Introduction to Systems Administration

Catalog description

Prerequisites: INFSYS 2800 or CMP SCI 1250 or permission of Information Systems department chair. This course provides an overview of modern Information Technology (IT) infrastructure components and focuses on systems administration in Linux and Windows server environments. Students will learn to install, configure, operate, maintain, and secure servers. Topics include user management and policies, file systems, backup and recovery, network configuration, and host security among others. Virtualization and cloud environments are introduced. Basic foundations of automation and configuration management using shells and other contemporary tools are provided. Credit cannot be granted for both INFSYS 3820 and INFSYS 6820 .