Core Linux Administration Skills

• System Operations
• Install & configure RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS
• Manage users, groups, and file permissions (chmod, chown)
• Configure LVM storage and disk partitioning

Networking & Security

• Set up Apache/Nginx web servers
• Configure firewalls (iptables, firewalld)
• Implement SSH key authentication

Automation & Scripting

• Write Bash scripts to automate tasks
• Schedule jobs with cron & systemd timers
• Deploy Ansible playbooks for configuration management

Cloud-Integrated Learning

• Manage AWS EC2 Linux instances
• Deploy containers using Docker
• Orchestrate services with Kubernetes (basic)

Real-World Projects

Corporate Server Migration

• Transfer Windows workloads to Linux

Disaster Recovery Drill

• Restore a crashed system from backups

Security Audit Challenge

• Find & fix vulnerabilities in a misconfigured server