Mastering Linux

This comprehensive course is designed for students and software professionals with no prior experience in Linux. Starting from the very basics, it gradually progresses to advanced topics, ensuring a solid foundation in Linux operating systems.

The course aims to equip learners with practical, hands-on skills essential for development, system administration, DevOps, and cloud environments. It covers everything from the Linux shell, file systems, and user management, to network configuration, scripting, and advanced command-line tools.

Whether you’re aiming for a career in software development, DevOps, or just looking to become more proficient with Unix/Linux systems, this training offers all the core knowledge you’ll need.

Course Content

Module 1: Basic Linux/Unix Shell & Filesystem

Linux Overview
Login and using the shell (bash)
Basic shell commands: pwd, ls, cd, echo, whoami
Creating and removing directories: mkdir, rmdir
Creating and removing files: touch, rm
Understanding file paths: absolute vs relative
Navigating directories and listing contents
Using man pages for help: man, –help

Module 2: Linux Architecture & Boot Process

Module 3: Linux Command-Line Essentials

Module 4: Users, Groups, and Permissions

Module 5: Filesystems, Mounting & Storage

Module 6: Text Processing & Filters

Module 7: Bash Shell Scripting

Module 8: Process and Job Management

Module 9: Networking & Troubleshooting

Module 10: SSH, SCP, SFTP & rsync

Module 11: curl and wget

Module 12: systemd vs init.d

Module 13: Cron, Anacron & systemd Timers

Module 14: Logging & Diagnostics

Module 15: Performance Monitoring

Module 16: System Administration & Hardening

Module 17: Developer Tools

Module 18: Environment & Shell Customization

Module 19: Package Management

Module 20: Advanced Permissions & Links

Module 21: Device and Kernel Interfaces

Module 22: LVM & RAID (Intro)

Module 23: Chroot and Container Concepts

Module 24: Security & Hardening Expanded

Module 25: NFS & Remote Filesystems (NFS/SMB)

Module 26: Advanced Linux Concepts

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Course Content

Module 1: Basic Linux/Unix Shell & Filesystem

Linux Overview

Login and using the shell (bash)

Basic shell commands: pwd, ls, cd, echo, whoami

Creating and removing directories: mkdir, rmdir

Creating and removing files: touch, rm

Understanding file paths: absolute vs relative

Navigating directories and listing contents

Using man pages for help: man, –help

Module 2: Linux Architecture & Boot Process

Linux kernel and user space

Boot sequence: BIOS/UEFI → GRUB → init/systemd

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)

Shell types: bash, zsh, sh

Login process and system initialization

Module 3: Linux Command-Line Essentials

Navigating files and directories

File manipulation: cp, mv, rm, stat

Viewing files: cat, less, more, head, tail

Searching: grep, find, locate, xargs

Text tools: cut, tr, sort, uniq, tee, wc

File compression: tar, zip, gzip, bzip2, xz

Module 4: Users, Groups, and Permissions

Creating and managing users and groups

File ownership, permission modes (rwx)

chmod, chown, umask, chgrp

Special permissions: SUID, SGID, sticky bit

Access Control Lists: getfacl, setfacl

Module 5: Filesystems, Mounting & Storage

Identifying devices: lsblk, blkid, df, du

Partitioning: fdisk, parted

Creating filesystems: mkfs, tune2fs, fsck

Mounting and unmounting: mount, umount, fstab, loop devices

Module 6: Text Processing & Filters

grep, sed, awk, cut, paste, sort, uniq, diff, comm, split

Text formatting & stream editing

Parsing tools: yacc / bison, lex / flex

Module 7: Bash Shell Scripting

Shebang, permissions, variables, quoting

Conditional execution: if, else, case

Loops: for, while, until

Functions, getopts, trap, exit codes

Debugging scripts: set -x, set -e

Module 8: Process and Job Management

Foreground vs background: jobs, fg, bg, &

Monitoring processes: ps, top, htop

Killing processes: kill, pkill, xkill

Scheduling: nice, renice, at, batch

Signals: trap, kill -9, SIGTERM, SIGHUP

Module 9: Networking & Troubleshooting

Configuring interfaces: ip, ifconfig, ip link

Routing and DNS: ip route, dig, host, nslookup

Testing tools: ping, traceroute, telnet, nc, nmap

Network monitoring: netstat, ss, iftop, nload, vnstat

Module 10: SSH, SCP, SFTP & rsync

SSH setup and hardening

Key-based login, ssh-agent, ssh-add

File transfer: scp, sftp

Syncing with rsync (local + remote)

Using jump hosts, port forwarding

Module 11: curl and wget

File download and mirroring with wget

API interaction with curl (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)

Passing headers, authentication

Using jq for JSON parsing

Module 12: systemd vs init.d

SysV init scripts: /etc/init.d/, chkconfig, service

systemd unit files and dependencies

systemctl: start, stop, enable, disable, status

Logging: journalctl

Migrating legacy init to systemd

Module 13: Cron, Anacron & systemd Timers

cron, crontab, time fields, environment

One-time jobs: at, batch

anacron for machines that aren’t always on

systemd timers: service-triggered events

Module 14: Logging & Diagnostics

/var/log: syslog, auth.log, messages