OPS245 Weekly Schedule

Note: Each professor will indicate the due dates for labs, tests and assignments for their sections. This schedule is a general guideline for week-by-week content.

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Videos	Labs
Week 1: 5 - 8 september (monday is a holiday)	Course introduction About the course Course Passing Requirements Review of prerequisite skills from ULI101 Your workstation setup	Andrew's Course Introduction Andrew's Prep for Labs	Prep for labs
Week 2: 11 - 15 september	Installing Linux servers, package management Debian DVD install for server1 Debian minimal install for server2 Cloning virtual machines Online open source software repositories	Andrew's Lab 1	Lab 1
Week 3: 18 - 22 september	Software installation & archives System directories Apt Adding extra repositories wget, tar	Andrew's Lab 2	Lab 2
Week 4: 25 - 29 september	User management Adding & removing users Home directories, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow File permissions and ownership root, su, sudo	Andrew's Lab 3	Lab 3
Week 5: 2 - 6 october	Storage management Mounting storage devices Working with GPT partitions Running out of space LVM overview	Andrew's Lab 4	Lab 4
Week 6: 10 - 13 october (monday is a holiday)	Assignment 1		Assignment 1
Week 7: 16 - 20 october	Evaluation Midterm test
Study Week: 23 - 27 october
Week 8: 30 october - 3 november	LVM Adding physical volumes Creating new logical volumes Extending the size of a logical volume Migrating logical volumes, removing physical volumes	Andrew's Lab 5	Lab 5
Week 9: 6 - 10 november	Networking IP, subnet, gateway, DNS Basic network troubleshooting steps ip command, ping, ss, telnet, nmap Creating new virtual networks Reconfiguring the network interface in Debian	Andrew's Lab 6	Lab 6
Week 10: 13 - 17 november	Security Software can't fix bad hardware security Password policies Inspecting logs SSH keys	Andrew's Lab 7	Lab 7
Week 11: 20 - 24 november	Python Introduction
Week 12: 27 november - 1 december	Python Practical examples		Lab 8
Week 13: 4 - 8 december	Assignment 2		Assignment 2
Week 14: 11 - 13 december (wednesday is last day)	Exam