Linux Intermediate: Practical Service Administration
About the Linux System Administrator Course
This course is designed for those who want to master Linux system administration skills and become in-demand professionals. Step by step, you will learn how to install and configure servers, work with file systems, set up backups, monitor and secure your infrastructure. The course focuses on practical skills: executing commands, configuring services, writing Bash scripts, automating tasks, and solving real-world sysadmin challenges.
The curriculum provides detailed guides on modern tools and technologies such as the Nginx web server, databases (MariaDB), virtualization (KVM, Proxmox VE), comprehensive monitoring (Zabbix), disk management (LVM, RAID), mail server setup (Zimbra), as well as backup and recovery strategies.
What you will learn:
- Install and configure Linux servers from scratch
- Work with SSH, network protocols, and services
- Build secure and stable server infrastructure
- Automate tasks using Bash scripts
- Manage file systems, backups, and recovery
- Monitor servers and services, detect and fix issues
- Configure DNS, mail, and telephony servers
- Utilize modern virtualization technologies
- Ensure Linux system security and auditing
Who is this course for:
- Aspiring and practicing system administrators
- Technical specialists and admin assistants
- Anyone who wants to confidently work with Linux and server technologies
All classes and practical tasks are carried out on virtual machines: a separate virtual environment is created for each lesson, ensuring a clean system, safe experimentation, and the ability to practice skills from scratch without any risk to the main system.
Curriculum
- 12 Sections
- 35 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Step-by-Step Installation and Configuration of a Web Server on a Virtual Machine: Ubuntu, SSH, Nginx, PHP, MariaDB, and WordPress8
- Fundamentals of Bash Scripting for System Administrators7
- Configuring a Samba File Server in Linux1
- Configuring the Asterisk Telephony Server in Linux<4
- Comprehensive Service Monitoring in Zabbix: From Setup to Custom Templates2
- Virtualization of Server Infrastructures Based on KVM and Proxmox VE1
- Data Backup and Recovery on the Server2
- Software RAID in Linux1
- LVM (Logical Volume Manager)2
- DNS Server Configuration2
- Zimbra Mail Server2
- Linux security3