Curriculum Design and Instruction To Teach
Linux Administration: Basic Administration:
Syslog and Log Files:
Author: Charles Hayes:
This curriculum design and
instruction is for the Linux
administrator who must
efficiently solve technical
problems and maximize the
reliability and performance
of a production environment.
It addresses today's most
important Linux distributions
and most powerful new administrative
tools. It spells out detailed best
practices for every facet of system
administration, including storage
management, network design and
administration, web hosting,
software configuration management,
performance analysis, Windows
interoperability,m and much more.
Systems administrators will expecially
appreciate the thourough and up-to-date
subject of such topics such as DNS, LDAP,
secrutiy, and the Management of IT service
organizations:
Special Features Include:
* Phases For Conducting A Needs Assessment:
* Curriculum Design Supplement:
* Curriculum Design Plan:
* Lesson Plans:
* Instructional Goals:
* Instructional Objectives:
* Instructional Activities:
* Instructional Evaluation Techniques:
* Standard Vocabulary:
* A Limited Glimpse:
Topics Include:
* Basic Administration:
@ Syslog and Log Files:
A. Introduction:
B. Logging policies:
1. Throwing away log files:
2. Rotating log files:
3. Archiving log files:
C. Linux log files:
1. Special log files:
2. Kernel and boot-time logging:
D. Logrotate: manage log files:
E. Syslog: the system event logger:
1. Alternatives to syslog:
2. Syslog architecture:
3. Configuring syslogd:
4. Designing a logging scheme for your site:
5. Config file examples:
6. Sample syslog output:
7. Software that uses syslog:
8. Debugging syslog:
9. Using syslog from programs:
F. Condensing log files to useful
information:
* STATE OF THE ART CURRICULUM DESIGN:
* NEW:
* REFERENCES:
* ILLUSTRATIONS:
* PHOTOS:
* PAPERBACK:
* TRANSPARENT FRONT PAGE:
* TITLE PAGE:
* BLACK OR WHITE BACK PAGE COVER:
* 8 TO 10 INCH FONTS:
* BINDED: B OR W OR COLOR COIL: WIRE-0:
* 150 WHITE PAGES: 8x11 INCHES:
* ALLOW 10 TO 14 DAYS TO RECEIVE ITEM:
* ORDER EARLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST: