Operating Systems and System Administration Course Intro: OS Fundamentals Concepts, Linux and Windows Server Administration Svetlin Nakov Technical Trainer www.nakov.com Telerik Software Academy academy.telerik.com

Table of Contents Course Syllabus The Trainers Team Operating Systems Linux Administration Windows Server Administration The Trainers Team Exams and Evaluation Standard Criteria Bonuses Resources for the Course

OS Concepts, Linux and Windows Administration Course Syllabus OS Concepts, Linux and Windows Administration

OS Fundamentals Syllabus OS Course Intro Syllabus, trainers, exams Hardware Architectures (x86, x64, ARM, RISC), computer systems (motherboard, CPU, …), storage devices, system-on-chip, networking OS Architecture OS concepts, kernel, processes, users, drivers, file systems, I/O, security, virtualization, types of OS, multitasking (cooperative / preemptive)

OS Fundamentals Syllabus (2) History of Modern OS Unix history, Linux history, Windows history Storage and File Systems Data storage devices, HDD, SSD disks, flash memory, RAID, drive partitioning File systems (NTFS, FAT32, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, NFS), directory structure (Linux, Windows) OS Boot Procedure (Linux and Windows) Linux / Windows boot procedure: BIOS boot, MBR, bootloader, kernel, init / smss, winlogon

OS Fundamentals Syllabus (3) Processes and Threads Unix process model: processes, threads, priorities, POSIX, multitasking, scheduling Windows process model: processes, threads, multitasking, priorities, services, API Networking Components in Linux / Windows OSI model, TCP/IP networks, networking devices, host, network interface, DHCP client, DNS client, routing tables, QoS, VPN, services Exam (Test)

Linux Administration Syllabus Linux Security Model File Permissions, users & groups, special file flags, special attributes, device files, capabilities, chroot, security modules Linux Processes and Threads Processes, threads, /proc/PID, security, signals Linux Boot Procedure Boot loaders (LILO / GRUB), run levels init / upstart / systemd

Linux Administration Syllabus (2) Command Line Shells: bash, sh Linux Editors: vi, pico, mcedit Linux Networking Basic configs: arp, apring, ping, ip neigh, ifconfig, ip link, route, ip route, resolving dhcpcd, dhclient, iptables, ebtables, vconfig, brctl, bonding Software Install in Linux Environment Build from source, packaging systems: RPM (Fedora, CentOS), DEB (Debian, Ununtu), tgz

Linux Administration Syllabus (3) Basic System Services syslogd, crond / atd, logrotate, inetd / xinetd, telnet / ssh Building the Kernel Gather info, kernel config, compile the kernel, install new kernel, kernel parameters, sysctl, modprobe.conf, initrd / dracut Patch / Security Management Applying patches, security patches, testing, rollback procedure, automated updates

Windows Server Syllabus Windows Overview Client, Server, Editions Installing Windows On hardware / on VM Windows Processes and Threads Working with processes and security Windows Boot Procedure Bootloader, boot.ini, Safe Mode / Last Known Good Configuration

Windows Server Syllabus (2) Windows Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Regedit, reg Windows Security Model Security principals / users / groups / computers / accounts, access tokens, permissions, built-in security groups, UAC, tools (whoami, runas) Windows File System NTFS, disk management, dynamic disks, volumes, create / delete / format disk, FAT32

Windows Server Syllabus (3) Windows Networking Configuration: static / DHCP, ping, traceroute, ipconfig, netsh, route, firewall configuration OS Management Tools Management Console (MMC), PowerShell Windows Event Log Service Control Manager Windows services, service development, service security, services.msc, ps, sc

The Trainers Team

Trainers Team Marian Marinov System administrator and system programmer Open-source software and culture geek Organizer of OpenFest and Perl Workshops E-mail: mm [at] 1h.com Web site / Blog: http://hydra.azilian.net/blog/

Trainers Team (2) Borislav Varadinov System administrator and technical consultant Solid experience in Windows administration IT and server problem solver Likes to write programs and scripts E-mail: bobi [at] itp.bg

Course Co-Organizer Svetlin Nakov, PhD Manager Technical Training @ Telerik Software Academy 20 years software development experience 10+ years experience as trainer Author of 6 books Speaker at hundreds of events E-mail: svetlin.nakov [at] telerik.com Web site / Blog: http://nakov.com

Exams, Criteria, Bonuses Evaluation Exams, Criteria, Bonuses

OS Basics Evaluation Evaluation components Bonuses OS Test – 60% Homework – 15% Homework evaluation – 15% 3 peer reviews per homework Attendance in class – 10% Bonuses Forums – bonus up to 20%

Linux Administration Evaluation Evaluation components Practical Exam – 60% Homework – 15% Homework evaluation – 15% 3 peer reviews per homework Attendance in class – 10% Bonuses Forums – bonus up to 20%

Windows Server Evaluation Evaluation components Practical Exam – 60% Homework – 15% Homework evaluation – 15% 3 peer reviews per homework Attendance in class – 10% Bonuses Forums – bonus up to 20%

Homework Peer Reviews Everyone will get feedback for their homework Everyone will give feedback for few random homework submissions Students submit homework anonymously Please exclude your name from the submissions! For each homework submitted Students evaluate 3 random homeworks From the same topic, after the deadline Give written feedback, at least 200 characters Low-quality feedback  report for punishment

What We Need in Addition to This Course Content? Resources What We Need in Addition to This Course Content?

Recommended Software Virtual Machine (VM) hosting software VirtualBox – https://www.virtualbox.org CentOS Linux (host or VM) CentOS – http://www.centos.org VirtualBox CentOS image – http://virtualboxes.org/images/centos/ Windows Server 2008 R2 Trial version – http://www.microsoft.com/en- us/download/details.aspx?id=11093 Free @ DreamSpark – www.dreamspark.com

Additional Resources Google / Bing Linux Resources Do you know how to search in Internet? Linux Resources The Linux Documentation – http://tldp.org HowToForge – http://howtoforge.com Windows Server Resources http://technet.microsoft.com/windowsserver/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsserver/

Course Web Site & Forums The OS course official web site Register for the "Telerik Academy Forums": Discuss the course exercises with your colleagues Find solutions for the exercises Share source code / discuss ideas academy.telerik.com/student-courses/software-technologies/os-windows-linux/ http://forums.academy.telerik.com/external-courses/operating-systems

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