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LPIC-2 Exam Prep (Course 2)

LPI202 - LPIC-2 Exam Prep (Course 2)

Upcoming LPI202 Classes

  1. Switzerland, Geneva

    Jun 04 – Jun 08 2012
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    Jun 25 – Jun 29 2012
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This course prepares students to take the LPI 202 exam of the LPIC-2 certification. The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the go-to certification body for vendor independent Linux certifications.

This course covers more advanced Linux skills such as system management and networking. Students will feel confident taking the LPI LPIC-2 202 exam with in classroom assessments and practice exams.

Prerequisites:

LPIC-1 certification or LPI101 "LPIC-1 Exam Prep (Course 1)" and LPI102 "LPIC-1 Exam Prep (Course 2)".

Supported Distributions:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise 11

Course Outline:

  1. IMPLEMENTING A WEB SERVER
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Apache History and Status
    3. Apache Architecture
    4. Default Configuration
    5. Installing PHP
    6. Apache Configuration Files
    7. httpd.conf - Server Settings
    8. httpd.conf - Main Configuration
    9. httpd.conf - VirtualHost Configuration
    10. Apache Logging
    11. Log Analysis
    12. Delegating Administration
    13. Directory Protection
    14. Directory Protection with AllowOverride
    15. Common Uses for .htaccess
    16. Apache Troubleshooting
    Lab Tasks
    1. Configure Apache
    2. Apache Content
    3. Using .htaccess Files
  2. MAINTAINING A WEB SERVER
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. HTTP Virtual Servers
    3. DNS Implications
    4. Security Implications
    5. IP-based Virtual Host
    6. Name-based Virtual Host
    7. Symmetric Encryption Algorithms
    8. Asymmetric Encryption Algorithms
    9. Digital Certificates
    10. SSL/HTTPS and Apache
    11. SSL Using mod_ssl.so
    Lab Tasks
    1. Configuring Virtual Hosts
    2. Using SSL Certificates with Apache
  3. IMPLEMENTING A PROXY SERVER AND DHCP CONFIGURATION
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Squid Overview
    3. Squid File Layout
    4. Squid Access Control Lists
    5. Applying Squid ACLs
    6. Monitoring Squid
    7. DHCP Protocol Operation
    8. Configuring a DHCP server
    Lab Tasks
    1. Installing and Configuring Squid
    2. Squid Cache Manager CGI
  4. SAMBA SERVER CONFIGURATION
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Introducing Samba
    3. Samba Daemons
    4. Accessing Windows/Samba Shares from Linux
    5. Samba Utilities
    6. Samba Configuration Files
    7. The smb.conf File
    8. Share Authentication
    9. Share-Level Access
    10. User-Level Access
    11. Mapping Users
    12. SMB and Passwords
    13. The smbpasswd Database
    14. User Share Restrictions
    Lab Tasks
    1. Samba Share-Level Access
    2. Samba User-Level Access
    3. Samba Group Shares
  5. NFS SERVER CONFIGURATION AND SECURING FTP SERVERS
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. File Sharing via NFS
    3. NFSv4
    4. NFS Clients
    5. NFS Server Configuration
    6. The FTP Protocol
    7. FTP Operation
    8. Active Mode FTP
    9. Passive Mode FTP
    10. vsftpd
    11. Configuring vsftpd
    12. Anonymous FTP with vsftpd
    13. Pure-FTPd
    14. Pure-FTPd Tools
    15. ProFTPD
    Lab Tasks
    1. NFS Server Configuration
    2. Configuring vsftpd
  6. PAM AUTHENTICATION AND LDAP CLIENT USAGE
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. PAM Overview
    3. PAM Module Types
    4. PAM Order of Processing
    5. PAM Control Statements
    6. PAM Modules
    7. pam_unix.so
    8. pam_unix2.so
    9. pam_limits.so
    10. pam_cracklib.so
    11. pam_listfile.so
    12. LDAP
    13. What LDAP Provides
    14. LDAP Concepts
    15. LDAP Organization
    16. Entry Referencing
    17. Online LDAP Data Manipulation
    18. Querying LDAP Databases
    Lab Tasks
    1. Setting Limits with the pam_limits Modules
    2. Using pam_limits to Restrict Simultaneous Logins
    3. Querying an Existing LDAP Directory
  7. USING E-MAIL SERVERS
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. SMTP
