Course Title: Create scripts for networking
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2013
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
NiI
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: |
1.1 Consult with client and key stakeholders to identify the problem and associated script requirements |
Element: |
Develop algorithms to represent solutions to a given problem |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Select appropriate scripting language |
Element: |
Document Script |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Use searching and sorting tools to select information from the logging output of operating system (OS) |
Element: |
Test and debug code |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Engineer, document and conduct simple tests to confirm code meets design specification |
Element: |
Use operating system tools |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Create technical-level documentation |
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
Element | Practical Tasks | In Class/Work Observation | In Class Testing | Individual and Group discussions ** |
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