OPS105 Course Index

What's New

Week 7
- Feb 18:
  - Practice Test: Practical Midterm held during first lecture after study week requires configuring two minimal Ubuntu VMs correctly and efficiently on a first submit. As practice during study week, configure these two VMs (link in Practice Test) to be transient and reboot persistent networks using these notes:
- Period 2:
  - Project: Initial specifications for project.
Week 6
- Feb 11:
  - Networking - III (permanent CIDR/30)
  - Reference for nftables pages on
    - (recommended) nftables Wiki
    - nftables (Arch Wiki)
    - Moving from iptables to nftables
    - (legacy) iptables
Week 5
- Feb 4:
  - Use Ubuntu 24.04 Server ISO to install a minimal Ubuntu VM. Connect this minimal CLI server VM to the GUI client VM installed in Week 2 using Networking - II (transient CIDR/30 network)
Week 4
- Jan 28:
  - Networking - I (transient/permanent static ip)
  - Networking on Ubuntu (Canonical)

Week 3
- Jan 21:
  - Post Install Configuration
  - Absolute and Relative Pathnames
- Period 2: Study material/recommended reading
  - Ubuntu Desktop Guide
  - Linux Basics for Hackers (recommended book)
  - Debian Reference
Week 2
- Jan 14:
  - Install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Desktop
  - Addenda: Winter 2025
  - Post Install Configuration
  - OPS105 Labs on available on matrix until midnight, Friday, Apr 4. To access ops105 labs, login to matrix and run: /home/ops105/labs
Week 1
- Jan 07:
  - Welcome to OPS105. A demonstration on how to get started will be done in the first week of classes.
  - Curriculum plan and instructor notes on matrix.
  - Connect to matrix for course work
    1. Connect to Student Virtual Private Network (Windows/macOS/Linux)
    2. Next use command line to ssh to matrix

Sequence of topics and depth may vary slightly from that given below but will be within OPS105 Learning Outcomes

Wk	Period 1	Period 2
01	Course Overview. Demo: doing online Labs	Unix directory tree. File management
02	Install Ubuntu LTS/Install Debian Stable	Post-Install Config. Unix abs/rel path.
03	Permissions (User,Group,Other)	Scripting - I. System Administration
04	Networking - I (transient static IP)	Networking - I (permanent static IP)
05	Networking - II (transient CIDR/30 network)	Networking - II (transient CIDR/30 network)
06	Networking - III (permanent CIDR/30)	Networking - III (permanent CIDR/30)
07	Review. Introduction to Project	Practice Midterm Test
	`STUDY WEEK`	`STUDY WEEK`
08	`PRACTICAL MIDTERM TEST`	Permissions, umask, and setuid (in-depth)
09	User and Group Management (in-depth)	Benefits of sudo. Configuring sudoers
10	Shell Scripting (user input; if-else)	Shell Scripting (for loops)
11	Shell Scripting (sub-shells)	Exam and course review
12	Additional time to work on Project	`Project due (practical submission)`
13	Review. Late Project. Lab Completion.	Review. Very Late Project. Lab Completion.
14	`FINAL EXAM`	Lab Completion