Novell Certified Linux Professional (Novell CLP) training is for people interested in being Linux administrators. Skills demonstrated by someone holding a Novell CLP certification include: installing Linux servers into a network environment, managing users and groups, troubleshooting the SUSE LINUX file system, managing and compiling the Linux kernel, and troubleshooting network processes and services-just to name a few. The Novell Practicum is a scenario based exam where students apply the knowledge they have learned to solve real-life problems - showing they not only know what to do, but that they can actually do it as well.

Novell Linux Professional

Course Duration: 5 days instructor led training
Times: 8:30am to 4pm daily

 

Novell CLP

The following objectives and tasks might be required to complete the exam scenario you are presented:

Perform an installation of SLES 9 (from CD) that includes the following steps:

• Pre-installation considerations

• Selecting Installation options

• Selecting software components

• Configuring hardware components and devices (including partitioning)

• Adding passwords and users

• Simple installation troubleshooting

Navigate in the KDE and GNOME desktop environments by doing the following:

• Log in and log out

• Shutdown and reboot SLES 9 from the Desktop+

• Shutdown and reboot SLES 9 from the command line (using halt, poweroff, reboot, shutdown, and init)

• Use the Konqueror or Nautilus file manager

• Access file menus (especially the KDE menu), desktop icon, and panel icons

• Start and use YaST from the command line and desktop

Locate and use Help resources in the Linux system such as the following:

• man pages

• info pages

• GUI-based help

Perform the following file management tasks in the SLES 9 system:

• Select an appropriate Linux file system

• Configure Linux file system partitions (from the command line and from YaST)

• Configure a Linux file system with Logical Volume Management (LVM) from YaST

• Mount and unmount a file system

• Change directories and list directory contents

• Create and view files

• Find files and search file content

• Manage file permissions and ownership

• Set up and configure disk quotas

• Monitor and check a file system (using df, du, lsof, fuser, fsck, e2fsck, and reiserfsck)

• Create a boot, rescue, or module disk

Do the following from the Linux shell and command line:

• Log in as root and switch user accounts.

• Access the command line interface from the Desktop and from virtual servers (such as Ctrl+Alt+F1)

• Use command syntax and special characters

• Use piping and redirection

• Manage user accounts

• Use the basic Linux mail command

Use Linux text editors:

• Use the vi command Line editor to edit files

• Use a desktop editor (such as Kate) to edit files

Locate, view, and use the following types and sources of SUSE LINUX system information:

• Boot log information (/var/log/boot.msg)

• Hardware information (using /proc/, hwinfo, hdparm, fdisk, iostat, lspci, and siga)

• Hardware driver information (hwinfo)

• System and process information (using top, uptime, ps. netstat, uname, KDE System Guard, and Xosview)

• Configure the syslog daemon (syslog.conf) to schedule logged events

• View log files with YaST

• Archive log files with logrotate

Administer processes by doing the following:

• View processes from the GUI and the command line interface (using top, ps, and KDE System Guard)

• Manage foreground and background processes from the command line (using bg, &, fg, ps, pstree, nice, renice, and top)

• Stop processes from the command line (using kill and killall)

• Manage processes with KDE System Guard

Manage runlevels by doing the following:

• Manage runlevels from the command line interface (by using init 0, init 1, and so on)

• Configure runlevels from YaST

• Change the runlevel at boot

Schedule jobs by doing the following:

• Schedule a job with cron

• Run a job one time only with at

Manage the kernel by doing the following:

• Locate and understand the purpose of files and directories related to the kernel (such as /boot/initrd)

• Manage modules from the command line (using lsmod, insmod, rmmod, modprobe, depmod, modinfo, and kmod)

• Modify kernel parameters with Powertweak

Manage the GRUB boot loader by doing the following:

• Start the GRUB shell

• Modify the GRUB configuration file (using /boot/grub/menu.lst)

• Configure GRUB with YaST

Manage system and hardware settings by doing the following:

• View and change system settings (using /proc/sys/)

• Configure /etc/sysconfig/ files with YaST

• Use SuSEPlugger to view parameters and access YaST modules

• Modify hardware parameters with Powertweak

• Monitor hard drive space (using df, du, Info Center, and Kdiskfree)

Manage the network configuration by doing the following:

• Configure a network card with YaST (both static IP address and DHCP)

• Configure a network card from the command line (using ifconfig and ip)

• Perform network connection management tasks from the command line (using ping, netstat, netcat, traceroute, iroute, ifup, and ifdown)

• Configure host and domain names manually (with /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/resolv.conf)

• Configure a network connection manually (using files in /etc/sysconfig/network)

• Manage the routing table from the command line (using route and ip)

• Save routing settings to a configuration file (/etc/sysconfig/network/routes)

• Configure routing from YaST

• Assign IP addresses from the command line (using add, del, and show)

• Analyze network traffic (using tcpdump and ethereal)

Manage user and group accounts by doing the following:

