Course Title: Create scripts for networking

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2012

Course Code: COSC6103C

Course Title: Create scripts for networking

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4299 - Certificate IV in Information Technology Networking

Course Contact: Geoff Moss

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4852

Course Contact Email: geoff.moss@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Chelton Evans

chelton.evans@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 60

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

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Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to undertake scripted programming tasks for networking related activities.

This course explores Linux and *nix through the command line, Bash scripting and Ubuntu. You will learn to work at the *nix command line, and transfer this knowledge to writing basic scripts.

Topics include
• Basic scripts, the development of writing scripts from the terminal to the script
• System security – separate user and root accounts, escalation of privileges, root via sudo su, sudo command, configuring the sudo’ers file with visudo.
• Standard permissions with owner and groups, read write and execute file permissions.
• File permissions: chmod, chown, chgrp, ls –al.
• File types, binary and text files, library files, symlinks. Compare with Windows dlls and shortcuts.
• Bash programming language, control structures. Functions, passing arguments from the command line, loops, if then, else and case statements, program return error code. Built in variables and PATH. The bash interpreter. Local variables and basic data types and manipulations with strings. Functions.
• Command line utilities relevant to networking. ps, netstat, ifconfig, ping, tail -f, htop
• *nix language in a Bash shell–mkdir, rm, cd, pushd, popd, pwd, ls, cp, mv -i, man, whoami, pipes, output redirection, echo, cat, grep, xterm &, pattern matching, “.” and “..” directories, ~, hidden files beginning with a period “.”, command line arguments, command line in scripts
• Scheduler through crontab with relative and absolute paths, logs, log files and logging messages
• vi editor skills
• *nix updates and software installation using # apt-get. In Ubuntu configuring the proxy server for apt-get update.
 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

ICANWK409A Create scripts for networking

Element:

Create code

Performance Criteria:

Select appropriate scripting languageDemonstrate understanding and application of basic language syntax rules and best practices
Select and use language data types, operators and expressions to create clear and concise code
Use techniques of selection, iteration and sequence to control script execution flow
Use techniques for sequential file input and output to retrieve and store information
Obtain and use user input to affect the operation of the script
Apply internal document principles to created code
Follow organisational guidelines for developing maintainable code when creating scripts
Adhere to coding standards when creating scripts

Element:

Develop algorithms to represent solutions to a given problem

Performance Criteria:

Consult with client and key stakeholders to identify the problem and associated script requirements
Employ abbreviated software development cycle to script creation
Develop an algorithm to solve the problem and meet client requirements
Develop an algorithm which takes account of expected possible situations
Develop an algorithm which is guaranteed to end
Demonstrate use of structure, sequence, selection and iteration

Element:

Document Script

Performance Criteria:

Create technical-level documentation
Create user-level documentation

Element:

Test and debug code

Performance Criteria:

Engineer, document and conduct simple tests to confirm code meets design specification
Identify areas that are not covered or are covered incorrectly in the script
Take action to ensure that code complies with security policy
Take action to ensure that code operates with proper permissions
Use script debugging techniques suitable for use with scripting language to detect and resolve errors of syntactical, logical and design origin

Element:

Use operating system tools

Performance Criteria:

Use searching and sorting tools to select information from the logging output of operating system (OS)
Implement controls to ensure that where significant events occur, script creates and maintains a log of operations via operating system logging mechanism
Register and run scripts with OS scheduling facility


Learning Outcomes


Develope scripted programming abilities.  Develope skills in BASH. 

This course contributes to the development of the following capabilities:
• Develop shell scripts
• Using Linux at the command line
• Monitor processes by command line tools and the GUI.
• Identify and manage standard permissions
• Write a basic menu program
• Modify and testing your code
• Documenting code


Details of Learning Activities

Develope skills and knowledge required to undertake scripted programming tasks for networking-related activities.

  • learning bash scripting
  • learning vi
  • writing scripts
  • exploring system utilities and command line arguments
  • test and debug code
  • write and document a utility

Class pracs, classroom discussion are part of the learning activities, as well as work-based experiences and activies.

Internet hyperlinks to technical documents and references including Youtube will be used as a learning tool and resource.

Learning activities may be modified during the semester to meet the needs of students in the current program and the needs of their workplace.
 


Teaching Schedule

Weeks Topic Software/Reading Practical Exercises and Assessment
1

Develop algorithms to represent solutions to a given problem

See online resources  Prac and work based assessment
2

Create code

See online resources Prac and work based assessment
3

Use operating system tools

 

See online resources Prac and work based assessment
4

Use operating system tools

See online resources Prac and work based assessment
5

Document script

See online resources Prac and work based assessment


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of competency to be deemed competent. Skill based assessment.

A range of assessment methods are used to assess practical skills and knowledge, for example
• direct questioning combined with a review of portfolios of evidence
• review of authenticated documents from the workplace or training environment
• demonstration of techniques
 


Assessment Tasks

Skills Based Assessments:
These assessments can be done either at RMIT or at the workplace providing appropriate equipment is available.
All pracs need to be satisfactorily completed to pass the course.


Assessment Matrix

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