Learning Linux

Linux has become essential in todays IT world as it the mostly used operating system for enterprise and cloud solutions. With Red Hat and Debian as the two major streams within the Linux landscape it is good to known them. This dojo guide is split into three parts for end-users, administrators, and engineers.

End-user:

• Introduction to the shell
• Using Manual pages
• Useful commands
• Filesystem and permissions
• Scripting with Bash

Administrator:

• User management
• Package management
• Storage management
• Logical Volume Management
• Scheduling Tasks
• Advanced Network Management
• Logging
• Time management

Engineer:

• Systemd and SysVinit
• Firewall Management
• Advanced Network Management
• Domain Name System
• Network Services
• Using iSCSI
• Network File System (NFS)
• Samba
• SELinux
• Building a package
• Virtualization
• Containers

Note

Most examples have been tested on a recent version of CentOS and should also work on a recent version of Red Hat Linux, Fedora, Debian, or Ubuntu with maybe a small change.