- Matthew J. Harmon < [email protected] >, < [email protected] >
- Office Hours: Before class on Wednesday, or by appointment
- Submit general class questions to the
D2L discussionGitHub Team forum for that team - Emergencies or private matters, email or see me in person.
- 01/10 - 05/09 W 6:00pm - 9:55pm
- Main Campus 3290
- Class/2461-70 Team Discussion Forum
- 01/10 - 05/09 W 4:00pm - 5:55pm
- Blended/Hybrid, Main Campus 3290
- Class/2461-71 Team Discussion Forum
Saint Paul College admission.
- How Linux Works, 2nd Edition by Brian Ward
- ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-567-9 November 2014)
- Get 35% off including an eBook by using the code "35HARMON"
- Required Readings
- Modules (Weekly Release)
- A computer with at least 40 GB of hard disk space free and 4 GB of RAM
- A modern web browser (such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Chromium) with features such as NoScript and AdBlock disabled
- A virtualization platform such as VirtualBox or VMware
- Virtual machines created for this class.
- A high speed USB storage drive only for use in this class.
Each week there will be required readings to be completed before each class. This is in addition to the class labs.
Labs Submit on D2L- Weekly Labs Submitted to GitHub Repo and then Upload repo.zip to D2L
- Final Project
- Midterm
- Quizzes
- Readings, attendance, participation, D2L/GitHub discussions, in-class peer support and opened "issues".
Class Learning Objectives
- Automate tasks by creating bash scripts.
- Control, monitor, and schedule processes.
- Create shell scripts in other program languages.
- Explain and configure network file systems.
- Explain navigation, file attributes, mounting, and backups.
- Explain the essential duties of a Linux system administrator.
- Explain the role of Linux in computer virtualization.
- Explain the Linux access control model and root privileges.
- Identify Linux security issues and techniques.
- Install software and manage packages.
- Manage users, groups, and permissions.
- Perform common shell operations using commands, filters, & pipes.
- Setup and configure a database management system
- Setup and configure web hosting using Apache.
- Setup, manage, and troubleshoot TCP/IP networking.
- Utilize common Linux tools
This class has been cross mapped to the CompTIA Linux+ by the Linux Professional Institute's Certification.
Curriculum - Labs & Assignments - Week 9
Each module is original work authored by by Matthew J. Harmon.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
| Week | Date | Class Module |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Jan 10 | Week 1 Module - Introduction, Overview & Preparation |
| 02 | Jan 17 | Week 2 Module, Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting |
| 03 | Jan 24 | Week 3 Module, Shell Scripting & Devices |
| 04 | Jan 31 | Week 4 Module, Disks, Filesystems, & GitHub Setup |
| 05 | Feb 07 | Week 5 & 6 Module, Linux Kernel, Building a Bootable System, Linux Standard Base |
| 06 | Feb 14 | No Class - It's Valentines Day! <3 ❤️ Submit any past-due items before Feb 13. |
| 07 | Feb 21 | Week 7 Module Pending, An Industry Guide to Becoming a Software Engineer by Bill Langenberg via Ming Chow at Tufts |
| 08 | Feb 28 | Pre Midterm Review |
| 09 | Mar 07 | Midterm Peer Review |
| 10 | Mar 14 | Spring Break |
| 11 | Mar 21 | Midterm Review, Teams and Services, Linux Networking |
| 12 | Mar 28 | Networking, Services, troubleshooting with tcpdump, Team Reports |
| 13 | Apr 04 | Moving Files, Deploying Services |
| 14 | Apr 11 | RFC 1918, Deployment, Compilation |
| 15 | Apr 18 | Deployment, Documentation and On-Boarding |
| 16 | Apr 25 | Pending Release |
| 17 | May 02 | Final Pack Due, Final Project Presentation |
| 18 | May 09 | Pending Release |