Linux Security, Automation, and Troubleshooting
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This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course empowers you with advanced Linux skills, focusing on security, automation, and troubleshooting. You’ll explore core security principles, authentication, authorization, OS hardening, firewall management, and remote access security. Hands-on demonstrations help you implement these practices effectively, preparing you for real-world Linux administration challenges. Delve into cryptography, file integrity monitoring, compliance standards, and supply chain security. The course also introduces automation through Bash scripting, Python for system administration, Infrastructure as Code, and Git version control. These lessons enable efficient and repeatable system management across diverse Linux environments. Learn systematic troubleshooting strategies for Linux systems, including hardware, storage, networking, performance, and security issues. Practical demos illustrate step-by-step problem-solving techniques, enhancing your ability to maintain reliable and secure Linux operations. Designed for IT professionals and system administrators, this intermediate-to-advanced course assumes foundational Linux knowledge. By following structured lessons and practical exercises, learners gain confidence in securing, automating, and troubleshooting Linux systems efficiently. By the end of the course, you will be able to implement Linux security and hardening techniques, automate administrative tasks using Bash and Python, manage version control with Git, and troubleshoot system, network, and hardware issues with confidence.
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What you'll learn
- implement Linux security and hardening techniques
- automate administrative tasks using Bash and Python
- manage version control with Git
- troubleshoot system, network, and hardware issues confidently
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