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Expert3 to 5 days / 20+ guided hourspublished
Linux Server Administration: Expert
Automate and harden a Linux platform with failure simulation, performance tuning, and DR runbooks.
Audience
- Self-paced technical learners
- Instructor-led cohorts
- Enterprise teams preparing staff for hands-on operations
Prerequisites
- Intermediate course or equivalent production experience
- Comfort with troubleshooting and design tradeoffs
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.
Required templates
Ubuntu Server 24.04
availableUbuntu 24.04 LTS cloud image
Debian 12
definedDebian 12 cloud image
TODO: Add package baseline and CIS-light hardening script.
Rocky/AlmaLinux
definedRocky Linux 9 or AlmaLinux 9 cloud image
TODO: Publish both variants once base image refresh pipeline supports enterprise Linux families.
Ansible control node
definedUbuntu 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.