OLFU
Schedule of classes:
Check in for all classes will begin at 8 A.M. with complementary coffee, juice, and pastries. All classes will start at 9 A.M. and will break for a complementary buffet lunch. The day will end around 5 P.M.LPI Certification Level One Cram - all day
LOPSA Track #1:
Black Magic: Troubleshooting and System Administration - LOPSA AM
An Introduction to Virtualization on Linux using KVM - LOPSA PM
LOPSA Track #2:
Time Management for System Administrators - LOPSA AM
Interviewing and Hiring Great Technical People - LOPSA PM
LOPSA Track #3:
Securing Linux - LOPSA AM
Open-Source and Free Security Tools - LOPSA PM
Class Information
LPI Certification Level One Cram
LPI All DayInstructors: D. L. Corbet & Associates (DLCA)
LPI Certification is for experienced system administrators with at least 6 intense months of administration experience. We will cover the topics LPI 101 and LPI 102 depending on attendee knowledge level. To get the most out of the class, bring your own PC (Computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, power cords, surge protector, etc. Laptops encouraged.) Each student gets a tutorial binder for home study. For those who choose to pursue the LPI level one certification at the Ohio LinuxFest can do so for an additional discounted cost on Sunday afternoon on October 12.
Bio:
Last year DLCA sent Don "The Linux Guy" Corbet and Steven Pritchard to teach a full day cram class for LPI, the Linux Professional Institute's level one certification program. In 2008 DCLA will return to teach a full day LPI class again. Since 2002 DLCA has delivered premier Linux training and open source consulting to Ohio and across the nation. Over the years DLCA has networked with LPI experts to develop the DLCA LPI cram class. With this class, Linux professionals who have had at least six months experience feel more confident with testing for the level one LPI certification at conferences such as the Ohio LinuxFest and the Florida Linux Show. Last year DLCA sent Don "The Linux Guy" Corbet and Steven Pritchard who collaborated on the O'Reilly Book "LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell, Second Edition."
Professional System Administrator Training
This year LOPSA will brings six new half-day classes for professional system administrators coving topics such as virtualization, Linux administration troubleshooting, time management, hiring system administrators, and Linux security.
Black Magic: Troubleshooting and System Administration
LOPSA - Morning
Instructor: Jonathan Billings
This class will cover several aspects of administering a Linux system,
including:
* Installation techniques
* Linux configuration management
* Troubleshooting hardware and software problems
* Poking around in the guts of the kernel
* Techniques for making your job easier
Bio:
Jonathan Billings is a Systems Administrator for the Research Systems Group at the University of Michigan's School of Language, Science and Arts. He has worked a variety of academic environments, and currently works with High Performance Computing clusters. Jonathan lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his wife, Leigh, and three cats
An Introduction to Virtualization on Linux using KVM
LOPSA - Afternoon
Instructor: Austin Godber
This short course will provide an introduction to virtualization as well as discussion of the following topics:
* Overview of the state of virtualization on Linux.
* DIY virtualization options for Linux, concentrating on KVM.
* Innovations based on virtualization to keep your mind wandering
through the rest of OLF.
This course is intended for those new to virtualization while some of the innovation material may be interesting to the not-so-new.
Bio:
Austin has recently moved to the Columbus but has been involved in Phoenix Area User Groups including PLUG and ASULUG for over a decade and has used Linux as his OS of choice since the release of Windows 95. He graduated from Arizona State with a BS in Physics in 2000. He is a Linux Geek by day ... and, not surprisingly, a Linux Geek by night. He has worked for a DARPA sponsored computer security project, helped start a Municipal WiFi company, assisted NASA's Mars Spaceflight Facility in surviving the Slashdot effect and is now wrangling Virtual Penguins for JumpBox.
Time Management for System Administrators
LOPSA - Morning
Instructor: Tom Limoncelli
Tom explains techniques for improving your productivity and increasing efficiency. Imagine a world where your days are less stressful, more predictable, and you go can go home on time without guilt. Don't have enough time to take this class? You definitely need to take this class! (Includes material from O'Reilly's "Time Management for System Administrators")
Topics include:
* Why typical "time management" books don't work for sysadmins.
* Email management
* What makes "to-do" lists fail, and how to make them work.
* Never forget a user's request ever again!
* How to prioritize tasks so that users think you're a genius.
* Ways to have more time for fun (for people with a social life).
* How to leave the office every day with a smile on your face.
Tom Limoncelli's bio is below.
Interviewing and Hiring Great Technical People
LOPSA - Afternoon
Instructor: Tom Limoncelli
After reading many "interview horror stories" on thedailywtf.com, Tom decided to put the hiring and interviewing best practices from The Practice of System and Network Administration into a tutorial. Using stories from thedailywtf.com to illustrate what can go wrong, this tutorial focuses on useful techniques to use along the entire hiring process: from job description, to interview, to candidate selection and salary negotiation. Following the instructions in this tutorial will prevent your company from being the next "interview horror story."
Bio:
Tom Limoncelli, author of O'Reilly's The Art of Time Management for System Administrators and co-author of The Practice of System and Network Administration from Addison-Wesley (second edition just released), is a system administrator at Google in NYC. He received the SAGE 2005 Outstanding Achievement award. A sysadmin and network wonk since 1987, he has worked at Cibernet, Dean for America, Lumeta, Bell Labs/Lucent, AT&T, Mentor Graphics, and Drew University. He is a frequent presenter at conferences around the world.
Securing Linux
LOPSA - Morning
Instructors: Peter Dohm and Steve Romig
This half-day workshop will discuss the security features in modern Linux systems, including those found in SELinux, and we will cover how to harden a Linux system against attack.
Bio:
Peter Dohm is a Senior Research Scientist at Battelle. He has been a member of a number of critical systems engineering and operations teams for Commercial (Telecom, Medical), US Government, and Educational institutions in the United States. His specialties include systems design and engineering activities, particularly those involving the complex marrying of physical infrastructure and software, highly secured, highly scalable and fault resilient designs.
Steve Romig's bio is below.
Open-Source and Free Security Tools
LOPSA - Afternoon
Instructor: Steve Romig
This half-day workshop will discuss open-source and free tools relating to computer security, especially in the areas of network mapping and scanning, vulnerability scanning, firewalls, intrusion detection, incident response and computer forensics.
Bio: Steve Romig is the Associate Director of the IT Security Group in the Office of the CIO at The Ohio State University.
Student information
After you register, you will be contacted by our OLFU Dean to see what classes you intend on taking. You may take a full day of LPI Cram, One Morning LOPSA class and one Afternoon LOPSA class, or a 1/2 day of LPI and one LOPSA class.
LPI and LOPSA class sizes will be limited so that OLFU students can receive the very best personalized professional training experience. Registration for OLFU is part of the Ohio LinuxFest "Professional Package" which includes OLFU training classes on October 10, admission to The Ohio LinuxFest on October 11, lunch on both days and official conference t-shirt. Registration is open now and it will be available until all seats are full. Register today.