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    • C

      Coursera Project Network

      Linux: Introduction to Shell Scripting for DevOps

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Linux Commands, Linux, Scripting, DevOps, File Management, Unix, Command-Line Interface

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      77 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      IBM

      IBM Applied DevOps Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: CI/CD, Istio, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Continuous Integration, Agile Software Development, Application Deployment, Test Driven Development (TDD), Gherkin (Scripting Language), Jenkins, Kubernetes, DevOps, Code Coverage, OpenShift, Cloud Applications, Containerization, Agile Methodology, Behavior-Driven Development, Secure Coding, Grafana, System Monitoring

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      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      7.2K reviews

      Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
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      IBM

      Linux System Administration with IBM Power Systems

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Linux Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Linux Commands, Virtualization, Systems Administration, Virtual Machines, Cloud Computing, System Monitoring, Software Installation, System Configuration

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      128 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • A

      Amazon Web Services

      AWS Cloud Support Associate

      Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Command-Line Interface, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, Root Cause Analysis, Amazon DynamoDB, Customer Relationship Building, Network Troubleshooting, Amazon Web Services, Customer Relationship Management, Software Architecture, IT Automation, Linux Commands, Cloud Computing, Linux, Amazon S3, Scalability, Technical Support, Web Applications

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      6.4K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

    • C

      Coursera Project Network

      Advanced Commands in Linux

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Linux, Command-Line Interface, Linux Administration, OS Process Management, System Monitoring, Network Troubleshooting, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), File Management

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      29 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • C

      Coursera Project Network

      Files and directories in the Linux filesystem

      Skills you'll gain: File Systems, Linux, Linux Commands, File Management, Linux Administration, Operating Systems, Unix, Command-Line Interface

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      15 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      G

      Google

      Using Python to Interact with the Operating System

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Unit Testing, Scripting, Unix Shell, Shell Script, Linux Commands, Test Driven Development (TDD), Unix Commands, Unix, Scripting Languages, Development Environment, Operating Systems, Command-Line Interface, File Management, OS Process Management, Automation, Debugging, Python Programming

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      6.5K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      U

      University of Colorado Boulder

      Linux System Programming and Introduction to Buildroot

      Skills you'll gain: Embedded Systems, System Programming, Linux, Operating Systems, File Systems, Shell Script, Debugging, OS Process Management, Build Tools, C and C++, Cross Platform Development

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      132 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • P

      Packt

      Linux Network Administration

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Linux Administration, Network Troubleshooting, Linux, Network Administration, TCP/IP, Network Protocols, Unix Commands, System Configuration, Virtualization, General Networking, Virtual Machines, Network Security, Virtual Environment

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
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      A

      Akamai Technologies, Inc.

      Operating Systems Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Linux, Linux Administration, File Systems, Linux Commands, Operating Systems, User Accounts, OS Process Management, Unix Shell, System Configuration, Command-Line Interface, Open Source Technology, Security Controls, Virtualization, Virtual Machines

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      108 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      Linux on LinuxONE

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Linux, Performance Tuning, Virtualization, Virtual Machines, Data Storage, Cloud Applications, Cloud Storage, Security Controls, Hardware Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Scalability, Encryption

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      30 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      IBM

      IBM Back-End Development

      Skills you'll gain: Istio, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Software Development Life Cycle, Linux Commands, Application Deployment, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Bash (Scripting Language), MongoDB, Shell Script, Software Architecture, Django (Web Framework), Development Environment, Object-Relational Mapping, OpenShift, Git (Version Control System), Cloud Applications, Flask (Web Framework), Jupyter, Grafana

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      49K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    • Linux: Introduction to Shell Scripting for DevOps: Coursera Project Network
    • IBM Applied DevOps Engineering: IBM
    • Linux System Administration with IBM Power Systems: IBM
    • AWS Cloud Support Associate: Amazon Web Services
    • Advanced Commands in Linux: Coursera Project Network
    • Files and directories in the Linux filesystem: Coursera Project Network
    • Using Python to Interact with the Operating System: Google
    • Linux System Programming and Introduction to Buildroot: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Linux Network Administration: Packt
    • Operating Systems Fundamentals: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

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