Linux/Windows administration

General information

In this course we will take a look at how Linux and Windows machines are administered.

Assume that from previous courses there is familiarity with: basic virtualization, networks, partitions, filesystems, BIND9.

Windows:

• IP Configuration
• Installing Windows server
• Disk Configuration
• Hyper-V Configuration
• DNS Configuration
• Active Directory
• Setting up GPO-s
• Remotely configuring workstations
• Virtual Private Network
• Printer Configuration
• Server Back-up
• Exchange Server

Linux:

• Configuration management using Puppet
• Setting up fileserver using Samba, identity mapping
• Setting up Samba as domain controller and/or joining Samba to AD domain
• Using samba-tool to manage user accounts and DNS records on domain controller
• Interacting with domain controller using LDAP
• Configuring Postfix and Dovecot servers for sending e-mail via SMTP and receiving e-mail over IMAP
• Creating service accounts and authenticating network services (gogs, wiki, etc) with LDAP
• Guidelines for hardening Ubuntu installation