Linux Administration / DevOps Course

Learning Format

Offline. The program completion takes 2 months. Training sessions are 2 hours long and take place 3 times a week in our office. Language of study: English.

NIX courses are an opportunity to join our team immediately after training.

During the Linux Administration / DevOps course, you’ll learn

• the basics of Linux server administration;
• how to configure apache and nginx servers;
• to deploy and migrate websites from server to server;
• to configure mail servers, etc.;
• to work with MySQL servers.

This knowledge will provide a deeper insight of the subject matters of the course, help you practice and become a DevOps professional.

Program

The training is based solely on practical tasks similar to the typical tasks of a Linux administrator. The topics of the course cover the full range of the professional’s tasks: everything from using the Linux command line to optimizing mail servers. These basic skills will help you become a DevOps professional. Moreover, acquired knowledge will be of use in such related areas as system administration and development.

What we expect from you

• a level of English sufficient to read the technical documentation;
• experience in installing operating systems;
• skills in operating the Linux console;
• basic knowledge of the network and the Internet operation;
• skills of using Google to solve technical problems on your own;
• ability to search for and localize problems in the operation of applications and operating systems;
• another advantage will be SQL knowledge and basic programming skills in bash, shell.

Learning system details

The feature of the course is self-study of theory. At the same time, from the very first training session, NIX will provide the students with all the necessary materials to perform practical tasks. Optional materials can be used if needed. Everyone is free to choose time to do their homework. The results of the work will be checked by a special application several times a day. The system will identify if the current server configuration meets the task requirements. The student performing the task will receive an explanation of what needs to be corrected. There will also be a chat for discussing all questions about practical work. In the chat, you can communicate with teachers and other students of different stages of the training program. At the end of the course, everyone will take an examination in the form of an interview. The interviewer will check your understanding of the theory and your ability to apply it practically.