Linux Fundamentals and Basic Administration

Introduction to Linux

• Linux concept & history

• Linux Kernel architecture
• Common Linux distributions overview

  Linux Session

• client-server methods
• Linux command Structure
• The Manual Pages

The File System

• Common Linux distributions File System structure
• Manipulating directories and files using the Bash Shell
• Manipulating files using “wildcards”
• Mounting external file systems

Text Editors

• Vim

Organizing Files

• Security via Permissions
• The inode table
• Hard & soft links

Pipes and Filters

• I/O redirections
• Using pipe and tee
• head/tail
• Cut
• sort/uniq
• grep
• tr

Power Tools

• Using Find
• Regular Expressions
• Basic implementations of Sed & Awk (optional)

The Bash Shell Environment

• Quoting
• Aliases
• History
• Custom & system variables
• Environment files & startup files

Processes management

• Monitoring Processes Using top, ps, job
• Sending Signals
• Scheduling processes
• Handling Processes priority

Introduction to Shell Scripts

• Simple scripts
• Positional parameters & arguments
• Command exit status
• Selection & conditions (if , elif, case)
• Looping commands (for , while)
• Handling arithmetic expressions
• Interactive input
• Debugging in the Shell

Basic Network Configuration &  monitoring

• ip command
• ping
• traceroute and tracepath
• Network configuration files
• Network Manager

Basic Server Deployment

• Controlling services
• Installing external software (dpkg. tar.gz…)

General Administration Topics (optional, only if time is available)

• Linux startup flow
• Run levels &  inittab
• Systemd targets

  Containers overview (Only if time is available)

• Containers technology main points
• Podman vs. Docker basics

Participants should have a user-level experience with any computer system. Familiarity with command-line usage is beneficial. The course also provides an advantage for those interested in server administration, prior knowledge in the field may be advantageous.