• Create, modify, and delete users and groups from YaST

• Create and delete users and groups from the command line

• Set defaults for new user accounts from YaST

• Configure user authentication with PAM

• Monitor login activity (using who, w, finger, last, lastlog, and faillog)

Manage and configure network printers by doing the following:

• Configure and modify a SLES 9 network printer with YaST and from the command line (using lpoptions and lpadmin)

• Modify printer settings using kprinter

• Manage CUPS printing from the command line using Berkely and System V commands (such as lp, lpr, lpq, lpstat, lprm, and cancel)

• Manage printing from the command line with SLES 9 printer commands (such as enable, disable, accept, and reject)

• Access the CUPS web administration tools

Manage and configure network file systems by doing the following:

• Configure an NFS (Network File System) server and client with YaST

• Configure an NFS server manually

• Configure and mount NFS directories

• Monitor the NFS system from the command line (using rpcinfo and showmount)

• Configure a Samba server and client with YaST

• Monitor and test Samba from the command line (using testparm, nmblookup, smbclient, smbstatus, and rcsmb)

Manage resources on the network by doing the following:

• Configure an NIS (Network Information Service) master server, slave server, client, and users with YaST

• Configure Maps manually (using ypdomainname and make)

• Manage NIS from the command line (using ypdomainname, ypwhich, ypcat, ypmatch, yppasswd, and yppoll)

Manage software packages by doing the following:

• Install and manage RPM software packages from the command line with the rpm command

• Install RPM software packages from YaST

• Compile software from source (using make and make install)

• Verify and update software library access (using ldd, /etc/ld.so.conf, and /etc/ld.so.cache)

• Update your SLES 9 installation from a YaST Online Update (YOU) server

Enable Internet services by doing the following:

• Synchronize time with netdate and hwclock

• Synchronize time with NTP (using ntpdate, ntp.conf, ntptrace, and YaST)

• Configure an HTTP Apache Web server with YaST

• Configure an Apache Web server from the configuration files (such as httpd.conf and default-server.conf)

• Manage the Apache Web server from the command line (using apache2 and apache2ctl)

• Configure a virtual Host for the Apache Web server

• Limit access to the Apache Web server (using allow, deny, and htpasswd2)

• Configure an SSL encryption with an Apache Web server (using RSA key pairs and configuration files)

• Configure the Extended Internet Daemon (xinetd) from YaST and the command line (using xinetd and xinetd.conf)

• Configure the TCP wrapper

• Install, configure, and run PureFTPd server

Configure and use a DNS server by doing the following:

• Install and configure the BIND server software (bind and bind-utils packages)

• Configure a caching-only DNS server

• Configure a master server and one or more slave servers for your domain

• Configure a client computer with YaST to use the DNS server

• Query the DNS server from the command line (using host and dig)

Deploy and use OpenLDAP on a SLES 9 server by doing the following:

• Install and set up an OpenLDAP server (using the slapd.conf and ldap.conf files)

• Add entries to the LDAP server by creating and using an LDIF file (and the commands recode and ldapadd)

• Query information from the LDAP server at the command line (using ldapsearch)

• Delete and modify entries of the LDAP server at the command line (using ldapmodify and ldapdelete)

• Use the GQ graphical applications to access data in the LDAP server

Manage backup and recovery on a SLES 9 server by doing the following:

• Archive, compress, and uncompress files (using tar, gzip, bzip2, and zcat)

• Work with magnetic tapes with the mt command

• Copy data with the dd command

• Mirror directories with the rsync command

• Automate data backups with the cron service

• Boot a corrupted system directly into a shell

• Boot a corrupted system with the Installation media

• Start and use the SLES 9 rescue system

Create basic shell scripts by doing the following:

• Use basic script elements (such as variables, command substitutions, and arithmetic operations)

• Use variable substitution operators (such as ${variable-value}, ${variable=value}, and ${variable+value})

• Use control structures (such as if and until commands, case statements, and loop processing)

• Use advanced scripting techniques (such as shell functions and getopts)

Manage remote access by doing the following:

• Configure an OpenSSH server and client (by editing sshd_config and ssh_config files)

• Use SSH client commands (such as scp, ssh, ssh-add, ssh-agent, ssh-keygen, and ssh-keyscan)

• Enable Remote Administration with YaST

• Configure and access an Installation Server with YaST

Secure a SLES 9 server by doing the following:

• Secure the BIOS with a password

• Secure the GRUB boot loader with a password

• Configure directory ACLs from the command line (using getfacl and setfacl)

• Configure Security Settings with YaST

Find performance bottlenecks by doing the following:

• Analyze processes and processor utilization (using top, uptime, mpstat, and KDE System Guard)

• Analyze memory utilization and performance (using free, vmstat, and KDE System Guard)

• Analyze storage performance (using vmstat and iostat)

• Analyze network utilization and performance (using KDE System Guard, Traffic-vis, and ip)

In addition, the following topics are covered in SUSE LINUX Advanced Administration and might be referred to in the exam:

• How device drivers work

• The sysfs file system

• How the SLES 9 hotplug system works

• Adding new hardware to a SLES 9 system

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