D94181 - Oracle Linux 7: What's New for Administrators

Course Introduction 

• Course Goals 
• Course Schedule 
• Virtualization with Oracle VM Server for x86 
• Classroom System Configuration 

Installing Oracle Linux 7 

• Obtain Oracle Linux
• Anaconda installer 
• Install Oracle Linux 7 
• Upgrade from Oracle Linux 6 

Oracle Linux 7 Boot Process 

• GRUB 2 Bootloader 
• systemd System and Service Manager 
• systemd Service Units 
• systemd Target Units 
• systemctl Utility 

Network Configuration 

• Network Interface Configuration Files 
• NetworkManager 
• nmcli Utility 
• ip Utility 

System Configuration 

• Configuring System Date and Time
• timedatectl Utility 
• Network Time Protocol (NTP) 
• Configuring NTP by using Chrony

Advanced Software Package Management 

• Popular Yum Plug-Ins 
• Managing Errata 
• PackageKit Software Update 
• The Enhanced Ksplice Client 

Storage Administration

• LVM thin provisioning 
• Snapper 
• System Storage Manager (SSM) 
• iSCSI 
• Udev 

Security Administration 

• Packet-Filtering Firewalls 
• firewalld Service 
• firewall-cmd Utility

System Logging 

• Oracle Linux 7 system logging options 
• journald Service 
• journalctl Utility 

OpenLDAP 

• Configuring an OpenLDAP server 
• Implementing OpenLDAP authentication 
• Authenticating from an OpenLDAP client 

Control Groups (Cgroups) 

• Cgroup Integration into systemd 
• systemd slice units and scope units 
• Controlling Access to System Resources 

Docker 

• Introduction to Docker
• Docker Images and Docker Containers 
• Docker Hub Registry 
• Docker Command-Line Interface 

Advanced Networking 

• Network Bonding 
• Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) 
• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)