Linux Training in Chicago

Red Hat: DevOps Culture and Practice Enablement (TL500) is a hands-on course designed to help teams adopt DevOps principles and practices by working through a real-world, end-to-end project using open source tools and agile methodologies.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to implement DevOps practices in a collaborative and practical setting while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Apply DevOps principles across the software development lifecycle.
• Implement agile practices, CI/CD pipelines, and team collaboration techniques.
• Work with containerization, version control, and automation tools effectively.
• Foster a DevOps mindset and cultural shift within teams.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level developers and SREs who wish to build, manage, and deploy containerized applications using Podman and OpenShift.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand container technology and its applications.
• Build and manage containers using Podman.
• Deploy containerized applications on Red Hat OpenShift.
• Troubleshoot container deployments.

Linux is a powerful open-source operating system used widely in servers, embedded systems, and enterprise environments.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level system administrators who wish to acquire practical knowledge of managing Linux servers, configuring system components, securing access, and supporting institutional IT needs.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure a Linux server from scratch.
• Manage users, groups, and access permissions effectively.
• Create and manage local file systems and partitions.
• Configure basic networking and essential services.
• Perform package management depending on the Linux distribution.
• Implement basic security practices and automation scripts.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level system administrators, cloud administrators, and DevOps professionals who wish to install, configure, and manage OpenShift clusters effectively and prepare for the Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator (EX280) exam.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand and implement core concepts of OpenShift architecture and administration.
• Manage OpenShift clusters effectively, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Gain practical experience with tasks covered in the EX280 exam.
• Build confidence in administering OpenShift clusters through hands-on exercises.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level Linux system administrators who wish to take the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Gain proficiency in maintaining RHEL systems, managing boot processes, and system services to ensure systems are up-to-date and running efficiently.
• Master user and group management along with file permissions and security.
• Configure basic network settings, secure network communications, and implement firewall configurations.
• Develop the ability to manage systems in real-time, including boot management, software package management, and service management.
• Take the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam with confidence.

Red Hat System Administration III is focused on automation of Linux system administration tasks using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level Linux system administrators who wish to automate common administrative tasks and prepare for the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam based on RHEL 9.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Write and run Ansible playbooks to automate Linux administration.
• Deploy and manage systems using Ansible roles, inventories, and variables.
• Control access, configure services, and automate security policies.
• Prepare for and take the EX294 RHCE certification exam.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Hands-on implementation in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
• Guided labs focused on automation tasks aligned with RHCE exam objectives.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course based on your automation or certification goals, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner to intermediate-level system administrators who wish to gain the knowledge, practical skills, and confidence to proficiently manage and utilize Rocky Linux in various real-world scenarios and business applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Navigate, install, configure, and manage a Rocky Linux system effectively.
• Administer system tasks and implement security measures.
• Understand virtualization and containerization.
• Implement backup and recovery plans and optimize system performance.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at IT professionals who wish to gain advanced knowledge in performing penetration testing with Kali Linux such as advance sniffing, exploit writing, web and wireless penetration testing, document management and reporting, and other penetration testing methods.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand and utilize the advanced methodology of Kali Linux for penetration testing.
• Learn to use vulnerability assessment tools.
• Manage evidence, data collection, and reporting using Kali Linux.
• Learn about exploitations, attacks, and privileges escalations.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators and IT professionals who wish to become proficient Linux system administrators.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Effectively manage Linux systems and servers.
• Perform key system administration tasks.
• Configure and troubleshoot networking in Linux.
• Implement security measures to protect Linux systems.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at advanced-level Linux system administrators who wish to take the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam to demonstrate their capability in managing multiple systems using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand and use Ansible.
• Automate system administration tasks with Ansible.
• Managing Linux network configurations and automating the deployment of network services.
• Learn the basics of shell scripting for automation.
• Automate security patching and compliance checks.
• Take the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam with confidence.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level system administrators and IT engineers who wish to efficiently manage RHEL systems, automate processes using Ansible, and prepare for Red Hat certifications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure RHEL.
• Manage users, groups, and permissions effectively.
• Optimize file systems and manage storage.
• Automate administrative tasks using Ansible.
• Configure and manage network services.
• Implement security measures and system monitoring.
• Prepare for Red Hat certifications (RHCSA and RHCE).

