Franske ITC-2480 Schedule

• DH refers to the Debian Administrator's Handbook (Debian 10 Edition) by Raphaël Hertzog and Roland Mas
• 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 to have done this week	Lab Activities to complete this week	Assignments Due Today by 11:59pm
25-Aug	1	Topic 1	Intro/Syllabus/Install/VPN Access		Lab 1
1-Sep	2	Topic 2	CLI Basics, Package Installation, Basic User Intro	DH Sections 4.2, 6.1-6.10, 7.1-7.2, LCL Chapters 2-4, 18	Lab 2	Lab Report for Topic 1, First Forum Postings for Topics 1 & 2
8-Sep	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
15-Sep	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
22-Sep	5	Topic 5	Network Configuration, Apache, MySQL	DH Sections 8.2 intro, 8.2.1, 11.2, 9.5, Online MySQL Readings, Online Log File Readings	Lab 5	First Forum Postings for Topics 3-5
29-Sep	6	Topic 6	LAMP Software	Online LAMP Software Readings	Lab 6	Final Forum Postings & Lab Reports for Topics 3-5
6-Oct	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
13-Oct	8	Topic 8	DNS	DH Section 10.7, Online DNS Readings	Lab 8	First Forum Postings for Topics 6-8
20-Oct	9	Topic 9	Mail Servers (SMTP/POP3/IMAP)	DH Section 11.1, Online Mail Server Readings	Lab 9	Final Forum Postings & Lab Reports for Topics 6-8
27-Oct	10	Topic 10	DHCP, Firewalls/NAT	DH Section 10.8, 14.2, 10.1, Online Firewall Readings	Lab 10	Topics 7 & 8 Exams
3-Nov	11	Topic 11	Filesystem Layout, Disks, LVM	DH Appendix B.2, B.4.2, LCL Chapter 15, DH Section 12.1	Lab 11	First Forum Postings for Topics 9-11
10-Nov	12	Topic 12	Security & Monitoring	DH Section 10.9, 14.3, 14.6	Lab 12	Final Forum Postings & Lab Reports for Topics 9-11
17-Nov	13	Topic 13	Scripting with BASH	LCL Chapter 24, Online BASH Scripting Readings	Lab 13	Topics 9-11 Exams
24-Nov	14	Topic 14	Scripting II: Python	Online Python Scripting Readings	Lab 14	First Forum Postings for Topics 12-14
1-Dec	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 Dec 6 so that it can be prepared for the skills exam which is open Dec 7-12!
8-Dec	16	Topic 15	Final Skills Exam (Opens Dec 7)		Final Skills Exam Due Dec 12	Topic 13-14 Lab Report, Topic 12-14 Exams
15-Dec	FE Week	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 Firewall Readings

• How to Install and Configure Firewalld on Debian
• Introduction to firewalld and firewall-cmd command on Linux

Online BASH Scripting Readings

• BASH Programming HOWTO

Online Python Scripting Readings

• Instant Hacking
• dreamsys Python Scripting Tutorial