OPS345 Weekly Schedule

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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 - 9 may

Course introduction Andrew's Course Introduction
Andrew's Prep for Labs
Prep for Labs
Week 2:

12 - 16 may

First VM in the cloud
  • AWS cost monitoring
  • Basic security on a public-facing server: users, passwords, login requirements, SSH keys, lock-out prevention
  • AWS networking, static IPs
  • Deploying a pre-built VM on AWS
Andrew's Lab 1 Lab 1
Week 3:

19 - 23 may

AWS networking, iptables
  • The purpose of a firewall on a server on the internet
  • AWS Security Groups and iptables
  • iptables fundamentals
  • iptables setup & troubleshooting
  • Port forwarding
Andrew's Lab 2 Lab 2
Week 4:

26 - 30 may

Web server
  • Apache web server configuration
  • Web server storage, configuration, LVM
  • Simple PHP websites
  • Public server without public ip
  • HTTP vs HTTPS
Andrew's Lab 3 Lab 3
Week 5:

2 - 6 june

Databases
  • RDBMS fundamentals
  • MariaDB on AWS
  • Practice with MariaDB
  • Web server + database example: NextCloud
Andrew's Lab 4 Lab 4
Week 6:

9 - 13 june

Assignment 1
  • Creating/using AMIs
  • Automatic synchronisation using rsync, ssh keys, & cron
  • Simple load balancing using iptables
  • Really simple python scripting
Andrew's Assignment 1 Assignment 1
Week 7:
16 - 20 june
Evaluation
  • Midterm test
Study Week:

23 - 27 june

Week 8:
30 june - 4 july
DNS
  • DNS overview
  • Register a domain name
  • Set up A, CNAME, TXT records
Andrew's Lab 5 Lab 5
Week 9:

7 - 11 july

Public key encryption
  • Encryption, certificates
  • Set up Let's Encrypt
  • Modify Apache to use HTTPS
Andrew's Lab 6 Lab 6
Week 10:
14 - 18 july
Simple email server
  • Email overview
  • MX records
  • Third AWS VM: email
  • Basic Postfix setup
  • Delivery using dovecot-lda to Maildir
  • Email server security: open relays, port access
Andrew's Lab 7 Lab 7
Week 11:
21 - 25 july
IMAP server
  • Set up Thunderbird for your domain
  • Add encryption and authentication support to Postfix
  • Set up Dovecot with SSL
  • Set up Thunderbird for myseneca
Andrew's Lab 8 Lab 8
Week 12:

28 july - 1 august

Catch up with labs
  • Make sure your labs are finished so that you can complete the assignment.
Week 13:

4 - 8 august

Assignment 2
  • Roundcube Webmail
  • Overview of skills gained
Assignment 2
Week 14:
11 - 15 august
Evaluation
  • Exam