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Agenda
Agenda
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•  Linux distribu/ons
•  Installing Linux
•  Connec/ng to Linux
•  Working with commands
•  Finding help about commands
•  Working with users and permissions
•  Verifying network opera/ons
•  Managing soCware packages
•  Basic process management
•  Where to go from here
•  Q&A
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About the Instructor

About your instructor
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•  Linux user since 1992, Linux professional since 1996
•  Linux author, instructor and consultant since 1996
•  Author of
•  Beginning Linux System Administra/on
•  RHCSA Complete Video Course
•  LFCS Complete Video Course
•  Linux+/LPIC-1 Complete Video Course
•  RHCSA/RHCE Cert Guide
•  and many more, all on safaribooksonline.com
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1. How About Distribu/ons?

Why does Linux MaWer?
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•  Linux is open source
•  Every developer and vendor can benefit from all work
that has been done in the open source community
•  "Give some, take some"
•  Linux is a leading pla[orm on servers, Internet, Cloud,
IoT, embedded
•  The only environment where it's not leading is on the
end-users desktop
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•  Why does this topic maWer?
•  There is no company behind Linux
•  Linux is open source and anybody can put together
some soCware in an installa/on disk
•  That's what we call a distribu/on
•  You beWer make sure that your favorite distribu/on is
common and widely supported
Most common Linux Distribu/ons
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•  Red Hat and Family
•  CentOS
•  Fedora
•  Ubuntu and Family
•  Linux Mint
•  Debian
•  SUSE and Family
•  SUSE Leap
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2. Installing CentOS
How to install Linux?
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Why does this topic maWer?
•  To start working with Linux, you'll need to put it on
your computer
•  Instances in cloud are deployed, in all other cases you'll
need to install it
•  Let's have a look!
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3. Connec/ng to Linux
Connec/ng to Linux
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Why does this topic maWer?
•  There are different ways to connect to Linux
•  Local graphical login
•  Local console login
•  SSH
•  How your Linux is going to be accessed, depends on
how your Linux is provided
•  And there are different user accounts, determining
your level of access to Linux tools
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4. Working with Linux

Commands
Working with Linux Commands
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Why does this topic maWer?
•  To unleash all that Linux has to offer, you'll need CLI
access
•  GUI offers only a limited subset of the command line
•  CLI knowledge is a first step to more advanced Linux
usage: Bash or Python scrip/ng, Ansible or Puppet
configura/on management and more
•  Linux has SO many commands to offer and they are the
essen/al building blocks of everything else
Essen/al Command Line Skills
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•  Commands are interpreted by the bash shell
•  Case maWers
•  Op/ons and Arguments
•  Bash command line comple/on
•  Bash history
•  Let's have a look!
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5. Finding Help about Linux

Commands
Finding Help
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•  Why does this maWer?
•  Too many commands, too many op/ons
•  Different help systems are available
•  command --help
•  man and man -k
•  and others that don't maWer that much
•  what about Google?
•  Best prac/ce: focus on man -k and command --help
•  Don't forget bash Tab-comple/on!
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6. Working with Users and

Permissions
Understanding Users and Permissions
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•  Why does this maWer?
•  You won't find many user accounts for people on Linux.
You will find that every service is using user accounts as
well as group membership to get access to system
resources
User Fundamentals
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•  System users and people users are defined in /etc/passwd and /etc/
shadow
•  user[Tab][Tab] and group[Tab][Tab] for managing accounts
•  Don't get overwhelmed by the many op/ons!
•  passwd to set a password, or to lock an account
•  Home directories in /home may contain environment files
Permission Fundamentals
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•  Ownership set the basic environment for working with permissions
•  There are three sets of permissions
•  Basic permissions: Read, write and execute
•  Advanced permissions: SUID, SGID and S/cky bit
•  Access Control lists for when mul/ple en//es need to get access
•  Default permissions allow for one owner only
•  Set ownership with chown or chgrp
•  Set permissions with chmod
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6. Verifying Network
Opera/ons
Verifying Network Opera/ons
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•  Why does this maWer?
•  Well...
•  There are many differences between distribu/ons in
how network informa/on is set
•  All distribu/ons use ip as the main tool to verify IP
based segngs
•  Do NOT use ifconfig anymore!
Networking Key Tools
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•  ip addr show
•  ip link show
•  ip route show
•  cat /etc/resolv.conf
•  ping
•  dig
•  ss
•  nmap
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7. Installing SoCware
Packages
Installing SoCware Packages
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•  All Linux distribu/ons are using meta package handlers
that access repositories which contain the packages
•  Many different solu/ons exist to work with packages in
repositories: yum, dnf, zypper, apt
•  And some legacy solu/ons exist to work with individual
packages
•  Don't use them except for querying installed packages
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9. Basic Process
Management
Basic Process Management
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•  It's all about top!
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Where to go from here

Where to go from here
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•  Beginning Linux System Administra/on
•  Gegng Cer/fied
•  Distribu/on Independent
•  LFCS
•  Comp/a Linux+ / LPIC-1
•  Red Hat RHCSA
My Titles on Safaribooksonline
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•  Beginning Linux System Administra/on
•  RHCSA Complete Video Course with Virtual Machines
•  Linux Founda/on Cer/fied Sysadmin Complete Video
Course
•  Linux+ / LPIC-1 Complete Video Course
•  Red Hat RHCSA/RHCE Cert Guide
•  All available on safaribooksonline.com
•  Just look for my name: Sander van Vugt
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Q&A