What Will I Get ?

• What is Open source?
• Understand common terms used in Linux
• Understand Linux File system hierarchy
• Master the Linux command line
• Searching like a pro in Linux
• Automate tasks using bash scripts
• Understand user and permissions
• Install software on linux using package managers
• Understand networking in Linux
• Manage Firewall in Linux
• Basic Troubleshooting techniques for a Linux system
• Various log files and how to analyze log files on a Linux machine

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of computers
• Computer with internet access

Description

New to the world of Linux? Awesome ,this course assumes you are an absolute beginner and I will teach you everything from scratch. 

Why this course?

This course has been created to skill you up from zero to an expert by a combination of concepts and hands-on lab exercises so that you can apply the concepts learned in this course in the real world whether to crack a linux interview or for commercial enterprise projects to advance your career.

What is in this course?

You will master the Linux command line , understand the Linux file system , install applications using package managers and how to manage security in your linux environment using users, groups and permissions. 

Automation should be the key element of any course on Linux and in this course i will teach you how to automate common tasks using Shell scripts. You will learn common scripting constructs such as a if else etc that will help you progress on your automation journey using Linux.

You will also learn various networking options in linux such as firewall etc. and since i want you to be able apply the knowledge learned in this course straight in in the real world i will also tech you how to troubleshoot issues in your linux environment. 

You will learn all this through hands-on exercises because we will setup your lab first so that you can practice what you have learnt. 

We'll finish strong by installing and configuring a LAMP(Apache web server, MySQL database server, PHP) stack on Linux servers as your course project.

Why me?

I have been supporting , implementing and designing applications for over 12 years now, in this period i have trained colleagues and team members on Linux and want to share this knowledge with you. I understand the power of hands-on training and therefore i have designed this course so you can learn by doing. 

What is Linux?

Linux is the best-known and most-used open source operating system. As an operating system, Linux is software that sits underneath all of the other software on a computer, receiving requests from those programs and relaying these requests to the computer’s hardware.