SomNOG9 Workshops: Systems and Services
from
Saturday, 19 September 2026 (08:00)
to
Monday, 21 September 2026 (17:50)
Monday, 14 September 2026
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Thursday, 17 September 2026
Friday, 18 September 2026
Saturday, 19 September 2026
08:00
Introduction to Systems and Services track
-
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
Introduction to Systems and Services track
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
08:00 - 08:10
08:10
Linux Command Line and Text Editing Essentials
-
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
Linux Command Line and Text Editing Essentials
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
08:10 - 09:40
09:40
Tea Break
Tea Break
09:40 - 10:00
10:00
Linux System Administration Essentials
-
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
Linux System Administration Essentials
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
10:00 - 12:00
- **Users, Groups and File Permissions** - **Process Management** - **Shell Scripting and Cron Jobs** - **Package Management**
12:00
Prayer and Lunch break
Prayer and Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
Disk Management & Networking Configuration
-
abdifitaah abdullahi Mohamed
(
arizona
)
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
Disk Management & Networking Configuration
abdifitaah abdullahi Mohamed
(
arizona
)
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
13:30 - 15:30
Managing disks using LVM Network Configuration
Sunday, 20 September 2026
08:00
DNS Concepts
-
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
DNS Concepts
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
08:00 - 09:10
09:40
Tea Break
Tea Break
09:40 - 10:00
10:00
Configuring a forwarding and an authoritative DNS Server
-
Ayaan Dhaqane
(
Abdullahi
)
Nuh Ibrahim
(
Prime tech
)
Configuring a forwarding and an authoritative DNS Server
Ayaan Dhaqane
(
Abdullahi
)
Nuh Ibrahim
(
Prime tech
)
10:00 - 12:00
12:00
Prayer and Lunch break
Prayer and Lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
13:30
Web server concepts& Installing a Web server
-
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
Web server concepts& Installing a Web server
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
13:30 - 15:00
Nginx as reverse Proxy
15:00
Prayers and Tea Break
Prayers and Tea Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
Setting up a slave and DNS server delegations
-
Ismail Mumin
(
TabaarakICT
)
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
Setting up a slave and DNS server delegations
Ismail Mumin
(
TabaarakICT
)
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
15:30 - 16:50
Monday, 21 September 2026
07:30
Completion of DNS and Webserver Challenge
-
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
Completion of DNS and Webserver Challenge
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
07:30 - 08:30
08:30
LDAP and RADIUS
-
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
LDAP and RADIUS
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
08:30 - 09:40
09:40
Tea Break
Tea Break
09:40 - 10:00
10:00
Email Services Fundamentals& Installing Postfix Server
-
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
Ismail Mumin
(
TabaarakICT
)
Email Services Fundamentals& Installing Postfix Server
Mohamed Bile
(
CTO, SomaliREN
)
Ismail Mumin
(
TabaarakICT
)
10:00 - 12:00
12:00
Prayer and Lunch Break
Prayer and Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Server Hardening & Monitoring
-
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
Server Hardening & Monitoring
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
13:00 - 14:30
UFW Monitor with Prometheus and Grafana
14:30
Virtualization, Cloud Computing & Automation with Vagrant
-
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
Abdi fitah Abdullahi Mohamed
Virtualization, Cloud Computing & Automation with Vagrant
Omar Hassan
(
NIRA
)
Abdi fitah Abdullahi Mohamed
14:30 - 15:30
Virtualization Concepts Cloud Computing Fundamentals on AWS Automation with Vagrant
15:30
Prayer and Tea Break
Prayer and Tea Break
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
General discussions, Closing, Certification and Evaluation
-
All
General discussions, Closing, Certification and Evaluation
All
16:00 - 17:00