[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD System Administration class, June 23-27, Phoenix, Arizona

[info at pugetsoundtechnology.com]

Puget Sound Technology, a provider of open source consulting
services, is teaching a hands-on, five-day class covering Unix
shell essentials and the fundamentals of FreeBSD system administration.

  FreeBSD System Administration Training
  June 23 - 27, 2003
  Phoenix, Arizona
  US$2000.00 ($1700.00 if ordered by June 1.)

This intensive boot camp training is designed to provide the IT
professional or beginning system administrator with the skills
required to install and maintain FreeBSD.  Students will perform
a series of hands-on exercises to install, administer, configure,
and secure FreeBSD (and generic Linux and BSD).

Course Features:

    * Complimentary FreeBSD CD.
    * Complimentary lunches included daily.
    * Detailed course curriculum and hand-outs.
    * Small class with one-on-one interaction.
    * Hands-on training, one system per student.
    * Certificate of course completion.

Course Topics:

    * interactive operating system installation (CDs provided)
    * Unix shells and fundamental command-line tools and utilities
    * 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 ports and 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 FreeBSD system

Seating is limited. For course availability, further details,
and to register, please contact Puget Sound Technology by phone
(+1-360-658-5676) or email.

More information is available via
http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/training/freebsd/ .