Systems Admin and Network Services I - morgan-hanrahan/Tech-Journal GitHub Wiki
Module 01 - Course Overview and Lab Prep
This was the first week of classes, we set up both fw01 and wks01 VM's using vSphere. Also learned what we will be doing in this class, which includes building, managing, and troubleshooting heterogeneous networks, exploring services, and how to implement them.
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Module 02 - DNS & ADDS Role
This week we learned about Microsoft Active Directory, AD core services, DNS, and DNS record types.
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Module 03 - Linux
This week we learned about the fundamentals of Linux and created a dhcp01 virtual machine to run Linux on.
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Module 04 - DHCP
This week we configured a DHCP server that can publish IP addresses to DHCP clients on our network. We also reconfigured WKS01 to receive an IP address within a specific range from our Linux-based DHCP server
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Module 05 - ADDS
This week we explored active directory and implemented both a user and computer level group policies.
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Module 06 - Assessment
This week we took our big assessment. Rebuilding our VMs from the building and implementing the knowledge from previous weeks.
Module 07 - Server Core and File Services & DIY VM Infrastructure.
This week we explored Server Core 2019 and how administrators remotely manage servers in the context of a Windows Domain. We also rebuilt our network via VMware Workstation.
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Module 08 - Apache
This week we built an Apache web server and explored ways that we could automate remote administration. We also joined our new web server to our Windows Domain so that we could log in using AD credentials.
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Module 09 - Bash
This week we worked with the bash command interpreter found on most *nix systems.
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Module 10 - PowerShell & Final Project
This week we were introduced to PowerShell. We explored its object-oriented properties and saw how powerful it was when used in conjunction with an active directory. We also began discussing the final project and what to do with it.
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Module 11 - Linux Assessment
This week we took our Linux Assessment. We had to complete a successful SSH session from the Windows system to our blog01 machine showing Login as a named user (not root), our elevation to root, ping various servers, perform nslookups for specific addresses, and show the successful creation of our own blog page.
Module 12 - Automation
This week we explored how to leverage linked clones and how to automate Linux using a combination of SSH, PSSH, and Ansible.
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Module 13 - File Transfer
This week was our final week of the semester. We discussed the end of the semester, the final project, and reviewed the previous weeks lab.