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at developers and system administrators who wish to automate their tasks and manage their systems more effectively using Bash.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Bash.
• Write and execute Bash scripts.
• Understand the lifecycle of a Bash script and how Bash fits into system administration tasks.
• Use Bash to automate tasks and manage systems.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level system administrators who wish to develop skills in Linux administration using CentOS.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure CentOS 8.
• Manage users and groups, control, and monitor system processes.
• Configure network services and security.
• Implement storage solutions and perform system maintenance and troubleshooting.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level system administrators and IT professionals who wish to understand and start working with KVM and hypervisors in general.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role and types of hypervisors.
• Install and configure KVM on a Linux host.
• Create, manage, and troubleshoot guest virtual machines.
• Configure virtual networking and storage pools for VM environments.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at IT professionals who wish to learn more about performing penetration testing and other security management with Kali Linux.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the internals of Kali Linux.
• Perform vulnerability scan and analysis.
• Manage file permissions and directories structure.
• Work with commands and shortcuts in hacker style.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at individuals who want to gain a solid understanding of open-source IT and cloud computing fundamentals.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles of open-source software and its benefits.
• Navigate and utilize the Linux command-line interface.
• Comprehend cloud computing concepts and terminology.
• Explore various cloud deployment models and services.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at developers or anyone who wishes to learn how to use Skupper to create secure communication within a hybrid multi-cloud environment.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Learn and understand the fundamentals of Skupper.
• Setup and configure Supper in multiple namespaces.
• Configure Skupper security and allow multi-cloud communication for applications.

The course answers the questions:

• How to perform basic operations on the system?
• Where to find information and how to get help?
• How does the power?
• What are the types of files in the system?
• How simply and quickly solve problems?

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner and intermediate-level Linux users, system administrators, and developers who wish to gain hands-on experience in creating efficient and effective shell scripts.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand how the shell works and interact with Linux using BASH.
• Write, debug, and execute BASH scripts to automate repetitive tasks.
• Implement conditional statements, loops, and functions in scripts for enhanced functionality.
• Process and manipulate text files, search for patterns, and work with streams effectively.

In this instructor-led, live training in Chicago, participants will learn the critical features of DNS while carrying out exercises in the setup and configuration of a BIND DNS server on Linux. The course starts with a refresher on key networking principles, then digs into hands-on practice with setup and configuration. Steadily, the discussion and practices move towards more complex topics such as security, availability, debugging and troubleshooting.

• Created Linux/Unix Administrators and developers who are interested with getting involved in LInux/Unix Servers
• Even beginners, who have the basic skill and knowledge on Linux, can catch up with this course just if you follow the instructor's lab and explanation in detail.
• This course is intended to practice enough Managing Linux Servers and to show it is very easy to understand Linux/Unix servers.
• This course will be delivered to audience with 40% lectures, 50% labs and 10% Q&A. This five-day course strongly emphasizes lab-based activities.
• You'll learn how to deploy and manage Top 4 Linux Servers that provide highly useful network services to a mission-critical enterprise environment.
• It can be deliver on any distribution (Fedora, CentOS are commonly used)

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at DevOps engineers and developers who wish to use Fedora CoreOS to reduce the maintenance and upgrade costs of running  containerized applications on Kubernetes.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Fedora CoreOS.
• Set up Kubernetes cluster on Fedora CoreOS.
• Run and manage Kubernetes deployments on Fedora CoreOS.
• Automatically update Fedora OS with the latest OS improvements, bug fixes, and security updates.

Go (Golang) is an open source programming language developed at Google. One of Go's popular use cases is Linux and Unix systems programming.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn the fundamentals of systems programming with Go as they step through hands-on exercises exploring the various features of Go.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of Go systems programming
• Set up the Go development environment
• Write programs in Go
• Use both the basic and advanced features of Go for Unix and Linux systems programming
• Understand and use Goroutines
• Write fast and lightweight code with Go
• Write low-level networking code with Go

Audience

• Programmers
• Developers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

This course aims to provide its participants with all the necessary tools to acquire the intermediate skills about the Linux operating system, so that they can edit, manage and structure the program in the way that is most convenient for their organization with a thorough intermediate knowledge of the operation of the system.

This instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote) is aimed at system administrators who wish to master system administration for the Linux Kernel.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the core mechanics of Linux operating systems as a system administrator.
• Manage boot loaders, system initialization, and system logging.
• Handle installation errors by booting into emergency targets.

The LEDE Project (Linux Embedded Development Environment) is a Linux operating system based on OpenWrt. It is a complete replacement for the vendor-supplied firmware of a wide range of wireless routers and non-network devices.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to set up a LEDE based wireless router.

Audience

• Network administrators and technicians

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Learn how to develop applications for the Linux environment. In this instructor-led course, you’ll get hands-on experience with the necessary tools and methods for Linux application development and learn about the features and techniques that are unique to Linux.

