Course description
This cyber range helps you develop your knowledge of how to use Linux systems by practicing on cloud-hosted virtual machines. You’ll build and reinforce your skills as you progress through labs covering a wide range of Linux topics, including basic commands, file and directory operations and attributes, permissions, job scheduling and much more. You’ll also learn about managing SELinux, packages, extended file systems, firewalls, and units and control groups.

Syllabus
Basic Commands
Lab — 00:15:00
Learn basic Linux commands and gain hands-on experience as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Login History and System information
Lab — 00:17:00
Learn about login user and group info, history info and system info as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Compression and Archiving Tools
Lab — 00:18:00
Explore compressing and archiving tools, such as gzip, gunzip, bzip2, bunzip2 and tar, as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
VI Editor and Help
Lab — 00:14:00
Learn about the visual editor as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
File Path and File Types
Lab — 00:12:00
Learn about file paths and types as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
File and Directory Operations
Lab — 00:19:00
Learn about file and directory operations as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
File and Directory Control Attributes
Lab — 00:20:00
Learn about file and directory control attributes as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
File and Directory Permissions
Lab — 00:18:00
Learn about file and directory permissions as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Special Permissions
Lab — 00:16:00
Learn about special permissions as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Bash Shell
Lab — 00:18:00
Learn about Bash Shell as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Regular Expressions and Metacharacters
Lab — 00:19:00
Learn about regular expressions and metacharacters as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Working with Processes
Lab — 00:13:00
Learn about working with processes, such as nice/renice, ps and kill, as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Job Scheduling
Lab — 00:12:00
Learn about job scheduling as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Managing Packages with RPM
Lab — 00:22:00
Learn about managing packages with RPM as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Managing Packages with Yum
Lab — 00:18:00
Learn about managing packages with Yum as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Understanding Linux Kernel
Lab — 00:12:00
Learn about Linux kernel as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Managing Units and Control Groups
Lab — 00:29:00
Learn about managing units and control groups, including systemctl, as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
System Logging
Lab — 00:18:00
Learn about system logging, including syslog, as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Managing User and Group Accounts
Lab — 00:36:00
Learn about managing user and group accounts, including creating, deleting and passwords, as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Access Control Lists
Lab — 00:15:00
Learn about access control lists (ACL), including file and directory ACLs, and default ACLs, as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Managing Firewall
Lab — 00:33:00
Learn about managing firewalls, including iptables and firewalld, as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Understanding and Managing SELinux
Lab — 00:21:00
Gain insight into managing SELinux as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Creating and Managing Partitions
Lab — 00:25:00
Learn about creating and managing partitions as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Working with Logical Volume Manager
Lab — 00:31:00
Learn about the Logical Volume Manager (LVM) as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Creating and Managing Extended File Systems
Lab — 00:33:00
Learn about creating and managing extended file systems as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Working with XFS and VFAT File Systems
Lab — 00:25:00
Learn about working with XFS and VFAT (Virtual File Allocation Table) file systems as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Using Swap
Lab — 00:11:00
Learn about using swap as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Defining a NAT Virtual Network
Lab — 00:07:00
Learn about defining a Network Address Translation (NAT) virtual network as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Creating Storage Pools and Volumes
Lab — 00:10:00
Learn about creating storage pools and volumes as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
Network Information and NTP
Lab — 00:10:00
Learn about Network Time Protocol (NTP) as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
TCP Wrappers
Lab — 00:13:00
Explore TCP wrappers as you practice in the Linux Cyber Range.
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