Section 1: Advanced System Administration
- YaST Security Module
- Understand and use the YaST Security Module
- Backup and Recovery
- Understand and Use Snapper
- Software Libraries
- Understand Software Libraries in Linux
- General Server Health
- Gather Server Health and Performance Information
- Monitoring Overview
- Monitoring Methodology
- What are Optimization Tools?
- The Optimization Process
- System Optimization Tools
- Control Groups
- Understand Linux Control Groups
Section 02: Encryption
- SSL/TLS
- Understand SSL/TLS Concepts
- Create a Certificate Authority
- Generate and Use Certificates
- openSSL
- GPG
- Understand GPG Concepts
- Perform GPG Key Creation and Management
- Perform GPG Key Distribution
Section 03: Shell Scripting
- Use Basic Script Elements
- Use Control Structures
- Read User Input
- Use Arrays
- Use Functions
- Use Command Options in Scripts
- Test File Types and Compare Values
Section 04: Hardware
- Hardware Info
- Display Hardware Information
- Drivers
- Understand Linux Drivers
- Use Driver Management Utilities
Section 05: Advanced Networking
- Network Namespaces
- Understand Linux Network Namespaces
- Work with Linux Network Namespaces
- Openvswitch
- Understand Openvswitch Concepts
- Install and Configure Open vSwitch
- IPv6
- Understand IPv6
- Configure IPv6
Section 06: Storage Administration
- iSCSI
- Understand iSCSI Concepts
- Configure and Manage the LIO Daemon
- MPIO
- Understand Mutipath I/O
- Configure and Manage Device Mapper Multipath I/O
Section 07: Centralized Authentication
- PAM
- Understand PAM
- Configure PAM
- SSSD
- Understand SSSD
- Deploy SSSD
Section 08: Packaging and Updates
- RPM
- Mange RPM Packages
- Build RPM Packages
- Understand the RPM spec file
- Sign RPM Packages with GPG
- Repositories
- Understand Software Repository Concepts
- Create a Software Repository with creatrepo
- Sign RPM-MD Software Repositories
- Manage Software Repositories with libzypp
- SMT
- Understand the Subscription Management Tool (SMT)
- Install and Configure an SMT Server
- Manage Software Repositories with SMT
- Use Repository Staging with SMT
- Configure SMT Clients
Section 09: Advanced Deployment
- AutoYaST
- Introduction to AutoYaST
- Prepare for an AutoYaST Installation
- Configure and Installation Server
- Configure PXE
- Kiwi
- Overview of KIWI
- Installing KIWI
- Basic Workflow
- Building Images
- Customizing the Boot Process
- The KIWI Image Description File
- Advanced Configuration Options
- Image Maintenance
- System Analysis
- Machinery
- Overview of Machinery
- Installation
- Using Machinery
Section 10: Configuration Management with Salt
- Salt Overview
- Install and Configure Salt
- Understand Execution Modules
- Understand the Salt State System