    3. SMTP Terminology
    4. SMTP Architecture
    5. SMTP Commands
    6. SMTP Session
    7. Sendmail Architecture
    8. Sendmail Components
    9. Sendmail Configuration
    10. Databases
    11. Sendmail Remote Configuration
    12. Controlling Access
    13. Exim
    14. Postfix Features
    15. Postfix Architecture
    16. Postfix Components
    17. Postfix Configuration
    18. master.cf
    19. main.cf
    20. Virtual Domains
    21. Configuration Commands
    22. Postfix Logging
    Lab Tasks
    1. Configuring Postfix
    2. Postfix Network Configuration
    3. Postfix Virtual Host Configuration
    4. Configuring Sendmail
    5. Sendmail Network Configuration
    6. Sendmail Virtual Host Configuration
    7. Sendmail SMTP AUTH Configuration
    8. Sendmail STARTTLS Configuration
    9. SUSE Sendmail Configuration Cleanup
  8. MANAGING LOCAL AND REMOTE E-MAIL DELIVERY
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Filtering Email
    3. Procmail
    4. SpamAssassin
    5. Accessing Email
    6. The IMAP4 Protocol
    7. Courier IMAP
    8. Dovecot POP3/IMAP Server
    9. Fetchmail
    Lab Tasks
    1. Configuring Procmail and SpamAssassin
    2. Dovecot Setup
  9. CONFIGURING A ROUTER AND SECURE SHELL (SSH)
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Linux as a Router
    3. Configuring Routing Tables
    4. Using the iptables Command
    5. Netfilter Rule Syntax
    6. Netfilter Concepts
    7. Targets
    8. Common match_specs
    9. Netfilter: Stateful Packet Filter Firewall
    10. Connection Tracking
    11. Address Translation
    12. Configuring NAT and PAT
    13. Secure Shell
    14. ssh and sshd Configuration
    15. Accessing Remote Shells
    16. SSH Port Forwarding
    17. Transferring Files
    18. SSH Key Management
    19. ssh-agent
    Lab Tasks
    1. Securing Services with SuSEfirewall2
    2. Securing Services with Netfilter
    3. Introduction to ssh and scp
    4. SSH Key-based User Authentication
    5. Using ssh-agent
  10. SECURITY TASKS AND TCP WRAPPER
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Security Advisories
    3. Discovering Hosts
    4. Netcat
    5. Nessus Insecurity Scanner
    6. Configuring OpenVAS
    7. Intrusion Detection Systems
    8. Snort Rules
    9. Writing Snort Rules
    10. TCP Wrappers
    11. The /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny Files
    12. /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} Shortcuts
    13. Advanced TCP Wrappers
    14. Xinetd Configuration and Access Control
    15. Xinetd Connection Limiting
    16. Xinetd: Resource limits, redirection, logging
    Lab Tasks
    1. NMAP
    2. OpenVAS
  11. IDENTIFYING BOOT STAGES AND TROUBLESHOOTING BOOTLOADERS
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Partition Considerations
    3. Booting Linux on PCs
    4. LILO Options
    5. LILO Configuration
    6. GRUB Configuration
    7. /etc/inittab
    8. Typical SysV Init Script
    9. System Configuration Files
    10. Controlling Service Startup
    11. Managing Daemons
    12. Inability to Boot
    13. Troubleshooting With GRUB
  12. GENERAL TROUBLESHOOTING
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Important Log Files
    3. Hardware Discovery Tools
    4. Configuring New Hardware with Kudzu
    5. Configuring New Hardware with hwinfo
    6. USB Devices
    7. Kernel Modules
    8. Handling Module Dependencies
    9. Displaying Binary Files
    10. lsof and fuser
    11. Kernel Modules Troubleshooting
    12. strace and ltrace
  13. TROUBLESHOOTING SYSTEM RESOURCES
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Key Environment Variables
    3. Locales
    4. sh: Configuration Files
    5. Kernel Tuning
    6. Kernel Tuning via /proc/sys/
    7. Default User Files
    8. Manually Installed Shared Libraries
  14. TROUBLESHOOTING ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATIONS
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Logging In
    3. User Administration
    4. Group Administration
    5. User and Group Concepts
    6. Password Aging
    7. Gathering Login Session Info
    8. cron
    9. The crontab Command
    10. crontab Format
    11. /etc/cron.*/ Directories
    12. System Logging
    13. /etc/syslog.conf