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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 1,282 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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Operating Systems
Linux PAM Administration
1.5-3 hrs
1282 enrolled
A Complete Guide to Linux Filesystem
1.5-3 hrs 2,690 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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Operating Systems
A Complete Guide to Linux Filesystem
1.5-3 hrs
2690 enrolled
Find the Right IT Job
1.5-3 hrs 12,979 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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Computer Networking
Find the Right IT Job
1.5-3 hrs
12979 enrolled
Linux Disc Management
1.5-3 hrs 1,934 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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Operating Systems
Linux Disc Management
1.5-3 hrs
1934 enrolled
Linux for Absolute Beginners
1.5-3 hrs 12,263 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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Operating Systems
Linux for Absolute Beginners
1.5-3 hrs
12263 enrolled
Linux Network Administrator
3-4 hrs 18,430 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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Computer Networking
Linux Network Administrator
3-4 hrs
18430 enrolled
A Complete Job Interview Skills Guide
3-4 hrs 12,459 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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Job Search
A Complete Job Interview Skills Guide
3-4 hrs
12459 enrolled
Linux for Beginners
3-4 hrs 8,356 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
Linux for Beginners
3-4 hrs
8356 enrolled
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it was a nice course to learn the basic of network administration
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Imran Afzal does a fabulous job of explaining everything. I am very confident in Linux after watching this. I have zero computer background and I am able to understand and follow what he is teaching. I loved this course! Thank you!
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