1. Course ID: 219097
2. Course Name: Advanced Linux System Administration (進階里訥克斯系統管理)
3. Language: Offered in English (英語授課)
4. Instructor: Dr. Quincy Wu (solo...@xxxx.edu.tw)
5. Target Students: Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors, and Postgraduates
6. Upper-limit: 15 Students
7. Students enrolled to this class.
8. Credit: 3
9. Time: Tuesday 17:30-20:00
10. Place: CC 027 ext. 4498
11. Homepage: http://Course.ipv6.club.tw/Linux.982/
12. Prerequisite:
    • Basic Linux System Administration
    • Proficient C language programming skill
    • Every student must possess the superuser privilege of a running Linux machine. Alternative operating systems like Solaris or FreeBSD are acceptable.
13. Goal: Learning the skills of Linux system administration, and getting hands-on experience by establishing network services through weekly homework.
14. Evaluation:
    • Homework (30)
    • Oral Presentation (30%)
    • Participation (20%)
    • Term Project on QNAP (20%)
15. Textbook:
    • Nate Campi and Kirk Bauer, "Automating Linux and UNIX System Administration", 2nd Ed. Publication: Berkeley, Calif., New York Springer Science & Business Media, 2009. (Springer, NCNU NetLibrary)
    • Source Code can be downloaded here.
16. References:
    1. Online manpage
    2. GNU Info
    3. Linux Documentation Project (http://tldp.org/LDP/)
    4. LAMP: The Open Source Web Platform (http://www.onlamp.com/)
    5. Librenix - Linux Sysadmin Portal (http://www.librenix.com/)
    6. Linux Magazine (http://www.linux-mag.com/)
    7. Linux Journal (http://www.linuxjournal.com/)
17. Outline:
    1. Chapter 1 - Introducing the Basics of Automation
    2. Chapter 2 - Applying Practical Automation (s98325528)
    3. Chapter 3 - Using SSH to Automate System Administration Securely (s98325521, s98321510) Selected Applications by QNAP. Take a look at QPKG
    4. Chapter 4 - Configuring Systems with cfengine (s95321052, s95321021)
    5. Chapter 5 - Bootstrapping a New Infrastructure (s97325508, s95321026)
    6. Chapter 6 - Setting Up Automated Installation (s96321017, s98213536)
    7. Chapter 7 - Automating a New System Infrastructure (s97321026, s97321021, s97321009, s97321003)
    8. Chapter 8 - Deploying Your First Application (s96321002, s96321013)
    9. Chapter 9 - Generating Reports and Analyzing Logs (s98321504, s98321515) (Lab)
    10. Chapter 10 - System Monitoring (s97321004, s97321012) Ganglia Nagios
    11. Chapter 11 - Infrastructure Enhancement
    12. Chapter 12 - Improving System Security (s97321537)
18. Classification in CSIE Programs: "Algorithms and Computational Theory"
19. Software used in this course:
    1. PuTTY 0.60 with IPv6 support
    2. Virtual Box
20. 5/18 Midterm Exam

linuxadm_ch10_ganglia.ppt