Learning CentOS Linux

Course details

CentOS is a Linux distribution (derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux) that's popular with system admins, DevOps engineers, and home users alike. It's also used by many organizations for development and production servers. In this course, learn how to install and make your way around CentOS, perform common tasks from the command line, and get a firewall, a web server, and shared folders up and running. Instructor Scott Simpson also shares troubleshooting tips and discusses security-enhanced Linux (SELinux), which adds an additional level of security to CentOS.

Learning objectives
What is CentOS?
Installing CentOS
Configuring networking manually
Configuring the network with NetworkManager
Connecting remotely
Working with security-enhanced Linux (SELinux)
Setting up a firewall
Setting up a web server
Sharing user home folders with Samba
Setting up a desktop environment
Troubleshooting

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learning CentOS
02 - What is CentOS
03 - What you should know

1. Getting Started

04 - Installation options
05 - Installing CentOS on a virtual machine
06 - Creating installation media
07 - Installing CentOS on a physical machine

2. Basic Administration

08 - The Linux file system and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
09 - Configuring the network for a CentOS server
10 - Configuring the network manually
11 - Configuring the network with NetworkManager
12 - Setting the hostname
13 - Connecting to the system remotely with Secure Shell (SSH)
14 - Adding an administrative user with SSH access
15 - Adding a key to a user for SSH access
16 - Transferring files to and from the server
17 - File permissions
18 - Working with users and groups
19 - Installing and updating software
20 - Installing packages by group
21 - Installing packages from other sources

3. Working with Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)

22 - Introducing SELinux
23 - Access control mechanisms and policies
24 - Working with SELinux
25 - Disabling SELinux

4. Working with Common Services and Applications

26 - Service management
27 - Setting up the firewall using firewalld
28 - Setting up a web server
29 - Sharing user home folders with Samba
30 - Creating a group file share with Samba
31 - Mounting a Samba share on CentOS

5. Using a Desktop

32 - Setting up a desktop environment
33 - Exploring the desktop environment
34 - Allowing screen-sharing access with VNC

6. Troubleshooting

35 - The startup process
36 - Exploring the logs
37 - Checking and managing system resources

Conclusion

38 - Next Steps

Learning CentOS Linux

Authors

Scott Simpson