Franske ITC-2480 Schedule

• DH refers to the Debian Administrator's Handbook by Raphaël Hertzog and Roland Mas - Debian 10 Edition
• LCL refers to The Linux Command Line by William Shotts
• Other online readings are linked to below the schedule table

Date	Week	Topic #	Topic	Readings	Lab Activity	Due
15-Jan	1	Topic 1	Intro/Syllabus/Install/VPN Access		Lab 1
22-Jan	2	Topic 2	CLI Basics, Package Installation, Basic User Intro	DH Sections 4.2, 6.1-6.9, 7.1-7.2, LCL Chapters 2-4, 18	Lab 2	Lab Report for Topic 1, First Forum Postings for Topics 1 & 2
29-Jan	3	Topic 3	Users, Boot Process, Webmin	LCL Chapter 9, DH Sections 8.4-8.5, 9.1, 8.8	Lab 3	Final Forum Postings for Topics 1 & 2, Lab Report for Topic 2
5-Feb	4	Topic 4	Advanced Command Line	LCL Chapters 5-7, 12, 17, DH Appendix B.1, Online text editor tutorials	Lab 4	Topic 1/2 Exam
12-Feb	5	Topic 5	Network Configuration, Apache, MySQL	DH Sections 8.2 intro, 8.2.1, 11.2, Online MySQL Readings, Online Log File Readings	Lab 5	First Forum Postings for Topics 3-5
19-Feb	6	Topic 6	LAMP Software	Online LAMP Software Readings	Lab 6	Final Forum Postings & Lab Reports for Topics 3-5
26-Feb	7	Topic 7	Windows Filesharing with Samba	DH Section 11.5, The Samba Configuration File Comments, Online SAMBA Readings	Lab 7	Topics 3-5 Exams
4-Mar	8	Topic 8	DNS	DH Section 10.6, Online DNS Readings	Lab 8	First Forum Postings for Topics 6-8
11-Apr	SPRING BREAK	SPRING BREAK
18-Mar	9	COVID-19 Closure
25-Mar	10	COVID-19 Closure
1-Apr	11	Topics 9, 10, 11	Mail Servers (SMTP/POP3/IMAP), DHCP, Firewalls/NAT, Filesystem Layout, Disks, LVM	DH Section 11.1, Online Mail Server Readings, DH Section 10.7, 14.2, 10.1, DH Appendix B.2, B.4.2, LCL Chapter 15, DH Section 12.1	Labs 9, 10, 11	Final Forum Postings & Lab Reports for Topics 6-8, First Forum Postings for Topics 9-11, Topics 6-8 Exams
8-Apr	12	Topic 12	Security & Monitoring	DH Section 10.8, 14.3, 14.6	Lab 12	Final Forum Postings & Lab Reports for Topics 9-11
15-Apr	13	Topic 13	Scripting with BASH	LCL Chapter 24, Online BASH Scripting Readings	Lab 13	Topics 9-11 Exams
22-Apr	14	Topic 14	Scripting II: Python	Online Python Scripting Readings	Lab 14	First Forum Postings for Topics 12-14
29-Apr	15		Catch Up / Final Skills Practice			Final Forum Postings for Topics 12-14 & Lab Report for Topic 12 NOTE: Access to your VM will end May 1 so that is can be prepared for the skills exam which is open May 2-8!
6-May	16	Topic 15	Final Skills Exam (Opens May 2)		Final Skills Exam Due 5/8/20	Topics 12 and 13/14 Exams, Lab Report for Topic 13/14
13-May	17	Topic 15	Final Written Exam			Final Written Exam

Online Reading Links

Online Text Editor Tutorials

• Introduction to Nano
• Using Vi

Online MySQL Readings

• What is a database? & What is SQL? (Required Reading Beginning Fall 2017)
• Introduction to MySQL
• First Steps in MySQL
• MySQL Quick Tutorial

Online Log File Readings

• Ubuntu Documentation: Linux Log Files

Online LAMP Software Readings

• Understanding LAMP (All 3 Pages)
• Apache Configuration Basics
• Apache 2 Basic Configuration on Unix-Like Systems
• Installing WordPress

Online SAMBA Readings

• Introduction to SAMBA
• SAMBA Fileserver Configuration

Online DNS Readings

• DNS Concepts
• DNS Configuration Types
• DNS Zone Records

Online Mail Server Readings

• Postfix Basic Setup

Online BASH Scripting Readings

• BASH Programming HOWTO

Online Python Scripting Readings

• Instant Hacking
• dreamsys Python Scripting Tutorial