Com a compra da SuSE no ano passado, a Novell direcionou alguns de seus focos de mercado para a área de software livre. Agora a Novell está certificando profissionais que trabalham com Linux em duas certificações bastante respeitadas e equivalentes às certificações do LPI. Neste artigo irei mostrar quais são as certificações e o caminho para ser um certificado em Linux pela conceituada Novell.
É uma certificação onde a Novell irá testar seus
conhecimentos como administrador de sistemas Linux.
Apesar de se basear na versão SuSE Linux, a certificação
abrange qualquer sistema Linux. São alguns dos "skills"
necessários para adquirir a certificação:
Instalação de servidores Linux em um ambiente de rede;
Administração de usuários e grupos;
Solução de problemas no sistema de arquivos do Suse Linux;
Solução de problemas com processos e serviços;
Compilação e manutenção do kernel.
Não é necessário cursar os treinamentos oferecidos pela Novell,
bastando ao candidato passar no teste prático 050-689. O material
distribuído em self study guides ou em treinamentos oficiais da
Novell, aborda conceitos básicos do Linux, enquanto prepara o
estudante a adentrar mais profundamente na administração e
gerenciamento do sistema operacional do pinguim, capacitando na
solução de problemas reais que ocorrem no dia-a-dia.
Abaixo vou listar os objetivos da prova 050-689 que recebi da
Novell. Procurei não traduzir, pois existem jargões que se
traduzidos acabam atrapalhando o entendimento:
Perform an installation of SLES 9 (from CD) that includes the following steps:
Pre-installation considerations;
Selecting Installation options;
Selecting software components;
Configuring hardware components and devices (including partitioning);
Adding passwords and users;
Simple installation troubleshooting.
Navigate in the KDE and GNOME desktop environments by doing the following:
Log in and log out;
Shutdown and reboot SLES 9 from the Desktop+;
Shutdown and reboot SLES 9 from the command line (using halt, poweroff, reboot, shutdown, and init);
Use the Konqueror or Nautilus file manager;
Access file menus (especially the KDE menu), desktop icon, and panel icons;
Start and use YaST from the command line and desktop.
Locate and use Help resources in the Linux system such as the following:
man pages;
info pages;
GUI-based help.
Perform the following file management tasks in the SLES 9 system:
Select an appropriate Linux file system;
Configure Linux file system partitions (from the command line and from YaST);
Configure a Linux file system with Logical Volume Management (LVM) from YaST;
Mount and unmount a file system;
Change directories and list directory contents;
Create and view files;
Find files and search file content;
Manage file permissions and ownership;
Set up and configure disk quotas;
Monitor and check a file system (using df, du, lsof, fuser, fsck, e2fsck, and reiserfsck);
Create a boot, rescue, or module disk.
Do the following from the Linux shell and command line:
Log in as root and switch user accounts;
Access the command line interface from the Desktop and from virtual servers (such as Ctrl+Alt+F1);
Use command syntax and special characters;
Use piping and redirection;
Manage user accounts;
Use the basic Linux mail command.
Use Linux text editors:
Use the vi command Line editor to edit files;
Use a desktop editor (such as Kate) to edit files.
Locate, view, and use the following types and sources of SUSE LINUX system information:
Boot log information (/var/log/boot.msg);
Hardware information (using /proc/, hwinfo, hdparm, fdisk, iostat, lspci, and siga);
Hardware driver information (hwinfo);
System and process information (using top, uptime, ps. netstat, uname, KDE System Guard, and Xosview);
Configure the syslog daemon (syslog.conf) to schedule logged events;
View log files with YaST;
Archive log files with logrotate.
Administer processes by doing the following:
View processes from the GUI and the command line interface (using top, ps, and KDE System Guard);
Manage foreground and background processes from the command line (using bg, &, fg, ps, pstree, nice, renice, and top);
Stop processes from the command line (using kill and killall);
Manage processes with KDE System Guard.
Manage runlevels by doing the following:
Manage runlevels from the command line interface (by using init 0, init 1, and so on);
Configure runlevels from YaST;
Change the runlevel at boot.
Schedule jobs by doing the following:
Schedule a job with cron;
Run a job one time only with at.
Manage the kernel by doing the following:
Locate and understand the purpose of files and directories related to the kernel (such as /boot/initrd);
Manage modules from the command line (using lsmod, insmod, rmmod, modprobe, depmod, modinfo, and kmod);
Modify kernel parameters with Powertweak.
Manage the GRUB boot loader by doing the following:
Start the GRUB shell;
Modify the GRUB configuration file (using /boot/grub/menu.lst);
Configure GRUB with YaST.
Manage system and hardware settings by doing the following:
View and change system settings (using /proc/sys/);
Configure /etc/sysconfig/ files with YaST;
Use SuSEPlugger to view parameters and access YaST modules;
Modify hardware parameters with Powertweak;
Monitor hard drive space (using df, du, Info Center, and Kdiskfree).
Manage the network configuration by doing the following:
Configure a network card with YaST (both static IP address and DHCP);
Configure a network card from the command line (using ifconfig and ip);
Perform network connection management tasks from the command line (using ping, netstat, netcat, traceroute, iroute, ifup, and ifdown);
Configure host and domain names manually (with /etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/resolv.conf);
Configure a network connection manually (using files in /etc/sysconfig/network);
Manage the routing table from the command line (using route and ip);
Save routing settings to a configuration file (/etc/sysconfig/network/routes);
Configure routing from YaST;
Assign IP addresses from the command line (using add, del, and show);
Analyze network traffic (using tcpdump and ethereal).
