Practical Linux for Network Engineers: Part 1

Learn Linux for networking. Part 1 covers creating virtual machines, editing files, and managing permissions and processes from the Linux command line.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Why Should You Learn Linux?

• Linux network operating system shells, Cisco, and others
• Linux network operating systems (NOS)
• Cisco IOS Linux commands, part 1
• Cisco IOS Linux commands, part 2
• It's just a CLI
• Rise of the machines

2. GNS3 Linux Networks

• DHCP server
• DHCP client
• Network address translation (NAT) and internet testing
• Static Linux Docker container PC
• Network testing
• Ubuntu_Desktop_QEMU virtual machine
• Ubuntu Server download and VMware import
• Ubuntu Server installation
• Integrate Ubuntu Server virtual machine
• Ubuntu Server: Manual IP address

3. Linux Fundamentals: Which Linux Distro?

• Which Linux distro should you learn?
• Red Hat, CentOS, and Fedora
• Debian, Ubuntu, and Mint

4. Linux Fundamentals: Text Editors

• Why text editors?
• nano and vi introduction
• vi shortcuts and why learn vi?
• nano overview and shortcuts

5. Linux Fundamentals

• Root = power
• Linux prompt basics
• Get help and version determination
• Fix GNS3 issue
• ifconfig deprecated

6. Linux Fundamentals: File Systems

• File systems
• Tree and directories
• Linux directory hierarchy, part 1
• Linux directory hierarchy, part 2
• Linux directory hierarchy, part 3

7. Linux Fundamentals: Files, Tools, Owners, and Permissions

• ls help, man, grep, more, and less
• Owners, groups, and permissions
• Owners and groups example
• Linux is about choice: cat, less, and more

8. Linux Fundamentals: Copy, Move, and Delete

• Copy, move, and delete, part 1
• Copy, move, and delete, part 2
• Never do this!

9. Linux Fundamentals: Users, Groups, and Passwords

• Introduction
• Why?
• Shells, home directories, and groups
• Bash, home directories, and permissions
• Add users
• Modify users
• Groups
• Passwords
• Password settings

10. Linux Fundamentals: Permissions

• Linux permissions, part 1: Introduction
• Linux permissions, part 2
• Linux permissions, part 3
• Linux permissions, part 4: Absolute permissions
• Linux permissions, part 5: Relative permissions

11. Processes

• Linux processes, part 1
• Linux processes, part 2