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Beginner1 day / 4 to 6 guided hourspublished

Linux Server Administration: Beginner

Learn shell, package management, users, services, logs, and basic hardening.

Audience

  • Self-paced technical learners
  • Instructor-led cohorts
  • Enterprise teams preparing staff for hands-on operations

Prerequisites

  • Basic computer literacy
  • Ability to follow browser-based lab instructions

Outcomes

  • Provision an isolated linux server administration lab from template metadata.
  • Use snapshots, rollback, validation checks, and teardown safely.
  • Explain how Ubuntu, Debian, Rocky Linux fit into an enterprise training environment.
  • Produce evidence that an instructor or admin can review.
Course plan

Modules and labs

Each module maps to provisioned lab work, validation evidence, reset/rollback policy, and instructor visibility.

Module 3

Validation and reflection

Required templates

Ubuntu Server 24.04

available

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cloud image

Debian 12

defined

Debian 12 cloud image

TODO: Add package baseline and CIS-light hardening script.

Rocky/AlmaLinux

defined

Rocky Linux 9 or AlmaLinux 9 cloud image

TODO: Publish both variants once base image refresh pipeline supports enterprise Linux families.

Ansible control node

defined

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Validation checks

Linux SSH reachable

SSH handshake succeeds with the issued short-lived credential.

VM reachable

The VM reports boot complete and responds through the tenant bastion path.