Releases and Flavors of Ubuntu

• Differentiate between the flavors of Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu Maintenance Model

• Explain the Ubuntu Linux release cycle
• Explain the Ubuntu naming convention
• Explain Ubuntu LTS maintenance cycle

System Installation

• Complete an Ubuntu Server installation

Introduction to MAAS

• List and explain key MAAS features and functionality

Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)

• Define the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

• Explain the Ubuntu Filesystem Hierarchy

Linux File Types

• List and define Linux file types

Get Help

• Access and use Linux manual pages
• Access and use Linux info pages
• Locate and use package documentation Shell Environment
• List key shell environment concepts
• List and explain the purpose of shell environment files
• Define environment variables
• Create and use shell aliases
• Explain data channels, redirection, and command chaining
• Explain return values

• List and explain shell expansion and wild cards
  • Explain and use brace expansion
  • Explain and use tilde expansion
  • Explain and use parameter/variable expansion
  • Explain and use command substitution
  • Explain and use arithmetic expansion
  • Explain and use wildcard expansion

CLI Commands

• Navigate the file system using CLI
• Manipulate the file system using CLI
• Search the file system
• Search file contents
• Manipulate file contents
• Perform text processing

Terminal Multiplexing

• Use terminal multiplexing with Byobu

Introduction to Vim

• Describe Vim
• Describe the purpose of the vimrc file
• Perform Vim navigation
• Use Vim command mode
• Use Vim insert mode
• Use Vim visual mode
• Use Vim search and replace/delete
• Use Vim windows

Remote Administration with OpenSSH

• Describe key OpenSSH features and functionality
• Perform OpenSSH server configuration
• Use OpenSSH client tools
• Perform SSH key management
• Use SSH port tunneling

User Management

• Explain the purpose of UNIX user accounts
• List and explain user/group data files
• Perform user/group/password management

Privilege Delegation

• Define and use sudo
• Explain su

Permissions

• Explain and manipulate file/directory

permissions

• Explain and manipulate umask
• Explain and manipulate

SUID/SGID/Sticky Bit

ACLs

• Explain Posix ACL concepts
• Enable Posix ACLs
• Manipulate Posix ACLs

PAM

• List key PAM features and functionality
• Configure PAM modules

Introduction to AppArmor

• List key AppArmor features and functionality

Boot Process Overview

• Explain the Ubuntu boot process

The Boot Loader

• Explain and configure GRUB2

The Kernel and Initrd

• Explain the Linux kernel initialization process
• Describe Initrd

Systemd

• Describe Systemd features and functionality
• Explain Systemd init descriptors

Upstart

• Describe Upstart features and functionality
• Explain Upstart scripts

Process Administration

• Describe Linux processes
• List processes
• Send signals to processes

Process Priority

• Define and manipulate process priority

with nice/renice

Background Processes

• Define and use job control

Scheduling Processes

• Explain and schedule processes with cron
• Explain and schedule processes with at

On-demand Processes

• Explain and configure on-demand processes

with xinetd

Debian Package Management

• Describe Debian package management
• Perform Debian package management

Advanced Package Tool (Apt)

• Perform package management with apt
• Perform package management with aptitude

Snappy Package Management

• Perform package management with snappy

Partitioning

• Describe and use MBR/MSDOS partitions
• Describe and use GPT partitions

File Systems

• Describe and configure Ext4
• Describe and configure XFS
• Describe and configure BTRFS
• Describe and configure ZFS (Xenial)

Software RAID

• Define Linux software RAID
• Describe and use mdadm command

LVM

• Describe LVM features and functionality
• Configure and work with LVM physical

volumes

• Configure and work with LVM volume

groups

• Configure and work with LVM logical

volumes

• Configure and work with LVM snapshots

Basic Network Commands

• Describe Linux network configuration layers
• Use basic network commands (ip/ethtool)
• Use network troubleshooting commands

Network Initialization and Configuration

• Describe and use Ubuntu network interface management commands
• Describe and manipulate Ubuntu network

interface configuration files

• Describe and configure hostname

resolution

• Describe and configure network

interface bonding

• Describe and configure VLANs

System Logging

• Describe system logging
• Configure rsyslog
• Configure logrotate

Time Synchronization

• Describe key NTP concepts
• Configure NTP server and client
• Use time sync CLI tools

Backup and Recovery

• Describe and use archiving and

compression utilities

• Describe and use dd
• Describe and use rsync

QEMU/KVM

• Describe QEMU/KVM
• LXC/LXD
• Describe LXC (Trusty)
• Describe and use LXD (Xenial) containers

uvtool

• Describe and use uvtool

Virtual Machine Management

• Describe and use virsh
• Describe and use virt-manager