System Administration (sysadmin)
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In a networked environment, the need for a skilled system administrator has become increasingly obvious, but what exactly does a System Administrator do? Traditionally, the System Administrator's job has not had a precise definition; in some places they are referred to as Systems Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers (SRE), or perhaps Web Operations. Elsewhere, the boundaries between traditional "dev" and "ops" are being torn down, yielding a collaborative culture of "DevOps".
In this class, some of the most essential aspects of system administration and the rather broad skillset required in this profession will be covered, giving students the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to architect solutions for as well as analyze and troubleshoot problems arising in every day usage of complex networks and large-scale installations.
Some of the topics covered include: fundamental operating system and filesystem concepts, software installation and package management, configuration management, task automation and tools development, TCP/IP networking, common internet services, and system security.