Ubuntu Server Overview Training Course

Ubuntu Server Edition for Government

• Ubuntu Versions
• Available Support
• TLS and Standard Edition
• Maintenance Policy and Life Cycle

Ubuntu and Hardware for Government

• Checking Compatibility with Ubuntu
• Available Kernels and Supported Architectures

Package Management for Government

• Dpkg and Apt-Get
• Available Sources
• Adding New Sources
• Alternative Packet Management Systems (RPM, Yum, etc.) and Dependencies
• Aptitude
• Automatic Updates
• Distribution Upgrades

Networking for Government

• Network Configuration
• TCP/IP, IPv4, and IPv6
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Time Synchronization - Timedatectl, Chrony
• Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)

Remote Administration for Government

• OpenSSH Server
• OpenLDAP Server
• Samba and LDAP
• Kerberos

Domain Name Service (DNS) for Government

• Configuration

Security for Government

• User Management
• Console Security
• Firewall
• AppArmor
• Certificates
• VPN
• SSSD

Web Servers for Government

• HTTPD - Apache2 Web Server
• PHP8 - Scripting Language
• Squid - Proxy Server
• Ruby on Rails
• Apache Tomcat, Apache Kafka

Databases for Government

• MySQL, MariaDB
• PostgreSQL

Wiki Applications for Government

• Moin Moin
• MediaWiki

File Servers for Government

• FTP Server
• Network File System (NFS)
• CUPS - Print Server

Email Services for Government

• Postfix
• Exim4
• Dovecot Server
• Mailman
• Mail Filtering

Version Control System for Government

• Bazaar
• Subversion
• CVS Server
• Mercurial
• GIT

Windows Networking for Government

• Samba File Server
• Samba Print Server
• Securing a Samba File and Print Server
• Samba as a Domain Controller
• Samba Active Directory Integration
• Likewise Open

Backups for Government

• Shell Scripts
• Archive Rotation
• Bacula
• Rsnapshot

Virtualization and Cloud Computing for Government

• Libvirt
• Packer.io
• Qemu and KVM
• VirtualBox
• VMware
• EC2
• Containers - LXD, LXC
• OpenStack

Other for Government

• Keeping /etc Under Version Control System
• Block Device Replication
• Tools - Byobu, Munin, Nagios, Puppet