Linux 201: System Administration and Management

Monday 11 May 2026, 04:00 → 18:10 Africa/Mogadishu

Zoom (Virtual )

Mohamed Bile (Chairman, SomNOG)

This session, Linux 201: System Administration and Management, is part of the SomNOG Capacity Building Series and builds on the foundation established in Linux 101: Fundamentals and Essential Commands. In the previous session, participants were introduced to Linux basics, including command-line usage, file system navigation, and essential file operations.

Linux 201 takes participants to the next level by focusing on how Linux is used in real environments. The session emphasizes practical skills that enable users to move from basic command execution to managing and interacting with systems more effectively. Participants will gain hands-on experience with Vim, explore how Linux manages users, groups, and permissions, and learn essential commands for monitoring system resources such as disk, memory, and CPU. In addition, the session introduces redirection & piping, key concepts for working efficiently in the command line, and provides basic insights into system logs. By the end of the session, participants will be able to confidently perform everyday system tasks and begin to provision and monitor basic Internet services in a Linux environment.

 

16:00 → 16:10 Recap of Linux 101

• Key concepts and command-line fundamentals

Speaker: Mohamed Bile

16:10 → 16:20 Vim Editor

• Modes and navigation
• Editing, copying, and pasting
• Search and replace
• Saving and exiting workflows

Speaker: Mohamed Bile

16:20 → 16:35 Users and Groups

• Understanding users in Linux
• Understanding groups
• Relationship between users and groups

Speaker: Mohamed Bile

16:35 → 16:55 File Permissions and Ownership

• Read, write, execute permissions
• Changing permissions
• Ownership and group management

Speaker: Mohamed Bile

16:55 → 17:05 Redirection & Piping

• Redirecting output to files (>, >>)
• Using pipes (|) to connect commands
• Simple practical examples

Speaker: Mohamed Bile

17:05 → 17:15 Process Basics

• Understanding processes
• Viewing running processes
• Basic process management

Speaker: Mohamed Bile

17:15 → 17:25 Package Management

• Installing software
• Updating and removing packages

Speaker: Mohamed Bile

17:25 → 17:35 System Resources (Basic Monitoring)

• Disk usage (e.g., checking storage)
• Memory usage
• CPU usage

Speaker: Mohamed Bile

17:35 → 17:40 Logs (Basic Introduction)

• What logs are
• Why they matter
• Basic awareness of where to find them

Speaker: Mohamed Bile

17:40 → 17:55 Hands-On Practical Exercises

17:55 → 18:05 Interactive Discussion and Wrap-up