This course will teach you how to containerize, host, deploy, and configure an application in a multi-node cluster. It also serves as preparation for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam.

Linux system administration is one of the most in-demand skills in IT. Whether you’re looking for expert prep for the Linux Foundation Certified System Administration (LFCS) certification, need training to help start a new Linux IT career, transition to Linux from another platform, or you’re just brushing up on your sysadmin skills, this instructor-led course will teach you what you need to know.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at individuals who want to expand their knowledge of Linux system configuration, administration, and command line environment.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

 manage networking, system services, user account creation and administration, and much more; you will also familiarize yourself with virtualization, containers, and DevOps concepts

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at individuals who desire to gain the necessary skills of Linux

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

to administer, configure and upgrade Linux systems running one of the three major Linux distribution families: Debian/Ubuntu andRed Hat/CentOS/Fedora, how to master the tools and concepts you’ll need to efficiently build and manage an enterprise Linux infrastructure

This instructor-led course will walk you through the many risks and threats that exist, show you how to use best practices and other open-source tools to mitigate or counteract those threats, and teach you what you need to know to detect and recover from those attacks that do happen.

Keeping your Linux systems running optimally is a mission-critical function for most Linux IT professionals. This course will teach you the appropriate tools, subsystems, and techniques you need to get the best possible performance out of Linux

Automation is essential to running Linux in the enterprise effectively. Automation lets you minimize costs by reducing manual operations, helps ensure compliance across the data center, standardizes your software infrastructure and accelerates deployments for your bare-metal and cloud infrastructures. This course will teach you how to use automation to achieve these outcomes.

This course covers the core concepts typically used to build and administer a Kubernetes cluster in production, using vendor-independent tools. We build a cluster, determine network configuration, grow the cluster, deploy applications and configure the storage, security and other objects necessary for typical use. This course offers exposure to the many skills necessary to administer Kubernetes in a production environment and is excellent preparation for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam.

This instructor-led course provides skills and knowledge across a broad range of best practices for securing container-based applications and Kubernetes platforms during build, deployment, and runtime.

Learn core Linux Systems Administration skills in a workshop environment. (Ubuntu or CentOS)

Who is this course for:

Engineers who want to transition into Linux engineering and administration roles.
Beginners who want to understand how a Linux operating system works and how to manage it.
People looking to prepare for professional certifications such as the LPI level 1 or RHCSA.

Description:

This course is designed to teach you about the advantages of Linux-based operating systems, their role in enterprise, and how to understand and administer them. Aimed at relative beginners, we will teach you all the skills necessary to manage a small Linux estate.

Using a combination of demonstrations and practical exercises, we will guide you through the relevant commands, tools and processes you will need to know to become a successful administrator of a professional Linux environment.

The skills to properly run and maintain Linux environments are in very high demand.
If you have little or no experience working with Linux and wish to become a competent administrator quickly, this course will give you all the tools you need to enter the exciting and challenging world of Linux administration.

At the end of this course you will:

• Understand what GNU/Linux is, and its role in modern IT
• Be able to install a linux distribution from scratch
• Be able to configure users, groups, storage, and networking of a Linux-based computer
• Be able to confidently navigate the command line interface (CLI) on any Linux server
• Understand services, processes, and system resources
• Install, remove, and configure software.

Linux is an open source operating system that is popular among developers because of its stability, flexibility, and customizability.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to use the Linux Command Line and implement basic commands.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Have a good understanding of the Linux File System and the Linux Command Line
• Learn how to navigate the Linux File System using Linux commands
• Learn how to create and manipulate files and directories using Linux commands
• Create their own Linux commands

Audience

• Anyone interested in getting started with Linux
• Windows or Mac users who are interested in switching to Linux
• Existing Linux users who want to be more effective in using the Linux Command Line

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

The primary objective of this practical course is to introduce the Linux high-availability stack (Pacemaker, DRBD) to system administrators. During the training, each participant will build a two-machine cluster that offers a simple highly-available service (such as PostgreSQL or NFS) on a virtual IP address. Also, uses of DRBD not related to high availability are considered.

During the course, participants will learn:

• What is denial of service attacks, Flooding, Sniffing, MIM?
• How to break from the network to the server?
• How to watch packets on the network (also running on switches)?
• Do you watch any combination of the world?
• How to monitor the network?
• How to configure a firewall?
• How to use encrypted connections?
• How to create tunnels?
• How to log packets?
• How to scan ports?
• How to reduce the number of unnecessary services on the server?

