COURSE CODE: LA103

SYNOPSIS :
Linux Advanced Network Administration course with a strong practical slant, covering the use of Linux in the typical enterprise network environment. It covers implementation of TCP/IP networking, E-mail security, web servicing with Apache, DNS name resolution and Proxy service.

SUITABLE FOR :
System Administrator and Network Support engineers having basic experience in Linux Server.

PREREQUISITES :
Minimum Experience in network and system administration.

DELIVERY :
Extensive use of practical exercises is made during this Linux course. The person will gain a real understanding of how to set up and run a Linux system in conjunction with typical multi-platform infrastructures.

COURSE CONTENTS:

Basic networking configuration

  • Configure a network device to connect to a local network
  • Configure a network device to connect to a wide-area network
  • Communicate between subnets within a single network
  • Configure dialup access using mgetty
  • Configure dialup access using a modem
  • Configure dialup access using ISDN
  • Configure authentication protocols (PAP)
  • Configure authentication protocols (CHAP)
  • Configure TCP/IP logging
  • /sbin/ifconfig
  • /etc/

Advanced Network Configuration and Troubleshooting

  • Configure a network device to implement authentication
  • Configuring a multi- homed network device
  • Configuring a virtual private network
  • Resolving networking and communication problems
  • /sbin/route
  • /sbin/ifconfig
  • /bin/netstat
  • /bin/ping
  • /sbin/arp
  • /usr/sbin/arpwatch
  • /usr/sbin/tcpdump
  • /usr/sbin/lsof
  • /usr/bin/nc

Implementing a web server

  • Install and configure an Apache web server
  • Monitoring Apache load and performance
  • Restricting client user access
  • Configuring mod_perl
  • Configuring mod_php and PHP support
  • Setting up client user authentication
  • Configuring Apache server options
  • Maximum requests
  • Minimum and maximum servers
  • Minimum and maximum clients
  • access.log
  • .htaccess
  • httpd.conf
  • mod_auth
  • htpasswd
  • htgroup

Implementing mail Server - Sendmail

  • Managing sendmail
  • E-mail aliases
  • Mail quotas
  • Virtual mail domains
  • Configuring internal mail relays
  • Monitoring SMTP servers
  • /etc/aliases
  • sendmail.cw
  • virtusertable
  • genericstable

Basic BIND 8 configuration

  • Configure BIND to function as a caching-only DNS server
  • Convert a BIND 4.9 named.boot file to the BIND 8.x named.conf
  • Format, and reload the DNS by using kill or ndc
  • Configuring DNS logging
  • Configuring BIND options
  • Configuring directory location for zone files
  • /etc/named.conf
  • /usr/sbin/ndc
  • /usr/sbin/named-bootconf
  • kill

Implementing a proxy server

  • Install a proxy server using Squid
  • Configure a proxy server using Squid
  • Implementing access policies
  • Setting up authentication
  • Utilizing memory usage
  • Squid.conf
  • acl
  • http_access

DHCP configuration

  • What is DHCP?
  • Static hosts
  • Dynamic hosts
  • dhcpd.conf
  • dhcpd.leases

NIS configuration

  • What is NIS?
  • Setting up a client
  • Setting up a server
  • nsswitch.conf
  • YP utilities
  • /etc/nis/

LDAP configuration

  • Configuring an LDAP server
  • LDIF files
  • User configuration
  • slapd and slapd.conf

Routing a Firewall

  • Configuring a router
  • Packet filtering rules
  • Network address translation (NAT)
  • IP tables
  • /proc/sys/net/ipv4

DURATION

  • Full Time - 4 Days - 32 Hours
  • Part Time - 2 hrs / day - 32 Hours, Monday - Friday

FEES

Rs. 5,500 + 12.36% Service Tax