Oracle Linux System Administration

Duration: 6 Days

Course Code: D74508GC10

Overview:
This course provides students with the skills they need to become successful Oracle Linux System Administrators.
Students will learn how to install Oracle Linux and gain an understanding of the benefits of Oracle's Unbreakable
Enterprise Kernel (UEK). The course provides hands-on training which allows students to configure the kernel, install
packages, and update the kernel of a running system. Students will also learn how to configure users and rights, create
and manage file systems, configure networking, and manage system security. The class concludes by providing best
practices on how to properly prepare a Linux environment for installation of Oracle Database.

Target Audience:
Administrator System Administrator Technical Consultant

Objectives:
Prepare Oracle Linux System for Oracle Databases

Maintain swap space

Install Oracle Linux and load and configure the Unbreakable

Enterprise Kernel

Use Logical Volume Manager (LVM)

Configure RAID devices

Install software packages from Unbreakable Linux Network and

other repositories

Configure Networking and Networking services (DHCP, DNS)

Use Ksplice to update the kernel on a running system

Configure File Sharing services (NFS, Samba, FTP, OpenSSH)

Configure system logging

Configure Directory and Authentication Services (NIS, LDAP,

Winbind, Kerberos)

Load kernel modules and configure kernel module parameters

Perform User and Group administration

Perform Security Administration (SELinux, iptables, chroot, TCP

wrappers)

Create filesystems

Prerequisites:
Required Prerequisites
Identify types of user accounts
Know Basic shell scripting
Understand Unix shell command line features
Work with files and directories in Unix
UNIX and Linux Essentials NEW

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Content:
Introduction to Oracle Linux
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Development of Linux kernel
Linux kernel development model
Linux distributions

System Logging
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System log file configuration
Configuring logrotate
Use logwatch

Installing Oracle Linux

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Obtaining Oracle Linux
Oracle Software Delivery Cloud
Anaconda installer

Kernel Module Configuration

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Loadable Kernel Modules (LKM)
Loading and unloading kernel modules
Kernel module parameters

Linux Boot Process

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The Linux boot process
The init process

User and Group Administration

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Introduction to Users and Groups
User and Group Configuration Files
Adding a User Account

System Configuration
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System configuration files
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The /proc filesystem
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The sysfs filesystem
The sysctl utility
Package Management
Introduction to Oracle Linux package
management
Ksplice
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Introduction to Ksplice
How Ksplice works
Ksplice implementation

File Systems
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Disk Partitions
Partition Table Manipulation Utilities
File System Types
Making File Systems
Storage Administration
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Logical Volume Manager
Physical Volume Utilities
Volume Group Utilities
Network Configuration
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Network Interfaces
Additional network configuration files
Command line network interface utilities
Network interface bonding

Automate Tasks
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Automating system tasks
Configuring cron jobs
Other cron directories and files
The crontab utility
Configuring anacron jobs
The at and batch utilities

Network Addressing and Name Services

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Introduction to DHCP
Configuring a DHCP server
Configuring a DHCP client
Introduction to DNS
File Sharing
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Introduction to NFS
NFS server configuration
The exportfs utility
NFS client configuration

OpenSSH Service
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Introduction to OpenSSH
OpenSSH configuration files
OpenSSH configuration
Using OpenSSH utilities
Authentication configuration tool
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NIS authentication
Introduction to LDAP
OpenLDAP
Configuring LDAP authentication
Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
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Introduction to PAM
PAM module types
PAM control flags
PAM implementation examples
Security Administration
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Introduction to SELinux
chroot jail
Introduction to iptables
TCP wrappers
Web and Email Services
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Apache HTTP server
Email
System Monitoring and Troubleshooting
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The sosreport utility
Kdump configuration
The netdump utility
The iostat, mpstat, vmstat, sar, top, iotop,
strace, netstat, and tcpdump utilities
OSWatcher Black Box (OSWbb)
Oracle on Oracle
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Oracle software user accounts
Oracle software group accounts
System resource tuning
Network Tuning

Further Information:
For More information, or to book your course, please call us on 00 20 (0) 2 2269 1982 or 16142
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