c/selfhosted · by acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 2y

Self hosting courses on Udemy

So my employer got me a business Udemy account and I want to make the most of it. What are good courses there for a home self hoster?

I’ve got a couple Docker for beginners courses.

Would an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner be any useful?

I’m looking into networking as well, so I understand VLANs, routing and firewalls.

I have a decent grasp of Linux fundamentals, but I’m outdated in administration as I haven’t been more than a user for the past 10 years.

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catloaf@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Honestly, what most people lack is foundational networking. How a TCP packet is constructed and routed, for example. The difference between routing and switching. How a TCP connection is built and destroyed. Stuff like that. And a basic knowledge of how a DNS request is made and resolved. And DHCP.

acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Agreed. Any link to good material?

EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

https://github.com/seawish/books/blob/master/books/TCP-IP%20Illustrated%20Volunme%201-The%20Protocols.pdf

edonkey@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I have this one bookmarked. Haven't taken it though, has decent reviews: The Ultimate Linux Home Server Course - Learn and improve your Linux skills through building your own home server

acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 2y

Wow, a shoe in!

BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I would have the same question for LinkedIn Learning

OminousOrange@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y

Many local libraries provide access to this incredible resource too. Check yours to see.

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz · 2 pts · 2y

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters	More Letters
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
DNS	Domain Name Service/System
IP	Internet Protocol
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 5 acronyms.

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thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

There are a heap of general "Linux Administration" courses which will patch a lot of holes in the knowledge of almost all self-taught self hosters. I'd been using Linux for a while but didn't know you could tab to complete file names in commands till I learned it on Udemy ¯_(ツ)_/¯