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| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
Verpflichtend: VO UE Computernetzwerke (aus Bachelor Informatik)
oder Zulassung zum Masterstudium Computer Science
oder Zulassung zum Masterstudium Wirtschaftsinformatik
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| Original study plan |
Master's programme Computer Science 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
| Students are able to understand, analyze, assess, and apply the most important concepts of system administration to assure reliability and availability of systems and services.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
- Systematically assess, communicate, and apply the requirements of a stable workstation and server infrastructure (K4, K5)
- Plan, implement, deploy, and operate common services (K3, K4, K6)
- Understand, plan, and implement backup and recovery strategies (K3, K4, K6)
- Understand and apply the concepts of server virtualization (K3)
- Understand, analyze, and apply the concepts of infrastructure-as-code (K3, K4)
- Apply "least privilege" principles (K3, K5)
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- Basic terminology and concepts
- Server administration based on Linux / Windows
- Storage management
- Package and update management
- Recovery and backup
- Service planning
- Selected services (e.g., ADS, DNS, HTTP(S), SMTP(S), etc)
- Virtualization
- Infrastructure as Code
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| Criteria for evaluation |
Grading is based on three components: active participation in lectures and lab exercises, a theoretical exam to prove knowledge and understanding, and realization and presentation of a project assignment to verify that students possess the skills to put their knowledge into practice. All three parts must be completed successfully to complete the course.
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| Methods |
Lecture including discussions as well as accompanying practical lab exercises; Students prepare and present an example scenario (project) on their own.
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
- Presentation slides
- Recommended reading:
- T.A. Limoncelli et al.: "The Practice of System and Network Administration", 3rd ed., Addison-Wesley, 2017
- Manuals and whitepapers of server software used in the lab and the project assignment
- Additional supplementary material will be announced each semester
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Further information |
https://www.jku.at/en/institute-of-networks-and-security/
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| Corresponding lecture |
equivalent to INMNPKVSADM: KV Systemadministration (3 ECTS) or INMWAKVNWAD: KV Netzwerkadministration (3 ECTS)
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