Udemy – Complete Linux Training Course to Get Your Dream IT Job 2025

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Following is the list of topics cover in this course:

Module 1 – Understanding Linux Concepts

• What is Linux?

• Everyday use of Linux

• Unix vs. Linux

• Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 2 – Download, Install and Configure

• What is Oracle Virtual Box?

• Downloading and Installing Oracle Virtual Box

• Creating virtual machine

• Linux Distributions

• Different way to install Linux

• Downloading and Installing Linux (CentOS)

• Redhat Linux installation (Optional)

• Linux Desktop (GUI)

• Virtual Machine Management

• Linux vs. Windows

• Who Uses Linux?

• Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 3 – System Access and File System

• Accessing Linux system

• Download and install Putty

• Connect Linux VM via Putty

• Important Things to Remember in Linux

• Introduction to File System

• File system structure description

• File system navigation commands

• File System Paths

• Directory listing overview

• Creating Files and Directories

• Finding Files and Directories (find, locate)

• Changing Password

• Wildcards

• Combining and Splitting Files (cat and cut)

• Soft and Hard Links (ln)

• Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 4 – Linux Fundamentals

• Commands Syntax

• File Permissions (chmod)

• File Ownership (chown, chgrp)

• Getting Help (man, whatis etc.)

• TAB completion and up arrow keys

• Adding text to file

• Pipes

• File Maintenance Commands

• File Display Commands

• Filters / Text Processing Commands (cut, sort, grep, awk, uniq, wc)

• Compare Files (diff, cmp)

• Compress and Un-compress files/directories (tar, gzip, gunzip)

• Combining and Splitting Files

• Linux vs. Windows Commands

• Quiz, Homework and Handouts

• Module 5 – System Administration

  • Linux File Editors (vi text editor)

  • sed Command

  • User account management

  • Switch users and Sudo access

  • Monitor users

  • Talking to users (users, wall, write)

  • Linux Directory Service – Account Authentication

  • Difference between Active Directory, LDAP, IDM, WinBIND, OpenLDAP etc.

  • System utility commands (date, uptime, hostname, which, cal, bc etc.)

  • Processes and schedules (systemctl, ps, top, kill, crontab and at)

  • Process Management

  • System Monitoring Commands (top, df, dmesg, iostat 1, netstat, free etc.)

  • OS Maintenance Commands (shutdown, reboot, halt, init etc.)

  • Changing System Hostname (hostnamectl)

  • Finding System Information (uname, cat /etc/redhat-release, cat /etc/*rel*, dmidecode)

  • System Architecture (arch)

  • Terminal control keys

  • Terminal Commands (clear, exit, script)

  • Recover root Password (single user mode)

  • SOS Report

  • Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 6 – Shell Scripting

• Linux Kernel

• What is a Shell?

• Types of Shells

• Shell scripting

• Basic Shell scripts

• If-then scripts

• For loop scripts

• do-while scripts

• Case statement scripts

• Aliases

• Shell History

• Command history

Module 7 – Networking, Servers and System Updates

• Enabling internet in Linux VM

• Network Components

• Network files and commands (ping, ifconfig, netstat, tcpdump, networking config files)

• NIC Information (ethtool)

• NIC or Port Bonding

• Downloading Files or Apps (wget)

• curl and ping Commands

• File Transfer Commands

• System updates and repositories (rpm and yum)

• System Upgrade/Patch Management

• Create Local Repository from CD/DVD

• Advance Package Management

• SSH and Telnet

• DNS

• Hostname and IP Lookup (nslookup and dig)

• NTP

• chronyd (Newer version of NTP)

• Sendmail

• Apache Web Server

• Central Logger (rsyslogd)

• Securing Linux Machine (OS Hardening)

• OpenLDAP Installation

• Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 8 – Disk Management and Run Levels

• System run levels

• Linux Boot Process

• Message of the Day

• Disk partition (df, fdisk, etc.)

• Storage

• Logical Volume Management (LVM)

• LVM Configuration during Installation

• Add Disk and Create Standard Partition

• Add Disk and Create LVM Partition

• LVM Configuration during Installation

• Add Virtual Disk and Create New LVM Partition (pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate,)

• Extend Disk using LVM

• Adding Swap Space

• RAID

• Quiz, Homework and Handouts

Module 9 – All About Resume

• Resume workshop

• Cover Letter

• Linux job description or duties

• Exposure to Other Technologies

• Homework and Handouts

Module 10 – All About Interview

• IT Components

• IT Job Statistics

• Linux Around Us

• Linux Operating System Jobs

• IT Management Jobs

• Post Resume and What to Expect

• Interview workshop

• Red Hat Certifications (RHCSA, RHCE etc.)

• Join Linux Community

• 200+ interview questions

• Homework

Course Recap

• Commands We Have Learned

• Don’t Give up

• Congratulations

• Recap – Handouts

Additional Resources

• Many extra lectures