Getting started with Linux in a local virtual environment

Target Audience

• Developers
• QA engineers
• DevOps engineers
• Automation engineers

Prerequisites

• General understanding how computers work.
• Bring your own computer where you already have VirtualBox installed and where you have the rights to install new software.

Objectives

• Have a Linux distribution on the computer brought by the participant
• Be able to use bacis commands in the Linux shell.
• Have directions on how to further learn about the Linux shell.
• Understand what is Unix/Linux.
• Understand the Open Source development model.

Course Format

• 8 academic hours. (Two half-days)

Language

• The course is given in Hebrew with slides and materials in English.

Syllabus

1. Details
   • Install a Linux distribution on the computer brought by the participant
   • Linux with GUI - short review of Linux as a desktop computer.
   • Create users.
   • Install new software.
   • Update existing software.
   • Open the terminal.
   • Access linux from another computer (ssh, putty)
   • Create, edit, move, copy, and remove files and directories.
   • grep, pipe
   • less, cat, find, wc
   • du, df, free, gzip, tar
   • Process management ps, htop, jobs, bg, fg
   • Environment variables, PATH, etc.

Contact

Contact: Gabor Szabo gabor@hostlocal.com
Phone: +972-54-4624648