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at network engineers who wish to use Linux for network engineering.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up Linux services for networking.
• Replace switches with Linux switches.
• Use Linux commands to manage processes.
• Configure an SDN to automate network maintenance.

This Linux System Administration training course is designed for IT professionals who wish to learn core Linux System Administration skills.

Using a combination of demonstrations and practical exercises, this course will guide participants through the relevant commands, tools and processes needed to become a successful administrator of a professional Linux environment.

Participants will learn how to

• Setup, maintain and troubleshoot a Linux system
• Manage users on a Linux system
• Set up and install server software (web server, ftp server, vnc server, etc.)
• Deploy and monitor a production system
• Implement basic system security

Audience

• IT professionals on the path to becoming a Linux system administrator or network administrators
• Beginners who want to learn how to manage a Linux system.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion
• Lots of exercises and practice
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment

Course Customization Options

• Linux is available in different flavours (Debian/Ubuntu, CentOS/Fedora/Red Hat, Suse, etc.).
• This training can be customized for any flavor. Please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at engineers who wish to administer and monitor a large-scale deployment of the Lustre parallel file system.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Lustre software.
• Select hardware for using Lustre.
• Administer and monitor Lustre.
• Benchmark Lustre's performance.
• Optimize Lustre for performance.
• Diagnosis and analysis issues with Lustre in production.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at engineers wishing to package, deploy, upgrade and version control entire Linux systems quickly and at scale.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure OSTree.
• Carry out binary deployments and upgrades of operating systems and containers.
• Use OSTree as a version control system to manage multiple filesystem trees and bootloaders.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion
• Lots of exercises and practice
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
• To learn more about OSTree, please visit: https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at penetration testers who wish to penetrate test networks in Kali Linux using Python.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create Python programs to seek network vulnerabilities.
• Explore and use Kali web shells and shellcode in exploits.
• Apply various Kali tools for penetration testing.
• Exploit systems with Python.

This practical course contains topics addressed to system administrators, developers, embedded developers and ordinary desktop users (including managers) who would like to have an introduction to virtualization in general. After this course, administrators will be able to create private clouds for use in production, and developers will be able to test their code on multiple operating systems without needing a second PC or a non-x86 board.

We understand that the set of topics presented in this course covered a wide range of subjects that might not be applicable for all customers. When booking this course, please specify what you wish to achieve using QEMU or KVM, and we will customize it by reallocating time from less relevant topics to the ones that would be important for you.

The 'RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux): Upgrading to 7' training focuses on the process of upgrading from 6.x to RHEL 7, covering Systemd, management tools, and new features. Participants will acquire skills in the area of Linux Container, Docker, Kubernetes, integration with Windows systems, as well as high availability clusters and Software Defined Storage Clusters using Ceph.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level system administrators and IT professionals who wish to effectively manage, optimize, and secure RHEL 8 environments using the latest tools and techniques.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure RHEL 8 for enterprise use.
• Use advanced tools like App Streams, Stratis, and the Virtual Data Optimizer for efficient storage management.
• Implement secure networking using NFTables and Firewalld.
• Automate systems administration tasks with Ansible, including the deployment and scaling of tasks.
• Manage the lifecycle of containers and secure deployments in production environments.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at sysadmins and DevOps engineers who wish to use RHEL to perform administrative tasks and manage enterprise systems more efficiently.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary server environment for managing system administration tasks and operations with RHEL.
• Understand the benefits of RHEL and take advantage of its features to streamline administrative processes.
• Configure different file systems and manage them efficiently using the built-in services in RHEL.
• Reduce vulnerabilities and threats by implementing security hardening techniques on servers and network systems.
• Manage and deploy containers and images with RHEL using OCI-compatible tools (Podman, Skopeo and Buildah).

This 2 day course gives an introduction to the writing of UNIX Shell scripts using the Korn and Bash shells and to the more advanced features of UNIX including the batch editor sed and the text file processing language awk.

Although based on the Solaris version of UNIX running on a desktop PC, the principles learnt may be applied to all other versions of UNIX including Linux, AIX, HP-UX and SCO.

The course takes the format of a workshop, with a mix of lecture, working examples and practical exercises. Although the content may be customised, at least 1 day is normally needed to cover the core elements.

Full course notes are provided along with sample script files and free software tools for use in accessing a UNIX server.

This instructor-led, live training in Chicago (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level virtualization administrators who wish to use open-source platforms to migrate away from VMware.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure KVM, oVirt, and Proxmox VE.
• Migrate virtual workloads from VMware.
• Implement high availability and disaster recovery.
• Optimize performance in open-source virtualization environments.