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)