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Linux LPI202 LPIC-2 Exam Prep Course 2

  • CMDBID 108565
  • Course Code LPI202,LPIC-2
  • Duration 5 Days
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Overview

This course prepares students to take the LPI 202 exam of the LPIC-2 certification. The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the go-to certification body for vendor independent Linux certifications. This course covers more advanced Linux skills such as system management and networking. Students will feel confident taking the LPI LPIC-2 202 exam with in classroom assessments and practice exams.

Current Version: F02

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Audience

IT professionals, system administrators, developers, analysts, architects and technical specialists responsible for implementing or supporting the technology covered in this course.

Skills Gained

By completing the Linux LPI202 LPIC-2 Exam Prep Course 2 course participants will gain practical knowledge, configuration skills, implementation techniques and best practice understanding relevant to real enterprise environments.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites:

LPIC-1 certification or LPI101 "LPIC-1 Exam Prep (Course 1)" and LPI102 "LPIC-1 Exam Prep (Course 2)".

Supported Distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

Outline

  1. DNS Concepts
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Naming Services
    3. DNS - A Better Way
    4. The Domain Name Space
    5. Delegation and Zones
    6. Server Roles
    7. Resolving Names
    8. Resolving IP Addresses
    9. Basic BIND Administration
    10. BIND Configuration Files
    11. rndc Key Configuration
    12. Configuring the Resolver
    13. Testing Resolution
    Lab Tasks
    1. Configuring a Slave Name Server
    2. Use rndc to Control named
  2. Creating DNS Hierarchies
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. named.conf Syntax
    3. named.conf Options Block
    4. Creating a Site-Wide Cache
    5. Zones In named.conf
    6. Zone Database File Syntax
    7. SOA - Start of Authority
    8. A, AAAA, & PTR - Address & Pointer Records
    9. NS - Name Server
    10. TXT, CNAME, & MX - Text, Alias, & Mail Host
    11. Abbreviations and Gotchas
    12. $GENERATE, $ORIGIN, and $INCLUDE
    13. Subdomains and Delegation
    14. Subdomains
    15. Delegating Zones
    16. in-addr.arpa. Delegation
    17. Issues with in-addr.arpa.
    18. RFC2317 & in-addr.arpa.
    Lab Tasks
    1. Configuring BIND Zone Files
    2. Create a Subdomain in an Existing Domain
    3. Subdomain Delegation
  3. Securing DNS
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Split Namespaces
    3. Split Namespace with Views
    4. Address Match Lists & ACLs
    5. Restricting Queries
    6. Restricting Zone Transfers
    7. Running BIND in a chroot
    8. Securing DNS With TSIG
    Lab Tasks
    1. Securing BIND DNS
  4. Implementing a Web Server
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Apache Architecture
    3. Dynamic HTTP Content
    4. Configuring PHP
    5. Securing PHP
    6. Security Related php.ini Configuration
    7. Installing PHP
    8. Apache Configuration Files
    9. httpd.conf - Server Settings
    10. httpd.conf - Main Configuration
    11. Adding Modules to Apache
    12. Virtual Hosting DNS Implications
    13. httpd.conf - VirtualHost Configuration
    14. Port and IP based Virtual Hosts
    15. Name-based Virtual Host
    16. Apache Logging
    17. Log Analysis
    18. Delegating Administration
    19. Apache Access Controls (mod_access)
    20. HTTP User Authentication
    21. Standard Auth Modules
    22. HTTP Digest Authentication
    23. Directory Protection
    24. Directory Protection with AllowOverride
    25. Common Uses for .htaccess
    26. Apache Troubleshooting
    Lab Tasks
    1. Apache Architecture
    2. Apache Content
    3. Using .htaccess Files
    4. CGI Scripts in Apache
  5. Maintaining a Web Server
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. HTTP Virtual Servers
    3. Virtual Hosting DNS Implications
    4. Virtual Hosting Security Implications
    5. Port and IP based Virtual Hosts
    6. Name-based Virtual Host
    7. Scrubbing HTTP Headers
    8. Symmetric Encryption Algorithms
    9. Asymmetric Encryption Algorithms
    10. Digital Certificates
    11. TLS Using mod_ssl.so
    Lab Tasks
    1. Configuring Virtual Hosts
    2. Using TLS Certificates with Apache
    3. Using TLS Certificates with Apache
    4. Create a TLS CA key pair
    5. Using SSL CA Certificates with Apache
    6. Enable Apache SSL Client Certificate Authentication
  6. Nginx, Squid, and DHCP
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Nginx
    3. Squid Overview
    4. Squid File Layout
    5. Squid Access Control Lists
    6. Applying Squid ACLs
    7. Monitoring Squid
    8. DHCP Protocol Operation
    9. IP to MAC Address Mapping with ARP
    10. Configuring a DHCP server
    Lab Tasks
    1. Nginx Web Basics
    2. HTTPS and Reverse Proxy with Nginx
    3. Installing and Configuring Squid
    4. Squid Cache Manager CGI
  7. SAMBA Server Configuration
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Introducing Samba
    3. Samba Daemons
    4. Accessing Windows/Samba Shares from Linux
    5. Samba Utilities