Manage user and group accounts by doing the following:
Create, modify, and delete users and groups from YaST;
Create and delete users and groups from the command line;
Set defaults for new user accounts from YaST;
Configure user authentication with PAM;
Monitor login activity (using who, w, finger, last, lastlog, and faillog).
Manage and configure network printers by doing the following:
Configure and modify a SLES 9 network printer with YaST and from the command line (using lpoptions and lpadmin);
Modify printer settings using kprinter;
Manage CUPS printing from the command line using Berkely and System V commands (such as lp, lpr, lpq, lpstat, lprm, and cancel);
Manage printing from the command line with SLES 9 printer commands (such as enable, disable, accept, and reject);
Access the CUPS web administration tools;
Manage and configure network file systems by doing the following:
Configure an NFS (Network File System) server and client with YaST;
Configure an NFS server manually;
Configure and mount NFS directories;
Monitor the NFS system from the command line (using rpcinfo and showmount);
Configure a Samba server and client with YaST;
Monitor and test Samba from the command line (using testparm, nmblookup, smbclient, smbstatus, and rcsmb);
Manage resources on the network by doing the following:
Configure an NIS (Network Information Service) master server, slave server, client, and users with YaST;
Configure Maps manually (using ypdomainname and make);
Manage NIS from the command line (using ypdomainname, ypwhich, ypcat, ypmatch, yppasswd, and yppoll);
Manage software packages by doing the following:
Install and manage RPM software packages from the command line with the rpm command;
Install RPM software packages from YaST;
Compile software from source (using make and make install);
Verify and update software library access (using ldd, /etc/ld.so.conf, and /etc/ld.so.cache);
Update your SLES 9 installation from a YaST Online Update (YOU) server;
Enable Internet services by doing the following:
Synchronize time with netdate and hwclock;
Synchronize time with NTP (using ntpdate, ntp.conf, ntptrace, and YaST);
Configure an HTTP Apache Web server with YaST;
Configure an Apache Web server from the configuration files (such as httpd.conf and default-server.conf);
Manage the Apache Web server from the command line (using apache2 and apache2ctl);
Configure a virtual Host for the Apache Web server;
Limit access to the Apache Web server (using allow, deny, and htpasswd2);
Configure an SSL encryption with an Apache Web server (using RSA key pairs and configuration files);
Configure the Extended Internet Daemon (xinetd) from YaST and the command line (using xinetd and xinetd.conf);
Configure the TCP wrapper;
Install, configure, and run PureFTPd server;
Configure and use a DNS server by doing the following:
Install and configure the BIND server software (bind and bind-utils packages);
Configure a caching-only DNS server;
Configure a master server and one or more slave servers for your domain;
Configure a client computer with YaST to use the DNS server;
Query the DNS server from the command line (using host and dig);
Deploy and use OpenLDAP on a SLES 9 server by doing the following:
Install and set up an OpenLDAP server (using the slapd.conf and ldap.conf files);
Add entries to the LDAP server by creating and using an LDIF file (and the commands recode and ldapadd);
Query information from the LDAP server at the command line (using ldapsearch);
Delete and modify entries of the LDAP server at the command line (using ldapmodify and ldapdelete);
Use the GQ graphical applications to access data in the LDAP server;
Manage backup and recovery on a SLES 9 server by doing the following:
Archive, compress, and uncompress files (using tar, gzip, bzip2, and zcat);
Work with magnetic tapes with the mt command;
Copy data with the dd command;
Mirror directories with the rsync command;
Automate data backups with the cron service;
Boot a corrupted system directly into a shell;
Boot a corrupted system with the Installation media;
Start and use the SLES 9 rescue system;
Create basic shell scripts by doing the following:
Use basic script elements (such as variables, command substitutions, and arithmetic operations);
Use variable substitution operators (such as ${variable-value}, ${variable=value}, and ${variable+value});
Use control structures (such as if and until commands, case statements, and loop processing);
Use advanced scripting techniques (such as shell functions and getopts);
Manage remote access by doing the following:
Configure an OpenSSH server and client (by editing sshd_config and ssh_config files);
Use SSH client commands (such as scp, ssh, ssh-add, ssh-agent, ssh-keygen, and ssh-keyscan);
Enable Remote Administration with YaST;
Configure and access an Installation Server with YaST;
Secure a SLES 9 server by doing the following:
Secure the BIOS with a password;
Secure the GRUB boot loader with a password;
Configure directory ACLs from the command line (using getfacl and setfacl);
Configure Security Settings with YaST;
Find performance bottlenecks by doing the following:
Analyze processes and processor utilization (using top, uptime, mpstat, and KDE System Guard);
Analyze memory utilization and performance (using free, vmstat, and KDE System Guard);
Analyze storage performance (using vmstat and iostat);
Analyze network utilization and performance (using KDE System Guard, Traffic-vis, and ip);
In addition, the following topics are covered in SUSE LINUX Advanced Administration (Course 3038) and might be referred to in the exam:
[2] Comentário enviado por shocker em 01/04/2005 - 09:24h
A CNT Brasil (www.cntbrasil.com.br), localizada em SP, está com todos os treinamentos completos. E inclusive a Novell está com uma promoção, onde quem fizer o curso ou se certificar, estará concorrendo a uma viagem com acompanhante para La Lenas (Argentina).
Podem esperar uma movimentação estratégica e agressiva da Novell este ano, na área de software livre!
[4] Comentário enviado por shocker em 05/04/2005 - 14:14h
Legal!
Eu sou CNA/CNE de NW 6.0, e pretendo fazer o upgrade para NW 6.5 ainda este ano.
Realmente estas certs da Suse estão com muito peso! Vale a pena investir!