the requested details. 

Step 5 – A new web page will load with the fee structure and batch details. Read the details and then, proceed to make the fee payment. 

Step 6 – Lastly, select a suitable online payment mode and make the fee payment to finish your enrolment process. You will receive a receipt for the fee payment; save this receipt for future reference.


Filling the form

To enrol in the Linux Administration Certification Training programme, you need to fill a pop-up application form available on the official website. The application form will ask for your contact details such as your email, phone number and name. Finally, you need to make the course fee payment to complete the application process. 

How it helps

In-depth knowledge of Linux will be widely useful for professionals to upskill and land highly lucrative offers across industries. As Linux servers have become more common in everyday use, the demand for skilled Linux professionals has grown manifold. The Linux Administration Certification Training course will help the interested candidates to acquire the core concepts of Linux and become a certified Linux Administrator.

Upon Linux Administration Certification Training completion, candidates can find work in various MNCs and top companies such as Google, IBM, Twitter, NASA, Wikipedia, and more. What’s more, they can earn a handsome pay of 95,000 USD annually.

FAQs

Which case-study is a part of the Linux Administration Certification Training?

The Linux Administration Certification Training Course comprises a Linux Administration project at the end of the course wherein you have to perform the day-to-day activities of a Linux Administrator. 

Are Linux jobs in demand currently?

Linux has a high-demand in the open source market. Thus, its knowledge becomes an essential requirement for most entry-level open source jobs.

What are the duties and responsibilities of a Linux system administrator?

A Linux system administrator has to install and maintain all server hardware and software systems, maintain all system backup, administer all server performance, assist in restoring all procedures and providing required training to the users.

What are Linux network tools?

Linux network tools comprise network performance routing, monitoring, and connectivity tools used on the Linux network. These tools are used to improve network performance, reduce downtime, secure tunnels, configure routers and access network areas outside your local LAN.

Is Linux a tool?

Linux is not a tool but an operating system. It sits underneath all other software in a computer, receiving requests and relaying them to the hardware of the computer.

How much does a Linux administrator make?

The average salary of a Linux Admin is around $95,000 per year.

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