CSCI 325.001 202120

CSCI 325 - Web Server Administration

Spring 2021 - Section 001


Week 1 - January 26/28, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 1 - Intro and Overview

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 1 - 40 points - Due February 4th

  • Textbook: Introduction

  • Textbook: Chapter 1 - Technical Summary of Linux Distro's


Week 2 - February 2/4, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 2 - Infrastructure Components

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 2 - 35 points - Due February 11th

  • Textbook: Chapter 11 - TCP/IP

  • Textbook: Chapter 12 - Network Config


Week 3 - February 9/11, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 3 - DNS Intro, Linux Basics, & OS Installs

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 3 - 35 points - Due February 17th

  • Textbook: Chapter 9 - Linux Kernel

  • Textbook: Chapter 10 - Knobs & Dials, Virtual File Systems


Week 4 - February 16/18, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 4 - Startup & Shutdown, Linux Commands, DNS Details, Web server installs...

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 4 - 40 points - Due February 24th

  • Textbook: Chapter 2 - Installing Linux

  • Textbook: Chapter 3 - The Command Line

  • Textbook: Chapter 4 - Managing Software


Week 5 - February 23/25, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 5 - Web Servers and such things...

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 5 - 45 points - Due March 3rd

  • Textbook: Chapter 5 - Managing Users & Groups

  • Textbook: Chapter 6 - Booting & Shutting Down

  • Textbook: Chapter 18 - Apache

  • Textbook: Chapter 19 - SMTP


Week 6 - March 2/4, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 6 - More server installs and configs!

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 6 - 35 points - Due March 10th

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 7 - 46 points - Due March 10th

  • Textbook: Chapter 16 - DNS

  • Textbook: Chapter 20 - POP/IMAP


Week 7 - March 9/11, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Midterm Review PPT

  • CSCI 325 Midterm Review Doc

  • CSCI 325 Week 7 - Reviews and Email Setups

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 8 - 50 points - Due March 24th

  • Textbook: Chapter 17 - FTP


Week 8 - March 16/18, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 8 - File Transfer Services

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 9 - 50 points - Due March 24th

  • Textbook: Chapter 7 - Filesystems

  • Textbook: Chapter 8 - Core System Services


Week 9 - March 23/25, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 9 - Monitoring, Logging, Firewalling, More...

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 10 - 50 points - Due March 31st

  • Textbook: Chapter 13 - Netfilter Firewall


Week 10 - March 30/April 1, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 10 - Assignment Reviews, Virtualization, Cloud, More...

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 11 - 40 points - Due April 7th

  • Textbook: Chapter 14 - Local Security


Week 11 - April 6/8, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 11 - Network Configs, Disk Configs, Cloud, Data Centers, More...

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 12 - 50 points - Due April 14th

  • Textbook: Chapter 15 - Network Security


Week 12 - April 13/15, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 12 - Security and Authentication and More...

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 13 - 50 points - Due April 21st

  • Textbook: Chapter 21 - VoIP


Week 13 - April 20/22, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 13 - Some Security, Some Review, and Some Cloud...

  • CSCI 325 Assignment 14 - 150 points - Due May 4th, 2021


Week 14 - April 27/29, 2021

  • CSCI 325 Week 14 - LDAP & AD, Some Review, and some more cloud...

  • CSCI 325 Assignment AWS - 25 points (bonus) - Due May 4th, 2021

  • Final Review


Week 15 - May 4, 2021

  • Final Exam - Online - 6:00PM to 8:00PM