NDG Linux Essentials

Titles of Learning Module

• 1 Introduction to Linux
• 2 Open Source Applications and Licenses
• 3 Using Linux
• 4 Command Line Skills
• 5 Getting Help
• 6 Working with Files and Directories
• 7 Archiving and Compression
• 8 Pipes, Redirection, and REGEX
• 9 Basic Scripting
• 10 Understanding Computer Hardware
• 11 Managing Packages and Processes
• 12 Network Configuration
• 13 System and User Security
• 14 Managing Users and Groups
• 15 Ownership and Permissions
• 16 Special Permissions, Links and File Locations

Chapter Linux Essentials Certificate Objectives Covered

• 1.1 Linux Evolution and Popular Operating Systems
• 4.1 Choosing an Operating System
• 1.2 Major Open Source Applications
• 1.3 Understanding Open Source Software and Licensing
• 1.4 ICT Skills and Working in Linux
• 2.1 Command Line Basics
• 2.2 Using the Command Line to Get Help
• 2.3 Using Directories and Listing Files
• 2.4 Creating, Moving and Deleting Files
• 3.1 Archiving Files on the Command Line
• 3.2 Searching and Extracting Data from Files
• 3.3 Turning Commands into a script
• 4.2 Understanding Computer Hardware
• 4.3 Where Data is Stored
• 4.4 Your Computer on the Network
• 5.1 Basic Security and Identifying User Types
• 5.2 Creating Users and Groups
• 5.3 Managing File Permissions and Ownership
• 5.4 Special Directories and Files

cloud_download Linux Ess. Overview 1 (PDF)

NDG Linux Server Professional

Title of Learning Module / Chapter

• Using the Shell
• Getting Help
• Text Utilites
• Configuring the Shell
• File Manipulation
• File Globbing
• Finding Files
• Regular Expressions
• the vi Editor
• Standard Text Streams and Redirection
• Managing Processes
• Archive Commands
• File Permissions and Ownership
• File Systems Links
• Maintaining Integrity
• Fixing Filesystems
• Disk quotas
• RPM Package Management
• Debian Software Management
• Managing Shared Libraries

Exam Certificate Objective

• Work on the command line
• Process text streams using filters
• Process basic file management
• Find system files and place files in the correct location
• Search text files using regular expressions
• Perform basic file editing operations using vi
• Use streams, pipes and redirects
• Create, monitor and kill processes
• Modify process execution priorities
• Manage file permissions and ownership
• Create and change hard and symbolic links
• Determine and configure hardware settings
• Boot the system
• Install a boot manager
• Change runlevels and shutdown or reboot systems
• Design hard disk layout
• Create partitions and filesystems
• Control mounting and unmounting of filesystems
• Maintain the integrity of filesystems
• Manage disk quotas
• Use RPM and YUM package Management
• Use Debian package management
• Manage shared libraries

cloud_download Linux Pr. Overview 1 (PDF)

cloud_download Linux Pr. Overview 2 (PDF)

Windows Server

• Installing Servers
• Configuring Servers
• Configuring Local Storage
• Configuring File and Share Access
• Configuring Print and Document Services
• Configuring Servers for Remote Management
• Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine Settings
• Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine Storage
• Creating and Configuring Virtual Networks
• Configuring IPv4 and IPv6 Addressing
• Deploying and Configuring the DHCP Service
• Deploying and Configuring the DNS Service
• Installing Domain Controllers
• Creating and Managing Active Directory Users and Computers
• Creating and Managing Active Directory Groups and Organizational Units
• Creating Group Policy Objects
• Configuring Security Policies
• Configuring Application Restriction Policies
• Configuring Windows Firewall

Administering Windows Server

• Deploying and Managing Server Images
• Implementing Patch Management
• Monitoring Servers
• Configuring Distributed File System (DFS)
• Configuring File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
• Configuring File Services and Disk Encryption
• Configuring Advanced Audit Policies
• Configuring DNS Zones
• Configuring DNS Records
• Configuring VPN and Routing
• Configuring Direct Access
• Configuring a Network Policy Server
• Configuring NPS Policies
• Configuring Network Access Protection (NAP)
• Configuring Server Authentication
• Configuring Domain Controllers
• Maintaining Active Directory
• Configuring Account Policies
• Configuring Group Policy Processing
• Configuring Group Policy Settings
• Managing Group Policy Objects
• Configuring Group Policy Preferences

Configuring Advanced Windows Server

• Configuring Network Load Balancing
• Configuring Failover Clustering
• Managing Failover Clustering
• Managing Virtual Machine Movement
• Configuring Advanced File Services
• Implementing Dynamic Access Control
• Configuring and Optimizing Storage
• Configuring and Managing Backups
• Recovering Servers
• Configuring Site-Level Fault Tolerance
• Implementing an Advanced Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Solution
• Implementing an Advanced DNS Solution
• Deploying and Managing IPAM
• Configuring a Domain and Forest
• Configuring Trusts
• Configuring Sites
• Managing Active Directory and SYSVOL Replication
• Implementing Active Directory Federation Services
• Installing and Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services
• Managing Certificates
• Installing and Configuring Active Directory Rights Management Services