Pre-Requisites (you need to learn yourself)

How to install GNU/Linux - Follow https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/
Familiarity with Command Line - Follow https://ryanstutorials.net/linuxtutorial/
disk partitioning with logical volume manager
authenticating with ssh keys - Follow https://git.fosscommunity.in/help/ssh/README.md and https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/configure-ssh-keygen

Server basics (we will teach you)

switching users (sudo, su)
remote access (scp, rsync, custom ssh port, mosh),
software raid
encrypted partitions/luks (using virtual machines)
firewall with ufw
postgresql replication (backup)
scheduled backups (rsync and cron)
lxc container (setup services on your local machine)
sharing passwords with gpg encrypted files
nginx basics (setup web server, add custom index page)
screen/tmux/nohup
symbolic links (ln -s)
locales
environment variables
local network configuration (/etc/hosts, ip, ss).
Starting and stopping services (systemctl)
Log file handling (tail -f, truncate, logrotate)

Switching users

sudo or su commands can be used to run commands as different users. `sudo -u <username>` for running as different user. `su - postgres` can give you a shell as postgres user.

Remote access to machines

. ssh - remote shell (with ssh server on custom ports)
. scp/sftp/rsync - copy files
. mosh - for bad connections

Symbolic links

Symbolic links can be used to store data in data partition without changing configuration files. For example /var/lib/postgresql can be a symbolic link to /data/postgresql where /data is a dedicated partition for storing data.

Setup correct Locales

`dpkg-reconfigure locales`

Free Software Camp Tasks

Setup feed2toot for fsci blog, diasp.in updates - https://git.fosscommunity.in/fsfi/camp/-/issues/36#notes
Setup backup for all services
Setup ansible for all services
Security audit and compliance across all services

Free Software Camp Resources

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System Administrators Checklist

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