Hello and welcome to the latest edition of CompTIA Linux Plus Pearson CertPrep.
My name is Sander van Vugt and I will be your instructor in this course.
This course covers every topic in the exam and was created to help you prepare for and
pass the test.
The contents of this course will build upon your existing knowledge of Linux.
We will start with my Linux Fundamentals course, which is an introduction title covering essential
Linux management tasks, such as working with the Linux file system, managing users and
permissions, managing software, and managing processes.
If you are already well versed in these topics, you can move on to the next section which
covers everything you need to know to pass the new CompTIA Linux Plus exam.
In the Linux Plus section, you will get 23 lessons covering all objectives on the exam.
In both sections, you will encounter labs, lightboard instruction, and demos.
In the Linux Fundamentals portion of this course, I'll carefully guide you through the
essential topics of the Linux operating system, starting in Module 1 which covers Linux basics.
After performing a basic installation of Linux, I'll get you going on the Linux command line
in the core lesson of this course, which are about using essential tools, the GNOME
Display Manager, essential file management tools, working with text files, and advanced
text file processing.
These lessons are followed by information about connecting to a server and working with
the bare shell.
In Module 2, you'll learn how to apply user-related security and how to manage storage.
This module includes lessons about user and group management, as well as permission management.
After studying the last lesson in this module, you'll also have a solid basic understanding
of working with storage, where you will learn how to create file systems and how to mount
them as well.
In Module 3, we'll discuss Linux features that you will need to know in order to configure
Linux to meet your daily IT needs.
I'll start by explaining networking, and next you'll learn about System D.
This is followed by lessons about software management, SSH, time management, and process
management, and in the final two lessons you'll learn about tasks scheduling and working with
log files.
In Module 4, you'll learn about advanced topics.
This includes information about containers and Linux, managing the kernel, hardware as
well as an introduction to Linux security.
In the CompTIA Linux Plus portion of this course, I'll start by covering user essential
Linux management tasks in Module 1.
In this module, you'll find three lessons, Lesson 1 which is dedicated to user-related
security, Lesson 2 about networking, and Lesson 3 in which you'll learn about more advanced
parts of System D.
Module 2 is all about storage-related settings.
In this module, Lesson 4 introduces hardware management, Lesson 5 discusses managing partitions
and storage, and in Lesson 6 you'll learn how to work with file systems.
Module 3 is about common administration tasks.
This first lesson explains how to configure logging in a Linux environment.
In Lesson 8 you'll learn how to monitor system performance, and next in Lesson 9 you'll learn
how to manage the boot procedure.
In Lesson 10 I'll show you how to manage file compression and backup, and in Lesson 11 you'll
learn how to work with user interfaces.
Next in Lesson 12 we'll discuss troubleshooting of a wide range of problems that you may encounter
while working with Linux.
Module 4 teaches how to manage server-related security.
To start with, you'll learn about Linux firewalling, followed by Lesson 14 which discusses a few
generic security-related solutions.
In Lesson 15 you'll learn how to manage PAM and SSSD, and Lesson 16 is about mandatory
access control.
In Module 5 we'll focus on some advanced administration tasks.
It starts with Lesson 17, which is about different roles that Linux servers may have.
In Lesson 18 you'll find a short introduction to shell scripting, and Lesson 19 teaches
how to work with Git for version control.
Next in Lesson 20 you'll get a quick start to configuration management.
In Lesson 21 you'll learn all about managing containers.
Then Lesson 22 provides a brief introduction to working with virtualization, and in the
final Lesson 23 you'll learn about Python features that matter for a Linux administrator.
As we'll spend quite some time together in this course, let me tell you a bit about myself.
My name is Sander van Vugt, and I'm an instructor, author and consultant, specialized in Linux,
Kubernetes and Ansible and living in the Netherlands.
I have published more than 70 video courses about Linux-related topics such as my best-selling
Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator, Linux under the Hood and Linux+, but also about
some more advanced topics such as Kubernetes, Linux Troubleshooting and Linux Performance
Optimization.
I'm sure you're going to like this course, so let's wait no longer and get started.