CS 471 - System Administration

Semester: Spring 2018

• Link to current syllabus (Updated: 2/9)
• Course page on cssegit (gitlab): https://cssegit.monmouth.edu:2443/jchung/cs471/tree/master

• Introduction, Installation (Updated: 1/18)
  • Linux installation instructions, Week 1
  • Server Management, Week 1
• Monitoring I (Updated: 1/26)
• OS, Bootup/Shutdown, Services (Updated: 1/30)
  • systemd (later, when you've installed your next Linux systems)
• Users and Limits (Updated: 2/23)
  • Basic Process Management
• Software Management (Updated: 3/5)
• Virtualization and Containers (Updated: 3/9)
  • Linux installation instructions, Week 7
  • Server Management, Week 7
• Configuration Management (Updated: 3/23)
  • Introduction to Puppet
  • Introduction to Ansible
• Email, Networked File Systems, System File Sharing (Updated: 4/3)
• Security, Logging, Backups (Updated: 4/17)

• General SysAdmin Principles & Guidelines
  • Your system admin journal

» Mandatory tasks (Updated: 4/26/18)

» Assignments (Next deadline: )

» Projects (Next deadline: 4/23/18)

» Reading (Updated: 4/3)

» LPIC certification practice exams - http://www.penguintutor.com/certification.php

» System Administrator Appreciation Day - http://www.sysadminday.com