Publication date : 02/22/2024

Course : Linux, network services under Red Hat

Practical course - 5d - 35h00 - Ref. LIZ
Price : 2710 € E.T.

Linux, network services under Red Hat




This course will show you how to administer the network services of an enterprise Linux Red Hat server in a secure and stable way. You'll learn how to implement basic services such as DNS and DHCP, set up a secure network and centralize accounts with an LDAP directory.


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IN-HOUSE
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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. LIZ
  5d - 35h00
2710 € E.T.




This course will show you how to administer the network services of an enterprise Linux Red Hat server in a secure and stable way. You'll learn how to implement basic services such as DNS and DHCP, set up a secure network and centralize accounts with an LDAP directory.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Building and configuring a TCP/IP network
Managing LDAP accounts
Understanding how Samba works
Install and configure DNS servers and clients under RedHat
Setting up Postfix
Manage external access and security

Intended audience
Administrators, system engineers.

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of how to use a Linux or Unix system.

Course schedule

1
TCP/IP configuration

  • IP protocol (v4/v6).
  • Analysis of operation and traffic.
Hands-on work
Building an IP network.

2
Domain Name System (DNS) configuration

  • DNS concepts and terminology.
  • Bind software installation.
  • DNS client configuration.
  • Details of RR records (SOA, NS, A).
  • Slave server configuration.
  • Notions of root-server, TLD, zone, registration.
  • DHCP configuration, interaction with Bind.
Hands-on work
Installation and configuration of DNS servers and clients. Setting up a DHCP server. Testing from clients.

3
Basic administration and analysis

  • Integrated remote administration tool.
  • SSH and Telnet, two remote administration services.
  • Interaction between systemctl and SSH.
  • Super-servers: inetd and xinetd daemons.
  • Securing services with tcp-wrappers.
Hands-on work
Installation of a server program managed by xinetd. Setting up sshd. Time synchronization.

4
Centralize accounts with LDAP

  • The directory principle.
  • The differences with conventional management.
  • Identification strategy under Linux (pam, nss...).
  • LDAP authentication server.
  • The Squid (proxy) example.

5
Samba

  • Samba architecture. File sharing.
  • Role of various demons (smbd, nmbd).
  • Samba logs. SWAT administration tool.
  • Linux and Windows mounting (mount).
  • Installation and configuration of cups server.

6
Messaging

  • SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 protocols.
  • Postfix SMTP server: installation, configuration.
  • Access to the directory from customer e-mails.
Hands-on work
Install and configure Postfix. Set up POP3 and IMAP4 servers.

7
External access

  • Implementation of IP routing (route).
  • IP forwarding. NAT.
  • Configuration, ACL management, sizing.
  • Different FTP servers: wu-ftpd vs ProFTPD.
  • The rsync service. Replication, backup.
Hands-on work
Setting up different types of routing, tests, proftpd server and proxy.

8
Safety

  • @IP/service filtering.
  • Netfilter: IP packet filtering: iptables.
  • Standard rules with iptables.
Hands-on work
Set up TCPD, prohibit access to certain services. Set up filtering firewall rules (iptables).