System Administration Training — Modern SysOps, Linux & Cloud Operations Bridge

What Is Modern System Administration?

System administration has transformed. The days of manually provisioning servers, applying patches one at a time, and restoring from tape backups are being replaced by Infrastructure as Code, automated patching, containerized workloads, and cloud operations. This course bridges traditional system administration to modern practices — teaching you to manage systems at scale with automation, not manually. It's designed for system administrators who want to evolve into DevOps, CloudOps, or SysOps roles.

Who Should Attend

• Traditional system administrators transitioning to DevOps/CloudOps
• IT operations professionals learning modern automation
• Junior DevOps engineers building system-level foundations
• Anyone managing Linux servers who wants to stop doing things manually

Learning Outcomes

• Administer Linux systems at scale — user management, networking, storage, services, security
• Automate server provisioning and configuration with Ansible and Terraform
• Implement system monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana — proactive, not reactive
• Apply security hardening with CIS benchmarks and automated compliance validation
• Automate patching for Linux and Windows with compliance reporting
• Containerize legacy applications with Docker
• Operate in the cloud — AWS EC2, S3, IAM fundamentals

Course Modules

1. Linux System Administration — Users, groups, permissions. Systemd services. Networking. Storage (LVM). Process management.
2. Shell Scripting & Automation — Bash scripting. Cron jobs. Systemd timers. Common automation patterns.
3. Infrastructure as Code — Ansible — Playbooks. Inventories. Roles. Automating server configuration.
4. Infrastructure as Code — Terraform — Provisioning cloud resources. State. Modules. AWS EC2 automation.
5. System Monitoring — Prometheus node_exporter. Grafana dashboards. Alerting. Log management.
6. Security Hardening — CIS benchmarks. OpenSCAP. Automated hardening. Firewall management. SSH security.
7. Automated Patching — Linux (yum/apt/dnf). Windows (WSUS). Ansible for patching. Compliance reporting.
8. Backup & Disaster Recovery — Backup strategies. Automated backups. Verification. DR planning.
9. Containers for SysAdmins — Docker basics. Running services in containers. When containers replace VMs.
10. Capstone: Modern SysAdmin — Automate provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and patching for a server fleet.

Hands-on Labs (20 total)

Provision Linux servers with Terraform. Configure with Ansible. Set up Prometheus monitoring. Apply CIS hardening. Automate patching. Containerize a legacy application. All labs use cloud-hosted environments — no local setup required.

Related Courses

Continue with SysOps Training, CloudOps Training, DevOps Foundation, or DevOps Engineering.