About Linux Education

Linux Distributions:

• Overview of popular distributions
• Differences between distributions
• Choosing the right distribution for your needs
• Installation methods

Command Line Interface (CLI):

• Basic commands and syntax
• File system navigation
• File and directory operations (creating, moving, copying, deleting)
• Text manipulation (grep, sed, awk)
• Working with permissions (chmod, chown)
• Redirection and piping
• Job control (background and foreground processes)

File System Hierarchy:

• Understanding the directory structure (root, /bin, /etc, /home, etc.)
• Purpose of each directory
• File system types (ext4, XFS, Btrfs, etc.)

• Package managers and their usage (APT, YUM, Pacman, Zypper)
• Package repositories
• Installing, updating, and removing software
• Dependency management

System Administration:

• User and group management
• Disk management (partitioning, formatting, mounting)
• System startup and shutdown processes
• Process management
• Backup and restore procedures
• Basic troubleshooting techniques

Networking:

• TCP/IP fundamentals
• Network configuration (ifconfig, ip, netplan)
• DNS configuration (resolv.conf, systemd-resolved)
• Firewall management (iptables, firewalld)
• Network services (SSH, FTP, HTTP)
• Network troubleshooting tools (ping, traceroute, netstat)

Shell Scripting:

• Scripting basics (variables, loops, conditionals)
• Functions and reusable code
• Input/output redirection
• Command substitution
• Error handling
• Advanced scripting techniques (regular expressions, signal handling)

System Security:

• User authentication mechanisms (passwords, SSH keys)
• File permissions and ownership
• Security-enhanced Linux (SELinux)
• Firewalls and iptables configuration
• Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
• System hardening practices

Virtualization and Containerization:

• Virtualization concepts (hypervisors, VMs, guests)
• Containerization basics (Docker, containers, images)
• Container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm)
• Virtual network management
• Resource allocation and management

Web Servers and Hosting:

• Installing and configuring web servers (Apache, Nginx)
• Hosting dynamic content (PHP, Python, Ruby)
• Database setup and management (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Virtual hosting and SSL/TLS configuration
• Web server security best practices

Monitoring and Logging:

• Monitoring system performance (CPU, memory, disk usage)
• Log management and analysis
• Setting up monitoring/alerting systems
• Performance tuning based on monitoring data

High Availability and Load Balancing:

• High availability concepts (clustering, failover)
• Load balancing algorithms and methods
• Setting up and configuring load balancers
• Implementing redundancy and fault tolerance