Multi-Server Linux Environment
Provision several RHEL systems with consistent configuration, name resolution, storage layout, and administrative access.
- RHEL
- SSH
- LVM
- systemd
Flagship work
Build an Enterprise Environment From the Ground Up
Rather than completing only isolated exercises, students work toward realistic multi-server environments where Linux and Windows systems depend on each other. Identity lives in Active Directory. Applications and databases run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Logging, monitoring, backup, and automation keep the environment operable.
Flagship enterprise lab
See the Enterprise Infrastructure You Will Build
Throughout the program, students progressively build, integrate, secure, automate, monitor, troubleshoot, and document a realistic multi-server enterprise environment. The final infrastructure combines Linux, Windows Server, networking, databases, automation, security, monitoring, logging, backup, and remote administration.
- Linux and Windows administered together as one enterprise estate.
- Every dependency is real — DNS failures break authentication.
- Automation replaces repeated manual builds as the environment grows.
- Documentation is part of the deliverable, not an afterthought.
Project Work
Windows / Linux Integrated Network
Join Linux systems to a Windows domain so one identity works across the estate, then verify authentication end to end.
- Active Directory
- SSSD
- Kerberos
- DNS
Active Directory Infrastructure
Stand up domain services with organizational units, groups, policy, and AD-integrated DNS.
- Windows Server
- Group Policy
- DNS
- DHCP
Database Environment
Deploy PostgreSQL, configure roles and access, connect application servers, and validate backups by restoring them.
- PostgreSQL
- Networking
- Backup
Web / Application Infrastructure
Host applications on Apache and in Podman containers with TLS, virtual hosts, and SELinux contexts intact.
- Apache
- Podman
- SELinux
- TLS
Centralized Logging
Forward logs from every host into a single log server and use it to investigate incidents across systems.
- rsyslog
- journald
- Storage
Monitoring & Alerting
Instrument services and hosts, set meaningful thresholds, and respond to alerts before users report problems.
- Monitoring
- Metrics
- Alerting
Backup Architecture
Design and schedule backups for systems, configuration, and databases — then prove recovery works.
- Backup
- Recovery
- Scheduling
Automation with Ansible
Convert manual build steps into idempotent playbooks and roles kept under version control.
- Ansible
- Bash
- PowerShell
- Git
Security & Hardening
Apply hardening baselines, audit the systems, remediate findings, and troubleshoot what the controls break.
- SELinux
- firewalld
- OpenSCAP
- AIDE
Troubleshooting Operations
Operate the environment you built through a queue of realistic failures and document each resolution.
- Diagnosis
- Logs
- Documentation
Projects
See exactly what you'll build
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