SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Advanced Administration

During this course you will learn:

• System Optimization
• Control Groups
• Manage encryption
• Use the Shell efficiently and create Shell scripts
• Manage Hardware and Drivers
• Advanced Networking configuration
• iSCSI and Multipath IO
• Centralized Authentication
• Packaging software and managing system updates
• Configuration Management using Salt

Before attending this course, it is highly recommended that students have a good working knowledge of Linux and should be able to:

• Perform partitioning and file system setup and maintenance
• Perform system configuration including network setup and user management
• Manage software packages
• Work on the command line including file management and text editing

• Section 1: Advanced System Administration
• YaST Security Module
• Understand and use the YaST Security Module
• Backup and Recovery
• Understand and Use Snapper
• Software Libraries
• Understand Software Libraries in Linux
• General Server Health
• Gather Server Health and Performance Information
• Monitoring Overview
• Monitoring Methodology
• What are Optimization Tools?
• The Optimization Process
• System Optimization Tools
• Control Groups
• Understand Linux Control Groups
• Section 02: Encryption
• SSL/TLS
• Understand SSL/TLS Concepts
• openSSL
• GPG
• Understand GPG Concepts
• Perform GPG Key Creation and Management
• Perform GPG Key Distribution
• Section 03: Shell Scripting
• Use Basic Script Elements
• Use Control Structures
• Read User Input
• Use Arrays
• Use Shell Functions
• Use Command Options in Scripts
• Test File Types and Compare Values
• Section 04: Hardware
• Hardware Info
• Display Hardware Information
• Drivers
• Understand Linux Drivers
• Use Driver Management Utilities
• Section 05: Advanced Networking
• Advanced Network Interface Types
• Bridges
• Virtual Ethernet Devices
• VLANs
• Network Namespaces
• Understand Linux Network Namespaces
• Work with Linux Network Namespaces
• IPv6
• Understand IPv6
• Configure IPv6
• Section 06: Advanced Storage Administration
• iSCSI
• Understand iSCSI Concepts
• Configure and Manage the LIO iSCSI Target
• Configure and Manage the iSCSI Initiator
• MPIO
• Understand MPIO
• Configure and Manage Device Mapper Multipath I/O
• Section 07: Centralized Authentication
• PAM
• Understand PAM
• Configure PAM
• SSSD
• Understand SSSD
• Deploy SSSD
• Section 08: Advanced Software Management
• RPM
• Mange RPM Packages
• Build RPM Packages
• Understand the RPM spec file
• Sign RPM Packages with GPG
• Repositories
• Understand Software Repository Concepts
• Create a Software Repository with creatrepo
• Sign RPM-MD Software Repositories
• Manage Software Repositories with libzypp
• RMT
• Understand the Repository Mirroring Tool (RMT)
• Install and Configure an RMT Server
• Mirror Software Repositories with RMT
• Configure SMT Clients
• Section 9: Configuration Management with Salt
• Salt Overview
• Install and Configure Salt
• Understand Execution Modules
• Understand the Salt State System