Sysadmin Study Group

30 july 2016

WHAT WE KNOW (things and skills we use and we can share)

VM virtual machines
command line
bash scripting / cron
git
infrastructure as a code (ansible)
services for other people
autonomous servers
ssh + tor + vpn
ssh keys
documentation
vim

WHAT WE’D LIKE TO KNOW

what is a sysadmin?
security
hardening
reading /var/logs/
using localhost
headless VMs
go
installing server
maintaining services for other people
ferm / iptables / nat
monitoring
mosh

THEORY VS. PRACTICE / BASIC VS. ADVANCED

######################### BASIC #########################
autonomous server#  
                            #   linux server 101 
                            #   command line / fs / man
                            #   ssh / mosh
                            #   ssh + tor + vpn
                            #   ssh keys
                            #   using localhost
                            #   screen/tmux
                            #   ______
                            #   git   
                            #   reading logs
                            #   diagnostics
                            #   monitoring
                            #   
what's a sysadmin?          #
security                    #
                            #   bash scripting
                            #   cron jobs
THEORY   ########################################   PRACTICE
                            #
                            #   headless VMs
                            #   server hardening
                            #   web servers
                            #   SSL certs (let's encrypt)
legal                       #
                            #   maintaining services for others
iptables                    #   ferm
                            #   nat
                            #   
######################## ADVANCED ######################## 

VARIOUS TOPICS

  • psychological/social aspects of being a sysadmin (loneliness; stress; impostor syndrome)
  • go programming language
  • wordpress
  • prometheus

WORKSHOPS TOPICS (incomplete)

  • command line
  • ssh / mosh
  • screen / tmux
 

www.level-up.cc/

 
 

overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/

 
 

github.com/OpenInternet/System_Administ...

 
 

holistic-security.tacticaltech.org/

 
   

github.com/equalitie/Caislean