Weekly outline

  • General

  • 23 November - 29 November

    • Introduction to UNIX and Linux SCORM package
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Welcome! Start Here! is marked complete
    • Assignment 1 - Introduction to UNIX and Linux
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Introduction to UNIX and Linux is marked complete

  • 30 November - 6 December

    • Networking Overview SCORM package
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Assignment 1 - Introduction to UNIX and Linux is marked complete
    • Working with FreeBSD Ports SCORM package
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Networking Overview is marked complete
    • Quiz 1 - Questions from the lessons
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Working with FreeBSD Ports is marked complete

      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.

  • 7 December - 13 December

    • Working with the UNIX/Linux Shell SCORM package
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Working with FreeBSD Ports is marked complete
    • Assignment 2 - Working with "chmod"
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Working with the UNIX/Linux Shell is marked complete

      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

  • 14 December - 20 December

    • Working with VIM SCORM package
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Assignment 2 - Working with "chmod" is marked complete
    • Assignment 3 - Test your VIM skills
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Working with VIM is marked complete

      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
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Assignment 3 - Test your VIM skills is marked complete

  • 21 December - 27 December

    • The Domain Name System SCORM package
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Introduction to DNS (DNS Fundamentals) is marked complete
    • Quiz 2 - Questions from the lessons
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity The Domain Name System is marked complete
    • Assignment 4 (FINAL) - Configuring a Caching DNS Server
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Quiz 2 - Questions from the lessons is marked complete

      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. Once you have completed the assignment and tested your server, kindly run the command below on your virtual machine and copy the output and paste it here and submit. 

      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
      Restricted Not available unless: The activity Assignment 4 (FINAL) - Configuring a Caching DNS Server is marked complete