    6. Samba Configuration Files
    7. The smb.conf File
    8. Share Authentication
    9. Share-Level Access
    10. User-Level Access
    11. Mapping Users
    12. Samba Account Database
    13. User Share Restrictions
    Lab Tasks
    1. Samba Share-Level Access
  8. NFS Server Configuration & Securing FTP Servers
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. File Sharing via NFS
    3. NFSv4+
    4. NFS Clients
    5. TCP Wrappers
    6. The /etc/hosts.allow & /etc/hosts.deny Files
    7. /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} Shortcuts
    8. Advanced TCP Wrappers
    9. NFS Server Configuration
    10. The FTP Protocol
    11. Active Mode FTP
    12. Passive Mode FTP
    13. vsftpd
    14. Configuring vsftpd
    15. Anonymous FTP with vsftpd
    16. Pure-FTPd
    17. ProFTPD
    Lab Tasks
    1. NFS Server Configuration
    2. Configuring vsftpd
  9. PAM Authentication
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. PAM Overview
    3. PAM Module Types
    4. PAM Order of Processing
    5. PAM Control Statements
    6. PAM Modules
    7. pam_unix
    8. pam_limits.so
    9. pam_cracklib.so
    10. pam_listfile.so
    11. pam_tally2.so
    12. pam_console.so
    Lab Tasks
    1. Setting Limits with the pam_limits Modules
    2. Using pam_limits to Restrict Simultaneous Logins
  10. Configuring an OpenLDAP Server and Client
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. LDAP
    3. What LDAP Provides
    4. LDAP Concepts
    5. LDAP Organization
    6. Entry Referencing
    7. Online LDAP Data Manipulation
    8. Querying LDAP Databases
    9. OpenLDAP: Server Architecture
    10. OpenLDAP: Backends
    11. OpenLDAP: Replication
    12. OpenLDAP: Configuration Options
    13. OpenLDAP: Configuration Sections
    14. OpenLDAP: Global Parameters
    15. OpenLDAP: Database Parameters
    16. OpenLDAP Server Tools
    17. Enabling LDAP-based Login
    18. System Security Services Daemon (SSSD)
    Lab Tasks
    1. Querying LDAP
    2. Building An OpenLDAP Server
    3. Enabling TLS For An OpenLDAP Server
    4. Enabling LDAP-based Logins
  11. Using E-mail Servers
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. SMTP
    3. SMTP Terminology
    4. SMTP Architecture
    5. SMTP Commands
    6. SMTP Session
    7. Sendmail Architecture
    8. Sendmail Configuration
    9. Sendmail Remote Configuration
    10. Controlling Access
    11. Sending Email with sendmail
    12. Exim
    13. Postfix Features
    14. Postfix Architecture
    15. Postfix Components
    16. Postfix Configuration
    17. master.cf
    18. main.cf
    19. Virtual Domains
    20. Configuration Commands
    21. Postfix Logging
    22. Advanced Postfix Options
    Lab Tasks
    1. Configuring Sendmail
    2. Configuring Postfix
    3. Postfix Virtual Host Configuration
    4. Postfix Network Configuration
    5. Postfix SMTP AUTH Configuration
    6. Postfix STARTTLS Configuration
    7. SUSE Postfix Configuration Cleanup
  12. Managing Local and Remote E-Mail Delivery
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Filtering Email
    3. Procmail
    4. SpamAssassin
    5. Accessing Email
    6. The IMAP4 Protocol
    7. Courier IMAP
    8. Dovecot POP3/IMAP Server
    Lab Tasks
    1. Configuring Procmail & SpamAssassin
    2. Dovecot Setup
  13. Configuring a Router and Security Tasks
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. IPv4 Fundamentals
    3. TCP/UDP Fundamentals
    4. Security Advisories
    5. Discovering Hosts
    6. nmap
    7. Netcat
    8. Nessus/OpenVAS Insecurity Scanner
    9. Configuring OpenVAS
    10. Intrusion Detection Systems
    11. Snort Rules
    12. Writing Snort Rules
    13. Linux as a Router
    14. Configuring Routing Tables
    15. SUSE Basic Firewall Configuration
    16. Using the iptables Command
    17. Netfilter Rule Syntax
    18. Netfilter Concepts
    19. Targets
    20. Common match_specs
    21. Netfilter: Stateful Packet Filter Firewall
    22. Connection Tracking
    23. Address Translation
    24. Configuring NAT and PAT
    Lab Tasks
    1. NMAP
    2. OpenVAS
    3. Securing Services with SuSEfirewall2
    4. Securing Services with Netfilter
  14. OpenSSH and OpenVPN
    1. LPI Objectives Covered
    2. Secure Shell
    3. OpenSSH Client & Server Configuration
    4. Accessing Remote Shells
    5. SSH Port Forwarding
    6. Transferring Files
    7. SSH Key Management
    8. ssh-agent
    9. OpenVPN
    Lab Tasks
    1. Introduction to ssh and scp
    2. SSH Key-based User Authentication
    3. Using ssh-agent
    4. OpenVPN
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What is the Linux LPI202 LPIC-2 Exam Prep Course 2 course about?

The Linux LPI202 LPIC-2 Exam Prep Course 2 course provides practical knowledge and skills used by professionals working with this technology or framework.

Who should attend the Linux LPI202 LPIC-2 Exam Prep Course 2 training course?

This course is designed for IT professionals, engineers, analysts, administrators and project teams who need hands-on knowledge.

Does the Linux LPI202 LPIC-2 Exam Prep Course 2 course include certification or an exam?

Many Linux LPI202 LPIC-2 Exam Prep Course 2 courses prepare participants for vendor certification exams or digital badges depending on the programme.

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