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OCF Linux System Administration DeCal

A course covering the basics of setting up and administering a production-quality Linux server environment.




Week 9

Hi everyone, we’re entering week 9 of the DeCal! At this point, you should have turned in your Lab 8 on Gradescope. Most lab should also be graded by now. Weekly notes:

  • Normal schedule, Lecture + Lab on Tuesday 04/08 7-9PM PST. Experimental track on Thursday same time!
    • Slides link are released, but are not official/finalized until after lecture is given on Tuesday 7pm.
  • Lab 9 has been released and can be accessed below.
  • Any questions? Post on Ed or reach us at decal@ocf.berkeley.edu!


Lecture: Tuesday 7:00PM - 8:00PM

Lab: Tuesday 8:00PM - 9:00PM


Schedule


Week 0: 1/28/2025

Infosession: Tues 1/28 & Thurs 1/30, 7-8pm @ OCF Lab

Lab: Lab 0 due Sat. 2/1


Week 1: 2/04/2025

Lecture: History of UNIX, Intro to Linux, FOSS |

Lab: Lab 1 due Sat. 2/8


Week 2: 2/11/2025

Lecture: Core Shell & Shell Scripting |

Lab: Lab 2 due Sat. 2/15


Week 3: 2/18/2025

Lecture: Packages |

Lab: Lab 3 due Sat. 2/22


Week 4: 2/25/2025

Lecture: Services |

Lab: Lab 4 due Sat. 3/1


Week 5: 3/04/2025

Lecture: Networking 101 |

Lab: Lab 5 due Sat. 3/8


Week 6: 3/11/2025

Lecture: Web Servers |

Lab: Lab 6 due Sat. 3/15


Week 7: 3/18/2025

Lecture: Security Fundamentals |

Lab: Lab 7 due Sat. 3/22


Week 8: 4/01/2025

Lecture: Version Control (git) and Backups |

Lab: Lab 8 due Sat. 4/5


Week 9: 4/08/2025

Lecture: Docker |

Lab: Lab 9 due Sat. 4/12


Week 10: 4/15/2025

Lecture: Puppet |

Lab: Lab 10 due Sat. 4/19


Week 11: 4/22/2025

Lecture: Kubernetes (Optional Extra Lab) |

Lab: Lab 11 due Sat. 4/26

Thanks to Jane Street for supporting the DeCal.

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