Linux: Storage Systems

Course details

Managing storage in Linux requires a conceptual understanding of volumes and partitions, RAID, NFS, and Linux file systems, as well as hands-on knowledge of how to accomplish storage-related tasks. In this course for Linux professionals, system administrators, storage specialists, network administrators, IT staff, and DevOps engineers, Kevin Dankwardt—a leader in the Linux community—highlights storage scenarios like clustering, high availability, and security. Learn how to create, mount, unmount, partition, and format file systems, including ext4, XFS, and Btrfs. Find out how to configure and use the Logical Volume Manager (LVM). Dive into ways to enforce security with SELinux or AppArmor and access control lists. Explore how to configure swap space and back up Linux storage. Plus, learn how to work with networked files systems—distributed, clustered, and FUSE based—like SSHFS. This course helps you build the skills you need for success as a Linux admin.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Linux storage technologies
02 - What you should know
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Disk Partitions, Formatting, and Mounting

04 - Basic commands for storage partitions
05 - Create file systems
06 - Mount and umount file systems
07 - Use block device attributes
08 - File system types - vfat, ext4
09 - BtrFS and XFS
10 - Mount file systems during boot
11 - Mount file systems on demand
12 - Challenge - Formatting and mounting
13 - Solution - Formatting and mounting

2. Logical Volume Manager (LVM)

14 - LVM Layers
15 - Volume groups
16 - Logical volumes
17 - Resizing volumes
18 - LVM Demonstration
19 - Challenge - Making logical volumes
20 - Solution - Making logical volumes

3. Security and Resource Constraints

21 - Restore default SELinux file contexts
22 - Working with AppArmor
23 - Configure encrypted partitions
24 - Manage file system access control lists
25 - File permission problems
26 - File permissions demo
27 - Using SUID, attributes, and read-only
28 - Challenge - SELinux, LUKS, ACLs
29 - Solution - SELinux
30 - Solution - LUKS
31 - Solution - ACLs

4. Special Storage Features and Considerations

32 - Configure and manage swap space
33 - Configure remote block-storage devices
34 - Use targetcli
35 - Backup and recovery strategies
36 - Use backup tools
37 - Assemble RAID devices
38 - Challenge - Swap space, rsync, and RAID
39 - Solution - Swap space, rsync, and RAID

5. Networked File Systems

40 - Network File System (NFS)
41 - The exports file
42 - NFS server configuration
43 - NFS and security
44 - Distributed file systems
45 - SSHFS file system
46 - Challenge - NFS behavior and SSHFS
47 - Solution - NFS behavior and SSHFS

Conclusion

48 - Next steps