This wiki is a supplement to CIS 301 - Operating Systems and Server Administration at James Madison University. CIS 301 is a required course in the Computer Information Systems major. This course is an introduction to operating systems and server administration in a business environment. Students learn the basic functions of an operating system through the hands-on use of Linux. Additional, students acquire hands-on server administration skills in order to better understand the operational and security demands of business applications. The LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment will be used to teach server-side administration.

Students in CIS 301 obtain a virtual computer lab (Linux-based) and learn how to build and secure their own web server. The benefits of such an approach are documented in an article in Computer (IEEE) by Rick Mathieu, Don Hardaway and Mark Hogan. (see attachment at bottom of page)

Students and alumni from CIS 301 at James Madison University are valued contributors to this wiki.

1. Lab #1 - Linux Virtual Server Setup and Readings on Wikis
   • Importance of Virtual Computer Lab
   • Setup of the Virtual Computer Server
   • Wikis in Business and Education
   • Linux versus Windows
     
2. Lab #2 - Operating Systems and the Linux File System
   • Introduction to Operating Systems
   • File systems and Linux
   • Hints for Navigating in Linux
     
   • Windows vs Linux File Systems
   • Multi-Core Processors and the Future
     
3. Lab #3 – Processes, the vim Editor and Footprinting in Linux
   • An Operating System Manages Processes
   • more - Linux Process Management
     
   • The Vim editor
   • Footprinting
4. Lab #4 - Webmin and Batch Processing
   • Webmin
   • Linux Batch Processing
5. Lab #5 - LAMP and the XAMPP Stack
   • LAMP
   • XAMPP
   • Desktop Linux
     • PendriveLinux
6. Lab #6 - Apache, HTML, XML and MySQL DB Administration
   • Apache Installation and Security
   • HTML Basics
   • XML Basics
   • HTML vs. XML
   • MySQL Administration
7. Lab #7 - Content Management Systems and Server Security
   • Joomla
   • Drupal
   • WordPress