Weekly outline
General
Welcome to the course “Introduction to Network Operations: UNIX/Linux, Networking and DNS - ENGLISH”.
This course is a great opportunity to introduce you to the fundamentals of the internet and networking. The course is available between 8th November and 14th December 2020 (6 Weeks). Successful completion of this course will make you eligible for invitations to other courses and opportunities in the Internet Society. https://www.internetsociety.org/learning/
There will be an online instructor but please remember that you are the Learner. Opportunities for questions and answers will be made available through Whatsaap groups and also through a zoom meeting once a week. This information will be communicated and the link share on whatsaap.
For those who missed the Intro Call in the first week, below is a link to the recording:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t2_kYwn1Is1j5tYqEyIHm5Ji4hWwSczU?usp=sharing
Please introduce yourself, and your expectation for the course. After you enter the info, you will be able to access the rest of the course.
Welcome on Board!
EMK
Dear all,
Thank you for joining this course (Introduction to Network Operations)!
As a reminder,
- Offline theory content
- Course URL
- WhatsApp Group Chat Link click here
- Virtual Machine (VM): Login details will be sent to your email address in the course of the 2nd week
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- About the Virtual Lab
If you still have any challenges, do reach out to us on Whatassp or through your course facilitator via email: esther@st-wb.orgWelcome!- Offline theory content
If you have any questions, post them here and we shall endeavour to respond to them. Please note that the Telegram chat and chat on the learning portal will remain available. Simply use what is convenient for you.
16 November - 22 November
- Networking Overview SCORM package
- Working with FreeBSD Ports SCORM package
- Quiz 1 - Questions from the lessons
While not compulsory, you are encourgaed to attend the online call in order to complete this quiz. In the call (date to be confirmed with your moderator) content from the completed modules will be discussed. You will also have the opportunity to raise questions and get realtime responses from participants and instructors. This call is critical for you to understand how the online lab works and how you will access your server.
23 November - 29 November
- Working with the UNIX/Linux Shell SCORM package
- Assignment 2 - Working with "chmod"
Carefully read the Instructions below to complete this assignment:
1. Ensure you have gone through and completed the previous modules
2. Ensure you have been assigned a remote server
3. Download the file attached(.pdf or .txt) to this assignment which contains instruction on what you are expected to do on your server.
4. Once done with the task, come back to this assignment and submit the screen shot of your final output of "ls -l" command
30 November - 6 December
- Working with VIM SCORM package
- Assignment 3 - Test your VIM skills
Carefully read the Instructions below to complete this assignment:
1. Ensure you have gone through and completed the previous modules
2. Ensure you have been assigned a remote server
3. Download the file attached(.pdf or .txt) to this assignment which contains instruction on what you are expected to do on your server.
4. Once done with the task, come come back to this assignment and specify the word "DONE" to confirm. - Introduction to DNS (DNS Fundamentals) SCORM package
7 December - 13 December
- The Domain Name System SCORM package
- Quiz 2 - Questions from the lessons
- Assignment 4 (FINAL) - Configuring a Caching DNS Server
You will configure a caching DNS Server using the instructions in the "Domain Name System" module. You shall configure either BIND or UnBound. However, you can configure both and ensure that only one of them is running at a time. That is because BIND and UnBound cannot both run at the same time.
Ensure that your DNS Server responds to a query on the IP Address of your Virtual Machine.
So if the IP Address of your server is 192.168.0.10, ensure you get a response when you run this command: dig @192.168.0.10 google.com
Note: Kindly replace the 192.168.0.10 with the respective IP address of you virtual servers. ( Just a reminder, to check the IP address of your VM run the ifconfig command on your server) That IP is just but an example.
dig @192.168.0.10 google.com (Replace 192.168.0.10 with your virtual server IP address)
Once you have completed the assignment and tested your server, simply input your server IP address here ( Eg: 192.168.0.10 )
This will allow the moderator to verify that your server is okay in order to receive the final grade.
- Course Survey URL