Puget Sound Technology: NetBSD training classes


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NetBSD System Administration Training

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Course Summary

The hands-on NetBSD System Administration class covers the fundamentals of NetBSD system administration, including: installation (i386), system services, installing software packages, configuring and building kernels, network configuration, and more.

This class is for users of Linux, Unix or BSD operating systems to provide beginning system administration skills for the popular NetBSD operating system. Similarities and differences for many administration tasks under Linux and other BSDs will be discussed.

This class is designed for students who are new to BSD administration. Some Unix, BSD, or Linux experience would be helpful. Although this course uses NetBSD for its curriculum, most of the concepts are applicable for LInux, OpenBSD, BSD/OS, and FreeBSD administration.

Topics covered in this course include:

interactive operating system installation (CD provided)
basic filesystem creation and maintenance
system startup configurations (using rc.conf and rc.d)
networking setup and troubleshooting
user and group administration
installing new software using pkgsrc
installing new software using pre-built packages
setting up a DNS caching and authoritative DNS server (using BIND)
setting up basic packet filter and NAT (Network Address Translation)
beginning email server configuration (using Postfix)
Apache HTTPD webserver installation and configuration for virtual domains.
Unix security concepts
basic system "hardening" techniques
customizing and building the kernel
updating a NetBSD system

Course Features:

NetBSD installation CD.
Detailed course curriculum and hand-outs.
Small classes with one-on-one interaction.
Hands-on training, one system per student.
Certificate of course completion.

Price

US$1560.00 for four-day, hands-on training including CD and course materials.

10-percent discount for extra early registration and payment.

Additional discount if you are currently migrating from BSD/OS to NetBSD. (Contact us for details.)

Registration

Class sizes are kept small, so seating is limited. Please email or call us to pre-register.

For more information and to register for this class, contact us today.

Course Details and Policies

Instructor

This class is taught by Jeremy C. Reed. Reed is a NetBSD committer (developer). For the past four years, he has managed a few websites covering BSD news, howtos, and advocacy, including BSD Today and BSD Newsletter.com. He has written several articles (for various media) teaching about and promoting BSD operating systems. As a head Unix admin for a multi-state ISP and as a consultant, Reed has installed, upgraded, patched, maintained and configured various versions of NetBSD (as well as other BSD and Linux operating systems). He is a maintainer of several pkgsrc packages. And Reed has built custom NetBSD auto-installer boot disks and live NetBSD CDs (used for demonstrations, system rescues, back-up servers, et cetera). Reed has taught over 40 workshops and classes covering open source and Unix administration concepts.