Overview
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Learn how to install CentOS, perform common admin tasks from the command line, and get popular services up and running.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Learning CentOS
- What is CentOS?
- What you should know
- Installation options
- Installing CentOS on a virtual machine
- Creating installation media
- Installing CentOS on a physical machine
- The Linux file system and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
- Configuring the network for a CentOS server
- Configuring the network manually
- Configuring the network with NetworkManager
- Setting the hostname
- Connecting to the system remotely with Secure Shell (SSH)
- Adding an administrative user with SSH access
- Adding a key to a user for SSH access
- Transferring files to and from the server
- File permissions
- Working with users and groups
- Installing and updating software
- Installing packages by group
- Installing packages from other sources
- Introducing SELinux
- Access control mechanisms and policies
- Working with SELinux
- Disabling SELinux
- Service management
- Setting up the firewall using firewalld
- Setting up a web server
- Sharing user home folders with Samba
- Creating a group file share with Samba
- Mounting a Samba share on CentOS
- Setting up a desktop environment
- Exploring the desktop environment
- Allowing screen-sharing access with VNC
- The startup process
- Exploring the logs
- Checking and managing system resources
- Next Steps
