The Open Source Unix Certification is a series of 3 classes that will, upon successful completion, result in the awarding of a Certificate of Open Source Unix System Administration.  The three classes are:

• Introduction to Open source Unix
• Unix Administration I
• Unix Administration II

Students who maintain an 85% (or higher) grade in each of the 3 classes are candidates for certification.  At the completion of the first introduction class, the student will be able to navigate the unix file system from a command prompt. be able to create and edit files using the vi editor, create and edit web-publishable directories and attain a basic understanding of shell-scripting concepts and practices.

The second class, Unix Administration I, the student will install and learn to administer a unix workstation.  The tasks will include using a compiler to build and install programs and utilities from source code and to use unix utilities to maintain, backup and restore the workstation.  The installation of graphical  interface using X windows and the installation of a full functioning desktop environment will also be covered and required in the class.

The 3rd class, Unix Administration II, will cover the skills necessary to maintain a production Unix seerver in a multi-user, multi-client environment.  Emphasis will be on the daily administration tasks required of a proficient system administrator.  The student's final project will be to install the Unix operating system on a dedicated machine, install from source code a typical distribution of server-side packages, (Apache, PHP, MySQL, PostgresQL, and others).  Syllabus

Course Length:

Each section contains 4 weeks of instruction and tasks that must be completed within 8 weeks of the start of each class while having maintained an 85% (or above) average in each class section for certification credit to be earned.  9 CEU's from NJT will also be awarded.

Course Delivery:

 Online, using Moodle,  with a Flexible Study option available

Starting Dates:  November 1, 2010, January 10, 2011

Fee:

$1,500 per class when registered for separately, OR

$4000 for the complete track of 3 classes.  Register Below for the Full Track of classes: