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
line
System log file configuration
Configuring logrotate
Use logwatch
Installing Oracle Linux
line
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
line
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
line
System configuration files
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The /proc filesystem
line
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
line
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:
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