Skill · Linux · Administer a Linux server
Mount network storage: NFS, SMB and iSCSI
Mount remote storage on a Linux server: NFS shares, Windows SMB/CIFS shares and iSCSI block devices, persistently and verified.
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- 3 lessons
- ~2 h 30 of reading
- 3 quizzes
- 0 proof lab
The path
Where it comes from, where it leads
What you need to know first, where you stand on this skill, and what it opens next. Your status is computed in your browser, from what you have read and passed.
Before · 1 prerequisite
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This skill, for you
Mount network storage: NFS, SMB and iSCSI
Computing
It unlocks · nothing yet
No other skill requires it: it is an end-of-path skill.
The path through the foundations From the most upstream foundation to this skill: what is in place, what remains to read.
Lessons
How to learn it
3 lessons, about ~2 h 30, in program order. Each lesson ends with its quiz.
The program
3 lessons · ~2 h 30
- 1Use NFS on Linux· 60 min
- 2SMB/CIFS: network file sharing with Samba· 60 min
- 3Use iSCSI on Linux· 30 min
Beyond the lessons
Assess, practise, pass the proof
Reading a lesson confirms nothing. A skill is confirmed by a passed quiz, practised in a guided lab, and put to the test by a challenge or a mission; an imported lab result is not verified by the site.
Assess yourself
3 quizzes
At the end of the lessons: passed at 70%, they confirm the skill.
Practice
2 guided labs
Proof
No proof
Neither a challenge nor a mission with a proof yet.
Placement test
Preparing the questions…
Your answers in detail
For each question asked: your answer, the correct answer, its explanation and the page to reread.
Around it
Who requires it, who teaches it
Required by
- Linux Administrator
- LFCS
- RHCSA (EX200, RHEL 10)
In red: the certification it prepares for.
Taught by
Same block · Administer a Linux server
- Monitor processes and performance
- Automate in the shell and schedule tasks
- Configure and troubleshoot a server's network
- Prepare local storage: disks, partitions, file systems and mounting
- Manage logical volumes, software RAID and disk encryption
- Maintain a server's software and monitor its resources
- Troubleshoot a Linux server