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IT 3110: Systems Automation

Spring 2022 Schedule

Resources

• CIT VM Farm
  • Create VM and connect from osx/Linux
  • Manage VMs with CLI instead of Web
  • Connect to vm from Linux host
• AWS
  • Create EC2 instance
  • Connect EC2 instance
• Software
  • If you are using windows to connect to your vm, you might need the following:
  • Putty
  • TightVNC
  • If you have a newer version of windows 10 and have installed the linux subsystem, you can just ssh from the command line like you do in OSX and Linux.

Week 1 (Jan 10,12)

• Slides
  • DHCP Slides
• Readings
• Lectures
  • DHCP Lecture
  • Bionic Networking
  • Wireshark DHCP Capture
• Screenshots/Helps
  • DHCP Dynamic
  • DHCP Fixed
  • DHCP Dynamic Client
• Assignment
  • Hosts

Week 2 (Jan 19)

• Slides
  • NFS Slides
  • PXE Boot
  • Kickstart
• Reading
• Lectures
• Screenshots/Helps
  • NFS How To
  • kickstart
  • tftp and Netboot
• Assignment
  • DHCP

Week 3 (Jan 24, 26)

• Slides
  • Diskless
• Reading
• Lectures
• Screenshots/Helps
  • Dual netboot
  • Create an Initial ramdisk
  • Use debootstrap to create a disk image
  • FOG
• Assignment
  • NFS 1
  • DHCP 2 - netboot/kickstart

Week 4 (Jan 31, Feb 2)

** EXAM 1 **

• Slides
• Reading
• Lectures
• Screenshots/Helps
  • Review
  • Capture image fog video old video
  • Deploy image fog video
• Assignment
  • Diskless Boot
  • FOG

Week 5 (Feb 7,9)

• Slides
  • Shell 1
  • StdOut
  • StdIn
  • Command Execution
  • Variables
• Reading
  • Shell review - Cookbook ch1
  • The bash cookbook version 2 is located on Oreilly. Navigate to library.dixie.edu -> ebook collections -> O’Reilly. Search for “bash cookbook”.
  • stdout review - Cookbook 2
  • stdin review - Cookbook 3
  • Executing commands - Cookbook 4
• Lectures
  • Sample files
• Screenshots/Helps
• Assignment
  • Bash on Windows

Week 6 (Feb 14,16)

• Slides

  • Logic
  • Sed/Awk

• Reading

  • Variables - cookbook 5
  • Shell logic and arithmetic - cookbook 6
  • A better one on logic
  • Recommended on brackets
  • AWK , SED - Read 7.10- 7.11

• Lectures

• Screenshots/Helps

  • SSH As root
  • Sample cloner script
  • Sample loops script

• Assignment

  • Shell Script 1
  • Shell Script 2

Week 7 (Feb 23)

• NO CLASS FEB 21

• Slides

  • Regex
  • Shell Features

• Reading

  • Additional Scripting - Cookbook 10
  • Shell Speed
  • Shell troubleshooting

• Lectures

• Screenshots/Helps

• Assignment

  • Shell Script 3
  • Regex

Week 8 (Feb 28, Mar 2)

• Slides
• Reading
  • Quick Shell - cookbook 18
  • Troubleshooting - cookbook 19
• Lectures
• Screenshots/Helps
  • Sample scripting exam
  • Sample solution other
• Assignment
  • Shell Script 4
  • Shell Script 5

TEST 2

Week 9 (Mar 7,9)

• Slides
  • Terraform
  • Terraform2
  • Terraform3
• Reading
  • Read chapter 2 in “Terraform up and running 2nd edition” found on Oreilly (safarionline) from library.dixie.edu website.
• Lectures
  • Review AWS
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Terraform
• Screenshots/Helps
• Assignment
  • Terraform
  • Terraform 2

Week Mar 13-19

SPRING BREAK

Week 10 (Mar 21,23)

• Slides

  • Automation with Ansible
  • Ansible Playbooks
  • Ansible Playbooks 2

• Reading

  • Ansible variables

• Lectures

  • Configuration management with Ansible

• Screenshots/Helps

• Assignment

  • Ansible 1
  • Ansible 2

Week 11 (Mar 28,30)

• Slides

  • Ansible Roles
  • Ansible Advanced stuff

• Reading

• Lectures

  • Ansible Roles
  • Example of Roles

• Screenshots/Helps

• Assignment

  • Ansible 3

Terraform and Ansible Exam

Week 12 ( Apr 4,6)

• Slides
  • Python
• Reading
• Lectures
  • Python video slide lecture
• Screenshots/Helps
  • Python example
• Assignment
  • Python

Week 13 (Apr 11,13)

• Slides
  • Salt
• Reading
  • Salt states
  • Basic usage
  • More complex states
• Screenshots/Helps
• Assignment
  • Salt 1

Week 14 (Apr 18,20)

• Slides
  • Salt
• Reading
• Lectures
  • Salt 1
  • Salt 2
• Screenshots/Helps
  • Salt example file
• Assignment
  • Salt 2
  • Salt 3

Week 15 (Apr 25,27)

• SALT
• REVIEW
• EXAM

Last Updated 04/13/2022