How to Configure and Operate Linux Servers - Full Course

Linux has long been a favourite operating system for server administration because it’s a secure open-source operating system that’s able to be both stable and flexible.

A course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that will teach you how to configure servers running the Linux operating system, including the boot process, kernel modules, network connection parameters, localization groups, and more.

The course was developed by Shawn Powers. Shawn is a trainer with CBT Nuggets. In the course, he details every part of configuring, monitoring and supporting a server set-up that runs the Linux operating system.

Here are all the topics covered in this comprehensive course:

1. BIOS and UEFI
2. GRUB and GRUB2 Bootloaders
3. Boot File Locations
4. Boot Methods
5. Boot Modules and Files
6. Kernel Panic
7. Loading Kernel Modules on Boot
8. Manipulating Kernel Modules
9. Testing Network Connectivity
10. Testing DNS
11. Locating Common Network Configuration Files
12. Identifying Debian and Ubuntu Network Configuration Files
13. Identifying Red Hat and CentOS Network Configuration Files
14. Network Bonding Modes
15. Configuring Bonded Network Interfaces
16. Understanding GPT and MBR
17. Filesystem Hierarchy
18. Creating Partitions
19. Formatting a Partition with Various Filesystems
20. Mounting Partitions Manually and at Boot
21. Checking and Scanning Linux Filesystems
22. Understanding LVM
23. Creating an LVM System
24. RAID Levels
25. Configuring RAID Array with mdadm
26. Installing Tarballs
27. Managing .deb Packages
28. Managing .rpm Packages
29. Configuring APT Repositories
30. Configuring YUM Repositories
31. Identifying Non-RPM and Non-APT Package Managers
32. Managing Local Users
33. Managing Local Groups
34. Querying User Accounts
35. Managing Group and Password Files
36. Configuring User and Group Quotas
37. Identifying User Profiles
38. Choosing a Text Editor
39. Using More, Less, Head, and Tail
40. Searching for Lines of Text with Grep
41. STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR
42. Understanding Output Redirection Tricks and Tools
43. Understanding Text Manipulation with Command-Line Tools
44. Text Processing with Awk and Sed
45. Using Hard Links and Soft (Symbolic) Links
46. Find and Locate
47. Copying Files Over the Network
48. Managing System Services with Systemctl
49. Managing Runlevels with SysV
50. Managing Targets with SystemD
51. Managing Services with SysV
52. Managing Services with SystemD
53. Understanding Network Server Roles
54. Understanding Web Servers and SSL Concepts
55. Understanding Local Network Server Roles
56. Understanding Authentication and Database Server Roles
57. Understanding Centralized Logging and Monitoring
58. Understanding VPNs
59. Understanding Containers
60. Understanding Clustering and Load Balancing
61. System-Wide Cron Jobs
62. Personal Crontabs and the AT Daemon
63. Handling Foreground and Background Processes
64. Finding Devices on the System
65. Virtual Filesystems
66. CUPS Printing and Legacy Tools
67. Understanding UDEV

Watch the full course below or on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel (6-hour watch).

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