In the spirit of providing the best open source technology training in the world, Marakana provides Linux Bootcamps, Level 1, 2, 3 and 5 as well as specialty Linux security, networking and administration courses. Go ahead and explore!
Linux Training Courses
Linux Certification Workshop Training Course
This course helps you prepare for the CompTIA Linux+ Certification exam. The course teaches Linux user commands, shell script programming, and essential Linux system administration tasks. Note that completion of this course alone is not adequate preparation to pass the exam. The actual Linux+ Certification is designed to measure the competencies of Linux professionals who have six to twelve months of practical experience with the Linux operating system. Thus, after this course you need more study, practice, and experience prior to taking the exam.
Linux Fundamentals Training Course
Designed to provide the essential skills needed to be proficient at the Unix or Linux command line, this challenging, highly praised course focuses on the fundamental concepts and tools which make Linux so powerful.
Linux Internals Training Course
This course focuses on the elements of the Linux kernel that allow programmers to build software components that are linked to the hardware level. Students gain a general understanding of basic tools and interfaces in order to successfully modify features and develop new aspects of the kernel.
Linux Level 1 - Use and Administration Training Course
This five-day course provides the student with the knowledge to use Linux both as an end user and as an entry-level system administrator. Students will learn the basic command line utilities to navigate the file system and manipulate files, including use of the vi editor and file permissions. The course includes an overview of the available Linux GUI front ends, and specifically looks at the configuration and use of Gnome. System administration topics such as job control, installation and configuration are covered before the basic admin tasks of installing packages, managing users, and booting the system.
Linux Level 2 - Advanced Linux Administration Training Course
This five-day course provides the student with the knowledge to perform system administrator tasks relating to the administration of filesystems, including set uid bit for permissions, partition management, mounting and unmounting, disk diagnostics, RAID, LVM and NFS disk types, and disk quotas. The course finishes with administration of hardware devices, basic networking, including TCP/IP, and system troubleshooting.
Linux Level 3 - Linux Security Training Course
This five-day course provides students with the knowledge to perform system administration tasks relating to kernel management and system security. These topics include the proc filesystem configuration, kernel rebuilds and backups as well as log file maintenance. The course moves into security issues including physical security of the host and console, user and system accounts, network and firewall security and software security. The course ends with intrusion detection techniques.
Linux Level 4 - Linux Network Administration Training Course
This five-day course helps the experienced Linux administrator develop advanced skills in configuring and managing a secure Linux network server. Students learn how to use the RPM system to create their own RPMs both for packaging your own software for standardized distribution, and for rebuilding existing packages from source RPMs. They will gain hands-on experience configuring and running essential network services, including DNS, NIS, DHCP, FTP, SSH, NTP, Samba, HTTP, Email, and LDAP. Finally, this course introduces important Linux security components, such as cryptography, Kerberos, SELinux, and network security.
Linux System Administration Training Course
Learn and practice essential Linux system administration tasks. This course is not specific to a particular Linux distribution and presents information about using Linux in a commercial environment.
Advanced DNS Training Course
Reliable, robust and secure operation of the DNS hierarchy - from the root servers to an individual domain name server - is critical to all Internet operations.
The course covers advanced uses of the DNS for ENUM and VoIP functions and concentrates on the use of DNSSEC for the control of Zone Transfers, DDNS and zone Integrity. While the primary focus of the course is BIND other DNS software will be discussed.
DNS Training Course
Reliable and robust operation of the DNS hierarchy - from the root servers to an individual domain name server - is critical to all Internet operations.
DNS training course covers the configuration and operation of DNS systems used for a variety of purposes from high availability Zone Masters and Slaves running mission critical sites to caching servers used to speed up Internet access. While the primary focus of the course is BIND other DNS software will be discussed.
