Linux System Administration

Linux System Administration

A system administrator, IT systems administrator, systems administrator, or sysadmin is a person employed to maintain and operate a computer system and/or network. System administrators may be members of an information technology (IT) or Electronics and Communication Engineering department.

The duties of a system administrator are wide-ranging, and vary widely from one organization to another. Sysadmins are usually charged with installing, supporting and maintaining servers or other computer systems, and planning for and responding to service outages and other problems. Other duties may include scripting or light programming, project management for systems-related projects, supervising or training computer operators, and being the consultant for computer problems beyond the knowledge of technical support staff. To perform his or her job well, a system administrator must demonstrate a blend of technical skills and responsibility.

Training Topics in brief:

• Overview of Operating Systems - specifically Linux.
• Installation and configuration of Linux based Systems
• Installing fedora, ubuntu and debian flavours of Linux
• Learning to partition the disk according to the requirement
• Introduction to Linux, Getting comfortable with basic linux commands and utilities
• Learning to mantain and upgrade the Linux operating system
• Learning to install and upgrade the additional softwares

Salient Features of Training Program

Training Objective:

• This training program is designed to ensure that students of Engineering College with academic capabilities will have the skill set needed to deal with the challenges involved in real-world Linux System administration techniques, to meet the needs of industries both today and in the future.
• The course considers Linux based System iinstallation, confuguration, administration, maintenance, upgradetion etc. which can help to ensure that Linux based development systems are reliable. The course is taught mainly using the LInux based systems using Fedora, Ubuntu and Debian.

• Understand the existing System Hardware and further requirements
• Installing Linux based Operating System according to the requirement
• Analyzing system logs and identifying potential issues with computer systems.
• Installing additional softwares as required by the team
• Upgrading Operating System and other softwares
• Performing routine audits of systems and software.
• Setting up security policies and Performing backups.
• Applying operating system updates, patches, and configuration changes.
• Installing and configuring new hardware and software.
• Adding, removing, or updating user account information, resetting access and permissions, etc.
• Responsibility for security.
• Responsibility for documenting the configuration of the system.
• Troubleshooting any reported problems.
• System performance tuning.
• IIn larger organizations, some tasks listed above may be divided among different system administrators or members of different organizational groups. For example...
  • a dedicated individual(s) may apply all system upgrades,
  • a Quality Assurance (QA) team may perform testing and validation, and
  • one or more technical writers may be responsible for all technical documentation written for a company
• In smaller organizations, the system administrator can also perform any number of duties elsewhere associated with other fields:
  • Technical support
  • Database administrator (DBA)
  • Network administrator/analyst/specialist
  • Application analyst
  • Security administrator
  • Programmer