Solaris Introduction
Course Code: SI
Duration: 3 days
Solaris Introduction Course Overview
This Solaris Operating System training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the SOLARIS Operating System. The most commonly used commands and utilities are described in detail as are the command line wildcard and redirection facilities. The mechanisms by which a user acquires a login environment are discussed and the main features of the Korn/Posix/Bash Shells are introduced.
Similarly, the course is targeted to closely follow the official Oracle Solaris curriculum for certification.
Exercises and examples are used throughout the course to give practical hands-on experience with the techniques covered.
Course Objectives
This Solaris Introduction course provides the skills needed to work productively in the SOLARIS environment.
Who will the Course Benefit?
Anyone who needs to understand and use the SOLARIS Operating System.
Skills Gained
The delegate will learn and acquire skills as follows:
- The history of the UNIX and Linux operating systems
- Navigating and creating files and directories within the UNIX filesystem
- Navigating and searching manual pages
- Structuring commands
- File and directory management commands
- Using commands with logical AND and OR
- Shell redirection and pipe facilities
- Editing text files using the vi / Vim editor
- Customising the vi / Vim environment
- Searching and replacing text and regular expressions (regex)
- Recalling and editing commands with the Bash and Korn Shell
- Setting and changing file and directory permissions
- Creating hard and symbolic links
- Filtering and formatting text
- Monitoring and killing processes and process priorities
- Configuring the Shell environment and variables
- The find and locate commands
- Further basic commands
Solaris Introduction Training Course
Course Introduction
- Administration and Course Materials
- Course Structure and Agenda
- Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM
- A brief history of UNIX / Linux
- The UNIX / Linux kernel
- The UNIX / Linux file system structure
- File and directory management commands
- Absolute vs Relative Pathnames
- Further basic commands
- Exercise: Navigating the file system
Session 2: BASIC COMMANDS
- Command line syntax
- Basic file handling commands
- Basic Directory handling commands
- Filename wildcard characters
- Using commands with logical AND and OR
- Sequential command execution
- Exercise: Manipulating files and directories
Session 3: REDIRECTION AND PIPES
- Input and Output redirection
- Redirecting errors
- Piping commands
- Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities
Solaris Introduction Training Course
Session 4: INTRODUCTION TO THE vi/Vim EDITOR
- Overview of the vi/Vim editor
- The language of vi
- Undoing and Redoing changes
- Input Mode and Last Line Mode
- Further vi functions
- Executing commands within vi / Vim
- Customising the vi / Vim Environment
- Getting Help
- Exercises: Using the vi editor
Session 5: SEARCHING AND REPLACING TEXT
- Searching and replacing text using the vi/Vim editor
- Using regular expressions (regex)
- Using sed for search and replace
- Searching for text with grep, egrep and fgrep
- Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text
Session 6: RECALLING AND EDITING COMMANDS
- Overview
- The bash shell
- The korn shell
- Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands
Session 7: FILE PERMISSIONS AND ACCESS CONTROL
- Users and user groups
- File access permissions
- Changing file attributes
- Switching users and user groups
- Linking files
- Exercise: Setting and access permissions
Solaris Introduction Training Course
Session 8: FILTERING AND FORMATTING TEXT
- Overview
- The paste command
- The cut command
- An introduction to awk
- The nl command
- Exercises: Filtering Text
Session 9: PROCESSES
- What is a process?
- Monitoring processes
- Killing processes
- Background processes
- Job Control
- Grouping commands
- Exercise: Monitoring and controlling processes
Session 10: THE USER ENVIRONMENT
- Customising the .profile or .bash_profile
- Customising the .kshrc or .bashrc
- Exercise: Setting up an environment
Session 11: MORE BASIC COMMANDS
- The find command
- Using xargs command
- The locate command
- The df command
- The cut command
- The sort command
- Finding duplicate content
- Number sequencing
- Exercise: More Basic Commands
- Course technical content is subject to change without notice.
- Course content is structured as sessions, this does not strictly map to course timings. Concepts, content and practicals often span sessions.
Examinations
Ths course together with the Solaris 11 System Administration - Part I course is an excellent choice for delegates preparing to take the following exam:
- Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator certification (exam 1Z0-821)
Ths course together with the Solaris 11 System Administration - Part I and Solaris 11 System Administration - Part II courses are an excellent choice for delegates preparing to take the following exam:
- Oracle Certified Professional, Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator certification (exam 1Z0-822)
Attending these courses and studying the associated reference materials can form part of the preparation to achieve certification. Experience, practice, self-study and aptitude are also key requirements for exam success.
Before taking any exam, ensure you have the recommended experience. The Oracle website lists all exam requirements, and these are updated regularly.
Exams are not included as part of the course.
Requirements
There are no formal pre-requisites for the Solaris Introduction course, although an understanding of and exposure to information technology and an understanding of operating systems is required.
Further Learning
Course Reviews
Nice and easy to understand content, instructions were clear and questions were fully answered.
Liam - Junior Oracle system specialist
I found the course very informative and the content was great for my level of experience in IT and helped give a better understanding of the Solaris I use in day to day work. The tutor was great and if anything needed explained he would not hesitate to sit and go through it with me which was a great help - and he didn't just give an answer he would explain WHY the resolution/solution was as it was and how we get to that outcome.
Stuart - Service Desk Analyst - Finance
Course was well presented and I am now confident of carrying out basic UNIX commands.
Christopher - Release Analyst - Government
I am new to Unix and found this a very useful course to start me off.
Steve - Communications
The course was excellent. Mark, the Course Instructor was very, very good. He explained everything exceptionally well, his style made the course interesting and his knowledge on Solaris/Linux is excellent. He took time to answer any questions put to him and explained everything thoroughly and very clearly. I would definitely recommend my work colleagues to attend this course.
Sarper - Senior Implementation Engineer - Professional Services
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