Training Sessions
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@coliver said:
Linux for Systems Admins, Linux 102 a bit more then the basics. Something that goes over many of the useful tools, bash, maybe some security best practices?
A course on grep alone could take an entire day.
Understanding how to use it, when to use it, use cases.... Scott could probably teach this one (with a huge look of disdain on his face
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A Linux course would be very tough, but not impossible. Knowing exactly what to teach would be necessary.
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@scottalanmiller said:
A Linux course would be very tough, but not impossible. Knowing exactly what to teach would be necessary.
LVM or SELinux.
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Not sure I could pull off an SELinux one, but I would love to be an attendee!! [Not kidding.]
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A one hour session deep dive on LVM, what it is, what it does and how to use it would actually be extremely doable. Right length for that kind of content, often needed, would cross a lot of "skill level" boundaries. I like that one.
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We would have time to cover commands, growing, shrinking, merging, theory, hows and whys, best practices, relationship to MD RAID, etc.
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All of those things...
I would love to learn more about SELinux in a more structured environment. I understand that it could take several hours though.
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SELinux is CentOS, RHEL and Fedora only which makes it a lot more limited than LVM which works on all distros. One is core Linux, one is added feature. SELinux would be an awesome class, though.
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Linux is an area where I'm lacking. (probably because I never immersed myself in it). I am down for any linux sessions.
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I wonder if we have an existing SELinux Expert in the community?
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@scottalanmiller said:
SELinux is CentOS, RHEL and Fedora only which makes it a lot more limited than LVM which works on all distros. One is core Linux, one is added feature. SELinux would be an awesome class, though.
I wasn't aware of that... I work mostly in CentOS so I guess that makes sense. It looks like it could be super useful from a security standpoint... but I never have the opportunity or drive to really dig into it.
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@brianlittlejohn said:
Linux is an area where I'm lacking. (probably because I never immersed myself in it). I am down for any linux sessions.
An LVM class would actually be good for Linux beginners too, I think. Partially because the topic is far more about storage than about Linux specifically and because you have to start from the beginning no matter what, but mostly because you get great examples of how easy Linux storage is to use, how flexible it is and why Linux can be a great choice.
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Some things I would like to see if able to attend:
- Linux deep dive on troubleshooting via CLI.
- Configuring your terminal for maximizing productivity (customizing text for readability, setting up a terminal multiplexer like screen or tmux, useful aliases, etc...)
- Parsing text in BASH to find what you want(grep, awk, sed)
- Using logs to diagnose problems (tail -f, head, etc...)
- Helpful tools (top/htop, iftop, iptables, ip, etc...)
- High level overview of system automation for SMB.
- Key areas that can be automated to specifically benefit small to medium sized businesses.
- Use of tools like Ansible/Chef/Puppet
- Examples of common tasks that can be scripted (BASH, Powershell, or otherwise...)
- Deploying/managing container based services in a production environment.
- Deploying a new container-based service (Example: Discourse forums http://samsaffron.com/archive/2013/11/07/discourse-in-a-docker-container)
- Managing a container-based service.
- Migrating a service to containers
- General Best Practices for working with Containers.
- BASH scripting best practices / standards.
- What basic format should my scripts follow?
- Do's and don'ts
- Where should my scripts live?
- When and how to add a script to cron.
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Oh... And an overview of using SNMP to monitor and manage your network. This could possibly be built into a session on setting up a proper network monitoring service.
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@RamblingBiped said:
Oh... And an overview of using SNMP to monitor and manage your network. This could possibly be built into a session on setting up a proper network monitoring service.
I'd love to see a good monitoring talk. Pick one of the big tools and really showcase it.
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I'd love a grilled cheese competition. SAM must participate.
Not exceptions.
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@DustinB3403 Wish granted, lol.
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I'll do a session on SSL Certificates (Demystifying SSL Certs) or an Active Directory or Exchange training session. or P2V - ESXi or Hyper-V!! pick me, pick me! Scott wanted to see something on monitoring, I know Solar Winds but haven't been in it for a couple of years...??
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Concerning the Linux class: For us beginners, it would be great to have a class where the flavors are presented and the differences are shown, and what purpose they each serve...??
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I could easily go into an hour long discussion on POTS/VoIP cost analysis and comparisons. Could be a companion to an actual training session on a PBX system of some type.
