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Imran Afzal

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Imran Afzal has over 20 years of experience in systems administration and engineering, leadership, entrepreneurship, teaching and public speaking. He manages a team of about 60 systems engineers, administrators and team leads globally. He started his IT career with Time Warner in New York City in 2000 as a systems administrator. He has used his IT skills in many Fortune 500 companies such as financial firms, the fashion industry and tech media companies. He has spearheaded projects like data centre migration, the introduction and deployment of VMWare, monitoring tools implementation, Amazon cloud migration and many more. Afzal earned his bachelor’s in Computer Information Systems from Baruch College at the City University of New York as an honour student. He e...

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Linux PAM Administration

1.5-3 hrs 1,843 learners

By Imran Afzal

You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Define Linux PAM
State the function of Oracle VirtualBox
Recall how to install Linux CentOS on your computer
Explain why Linux PAM is important
Describe the role of each column in the PAM file configuration format
Discuss how PAM communicates with a server to authenticate users

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Linux PAM Administration

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1.5-3 hrs

1843 enrolled

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A Complete Guide to Linux Filesystem

1.5-3 hrs 3,205 learners

By Imran Afzal

You Will Learn How To

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

Explain the different system tabs in Linux CentOS 8
Describe the process of creating a virtual machine
Discuss the role of the Anaconda installation program in CentOS 8
Summarise the terminal client used to connect to the virtual machine
Analyse the different types of filesystems in Linux
Outline the major Linux directories
Compare the three ways of creating files in the Linux machine
List the meanings of key file symbols
Recognise the seven file types found in Linux

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A Complete Guide to Linux Filesystem

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1.5-3 hrs

3205 enrolled

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Find the Right IT Job

1.5-3 hrs 15,836 learners

By Imran Afzal

You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Define Information Technology
Explain the operating system
Distinguish between application and software
Recall the various IT companies
Discuss networking
List the various IT Jobs
Outline IT security
Describe the information flow
Distinguish between storage and database
Discuss virtualization
Categorize IT management jobs
List IT-specific jobs

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Beginner Level

Find the Right IT Job

100 liked this course

1.5-3 hrs

15836 enrolled

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Linux Disc Management

1.5-3 hrs 2,353 learners

By Imran Afzal

You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Identify the functions of Oracle VirtualBox
List the steps to install a Linux operating system on your computer
Recall the Linux boot process
Outline the steps to add and partition discs on your Linux system
Describe the function of Logical Volume Management (LVM)
Explain the role of swap files
Discuss the importance of file system checks
Define ‘RAID’ on Linux systems

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Advanced Level

Linux Disc Management

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1.5-3 hrs

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Linux for Absolute Beginners

1.5-3 hrs 16,117 learners

By Imran Afzal

You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Discuss system utility commands in Linux
Summarize the different examples of system monitoring commands
Explain the root password recovery process
Outline the examples of standard text editors that are available on most Linux systems
Recall the three types of permissions
Compare the three ways of adding text to files
List the different types of help commands used in most Linux distributions
Recognize the examples of file display commands

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Linux for Absolute Beginners

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Linux Network Administrator

3-4 hrs 22,976 learners

By Imran Afzal

You Will Learn How To

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

Describe the function of Oracle VirtualBox
State the different system tabs in Linux CentOS 8
Outline the process of creating a virtual machine
Analyse the role of the anaconda installation program in CentOS 8
Explain the steps for enabling internet access to the Virtual Machine
Recall the components of a network
List examples of interface configuration files
Define the concept of network bonding
Discuss the examples of file transfer commands

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Linux Network Administrator

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A Complete Job Interview Skills Guide

3-4 hrs 23,942 learners

By Imran Afzal

You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Recall the interview format
Discuss common questions about a job interview
Outline the possible strengths and weaknesses that you may be called upon to reveal during a job interview
Explain the importance of storytelling for a job interview
Recognize the importance of smiling for a job interview
Summarize the most important tips for a job interview
Identify behavioural questions
Explain situational questions
Contrast technical questions to situational questions
Discuss compensation-related questions
List things that should be done during the interview process
Recall things that should not be done during the interview process

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A Complete Job Interview Skills Guide

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3-4 hrs

23942 enrolled

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Linux for Beginners

3-4 hrs 13,699 learners

By Imran Afzal

You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Define Linux
Describe the Oracle VirtualBox installation
Explain how to download and install Linux CentOS 7
Recall how to download and install PuTTY
List the file system navigation commands
Recognize the help commands
Discuss the Linux system
List the various types of commands
Contrast the maintenance commands to the monitoring commands
Recognize the file commands
Recall shell scripting
Explain how to allow access to our Linux machine

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Linux for Beginners

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