Course overview

Develop essential skills and learn how to deploy Ubuntu Server Edition across your organisation quickly and easily. This course teaches intermediate-to-advanced system administrators how to install, configure and deploy Ubuntu Server Edition securely within an enterprise environment.

Course benefits

• Deploy Ubuntu Server Edition across your organisation with confidence.
• Learn the latest tips, tricks and techniques from the Ubuntu experts.
• Help your company reduce costs and boost efficiency with a stable, easy-to-manage IT infrastructure.
• Deploy new services more quickly and introduce innovations faster.
• Avoid costly licensing agreements.

Course content

Based on Ubuntu Server Edition 8.04 LTS, the Deploying Ubuntu Server Edition course helps participants to:

• Install and partition Ubuntu Server Edition.
• Troubleshoot issues quickly and effectively.
• Learn essential package management and repository management skills.
• Virtualize your IT environment using KVM.
• Manage your virtual environment using Landscape.
• Monitor server status remotely.
• Define and implement a backup strategy.
• Enhance security by building a firewall and controlling user web access.

View a detailed course outline

Course pre-requisites

Attendees should have at least two years of active system administration experience. They should also have Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Level 1 and Level 2 certifications or a working knowledge of Solaris, HPUX, Red Hat or other UNIX system.

Existing skills should include:

• SSH
• Bash scripting
• Basic service configuration of Apache, MySQL, DNS, Samba and Postfix
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking and configuration
• Working knowledge of vi or Emacs

Training delivery methods

Online training

Next available course:
First week: 1 – 5 February, 2010 9:00 - 13:00 EST
Second week: 8 - 12 February, 2010 9:00 - 13:00 EST

Cost

$1,600

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About online training

Gain essential skills without spending time and money traveling to a classroom environment. Our two-week online course provides students with 40 hours of expert training. Ubuntu Certified Instructors teach students over the Internet via our integrated VoIP facility and virtual machine technology. Students log in to Canonical online lab environments at specific class times so they can see, hear and interact with their instructor and fellow students, and complete lab exercises in real time. All participants need is:

• A sound command of the English language
• A high-speed Internet connection, minimum 2MB per second – Check your connection speed
• A sound card
• Speakers or a headset
• A web cam
• A microphone
• Adobe Flash

Classroom training

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About classroom training

Ubuntu classroom-based courses provide students with a face-to-face learning experience at a set place and time. Each classroom course consists of around 7.5 hours of instruction per day over a five-day period. With a number of certified training partners around the world, you're sure to find a course near you.