Fundamentals of UNIX/Linux for System Administrators

This will be an intense five (5) day hands-on training that will focus on the skills required to become a great systems administrator and includes topics that are important not only from a theoretical perspective but also have a tremendous practical utility. The training will be held from February 26th - March 1st, 2024.

Objective

Upon completion of this training, you will have acquired a good working knowledge of Linux, from both a graphical and command line perspective, allowing you to easily navigate through any of the major Linux distributions.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for experienced computer users who have limited or no previous exposure to Linux, whether they are working in an individual or Enterprise environment.

Prerequisites

1. Laptop with a working wireless card 2. Laptop able to support VirtualBox installation 3. Familiarity with computers and daily use of computer software 4. Great attitude

Course content

The course has ten (10) modules

Fundamentals of Unix and Linux

History of UNIX & Linux

Linux Environments

Linux File System

Linux Commands

User Environment

Linux Text Editors

Network Configuration Essentials

Security Principles

Shell and Bash Scripting

Apache Webserver

Items Required

Each Participant is to bring a laptop with wireless connectivity.

Trainers

No	Name	Organization
1	Nyanjau Kimani (NK)	KENET
2	Joy Otuya (JO)	KENET
3	Amos Koech (AK)	KENET
4	Samuel Macharia (SM)	KENET
5	Caroline Gachuhi (CG)	KENET
6	Zeinab Mzungu (ZM)	KENET

Participants

No

Institution

Name

Designation

Timetable

Day	8:00-9:30	9:30-10:00	10:00-10:30	10:30-1:00	1:00-2:00	2:00-3:00	3:00-4:00	4:00-4:20	4:20-4:45
Monday February 26	History of UNIX & Linux (NK) [[1]]	Linux Environments (NK) [[2]]	Tea Break	Lab 1: Graphical installation of operating system on Virtual-box (SM) [[3]]	Lunch	Linux File System (AK) [[4]]	Linux Commands (SM)	Tea Break	Lab 2: Linux Commands -Install prerequisite utilities & verify [[5]]
Tuesday February 27	Switching Architectures (KP) [[6]] [[7]] [[8]]	Tea Break	Introduction to VLANs (JC) [[9]]	Lab 2: VLAN Configuration (JC/MO) [[10]]	VLAN Configuration Lab continued (MO) [[11]]	Lunch	Introduction to Routing II (LM) [[12]]	Lab 3: Static Routing [[13]]	Tea Break
Wednesday February 28	Campus Network Design and Operations (MO) [[14]]	Tea Break	Campus Network Structured Cabling (MO) [[15]]	Campus Network Best practices (MO) [[]]	Activity: Campus Network Design Roundtable	Lunch	Introduction to Wireless Networks	Activity: Check Wi-Fi Link speeds and standard in use on mobile phones and laptops Wireless Network Lab(CA/JK)	Tea Break
Thursday February 29	Activity: Troubleshooting campus LAN (CA) [[16]]	Tea Break	Campus Network Diagrams Review continued (MO/CA)	Network Security [[17]] (JK)	Network Security Devices Discussion (JK)	Lunch	Campus Network Monitoring [[18]] (NK)	Lab 5: Installation of Nagios and Cacti [[19]]	Tea Break
Friday March 1	Cacti Lab Instructions [[20]]	Tea Break	Cacti Installation Guide [[21]]	Assessment	Assessment [[22]] [[23]] [[24]] [[25]]	Lunch	Survey/Feedback [[26]]	Closing Ceremony	Tea Break