Linux for network engineers

Description

A Linux foundation appropriate for all flavours of Linux,
focussed on getting network engineers up and running
with Linux. The command line is used throughout. The
course progresses from the basics of Linux commands
onto useful tools such as grep, then shell features such
as piping and then onto shell scripting. Administration
aspects covered are the tasks network engineers are
most likely to encounter such as software installation.
Hands on exercises concentrate on network related
tasks such as installing net-snmp and using shell
scripts to provide network automation.

What will you learn

Linux training course details

Network engineers.

TCP/IP Foundation

5 days

Linux distributions, open source software.

Logging in, changing passwords, logging out.

Hands on Basics and root access.

Command structure. The Linux manuals, basic commands (who, date, tty, uname, echo, banner...).

Hands on Using the CLI.

IP configuration, DHCP, static addressing, routing, ifconfig, ping, netstat, traceroute, dig.

Hands on Network configuration and testing.

Package Concepts, Comparison of package formats, RPM, rpm Commands, Yum, Debian Packages, dpkg, apt-cache, apt-get, dselect, aptitude, Converting Between Package Formats, Dependencies and Conflicts, Startup Script Problems, Shared Libraries, Library Management

Hands on Installing network packages such as nmap and net-snmp.

ps, kill, background processes, at, exec, priorities. Managing Linux log files. Syslogd. Setting the time. Cron and cronjobs. Managing Processes, the Kernel: The First Process.

Hands on Controlling daemons and services. Setting up a TFTP server.

Home directories, manipulating files and directories, Filesystem layout, Pathnames, hard and symbolic links. Viewing files.

Hands on Exploring the filesystem, working with network device configuration files.

ed, vi, shell escapes, .exrc.

Hands on Editing network device configuration files.

grep, find, cut, sort and paste…

Hands on Working with syslog files.

Theory, chmod, chown, newgrp.

Hands on Handling permission problems.

Metacharacters, piping and redirection.

Hands on Running SNMP commands and working with their output.

What are shell scripts? Simple scripts, control structures. Variable. Setting variables, using variables, set, scope, export, sourcing, environmental variables, read. Positional parameters: $0 to $9, $#, $* and others. shift parameter substitution. Control statements: The test command, if , while loops, for loops, the case statement.

Hands on Automating network tasks.

Environmental variables, stty, .profile and other startup files.

Hands on Customising Linux.

The root user, su. Managing users and groups.

Hands on The power of root.

Backups, tar, cpio, dd, gzip.

Hands on Working with tar files.

Installing Boot Loaders, GRUB Legacy, GRUB 2, Alternative Boot Loaders, the Boot Process, Boot Messages, Runlevels and the Initialization Process, Runlevel Functions, Runlevel Services, Alternative Boot Systems , Upstart, system.

Hands on Installing network services on Linux.