Server management with Linux command ( Ubuntu,Kali)

Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Unit Code BN206 Unit Title System Administration Assessment Individual Assignment Type Assessment Assignment-1: Server management systems and tools (T2 2019) Title Purpose of the This assignment is designed to assess students’ knowledge and skills related to assessment the following learning outcomes: (with ULO a) Understand various server management systems Mapping) b) Manage emerging tools and techniques for system management Weight 15% Total Marks 40 Word limit 1000-1200 words

Due Date Week 7, Sunday 1st September, 2019, by 5:00PM through Moodle (Melbourne and Sydney)

Submission • All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a title Guidelines Page.

• The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2.54 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings. • Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style. Extension • If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration

Application must be submitted directly through AMS. You must submit this application three (3) working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures- and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment

Without a granted special consideration, late submissions will be subject to penalty as per the information on late penalty in the unit description. Academic • Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of Misconduct the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion

from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies- procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-Policy- Procedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity

Section in your Unit Description.

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Assignment Description This assignment has two tasks: (i) linux commands, script programming for system maintenance, and (ii) understanding server management systems. These tasks provide students with an opportunity to work on the above topics and develop an understanding and professional skills required to manage and maintain network servers. By doing this assignment, students will get an opportunity to enquire some of the server Operating System features, and basic tools used in LINUX servers. They will also get an idea of various tasks performed by the system administrators. In addition to that, the overview of the modern day operating systems is also necessary to keep up with the current technological trend. Task 1: (15 Marks) Q1. Server management with Linux commands. [6 Marks Total] To check the originality of students’ work, all students are required to complete the tasks on a Linux terminal running any flavours of Linux (e.g., Ubuntu, Kali). Use the following commands in the sequence given:

• mkdir (Replace with your own student ID and name, for example: MIT111111_John), • cd (You are changing directory to the newly created directory, which is MIT111111_John).

After, you are in the directory that you have created, execute the following commands and document the output as advised next: Commands:

• lsof • netstat • mtr

What to document for each command:

• Purpose of the command • Syntax of the command • A valid screenshot with appropriate figure number and caption showing how you explored the command on your Linux system.

Q2. You need to write a script that will do the following – [9 Marks Total]

1. Display a menu as shown below – [1 Mark]

Choose one of the followings – 1. Show My Student ID and Name 2. Find the reverse of your student ID number (numerical part) 3. Show calendar 4. Show today’s date 5. Exit

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2. Based on the chosen option, the script should do the following.

a. If option 1 is chosen, the script should echo your student ID and name. [1 Mark]

b. If option 2 is chosen, the script should ask for student ID number (numerical part)

from the user and then it should display reverse of that number. [3 Marks]

c. If option 3 is chosen, the script should display calendar. [1.5 Mark]

d. If option 4 is chosen, the script should display today’s date. [1.5 Mark]

e. If option 5 is chosen, exit the program and return to the terminal. [1 Mark]

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BN206 System Administration Page 4 of 6 Task 2: (25 marks) Server Management Systems: Every server operating system has its own server management features included. Select and research one (1) topic from the list below, and write a report. Your submission will be checked for originality using the Turnitin, similarity-checking software, and if your report is found with high level of similarity with internet and other sources, you may score zero for this task. 1. Server Management, backup and the current technical trends such as: – Cloud Storage

– Server Virtualization Monitoring Tools – Data Intelligence 2. Content Distribution Network (CDN) and the current technical trends such as:

– Value-added CDN services – Multi-CDN approach – Web Application Firewall (WAF)

3. Distributed Computing Systems and the current technical trends such as: – Multimedia services – Distributed systems as utility

4. Hyper Threading Technology and the current technical trends such as: – Multithreading – Processor architecture

5. Performance and Service Monitoring Systems and the current technical trends such as: – Measuring System Performance – Monitoring and Reporting

6. Security issues in Networking and the current technical trends such as: – End-to-End Secure Cloud Services – Web Applications and Web Server Protection

Report sections: Your report must include all the sections given below. Investigate your chosen topic by reading articles and technical configuration from any source other than Wikipedia. These articles can be searched online or from a journal. Provide a Report to share your understanding (between 1000- 1200 words limit), which should include the following sections:

• Introduction • Background information/history of development • Technical details and features • Target platform • Advantages and Disadvantages • Conclusion • References (minimum 5 references)

Submission Guidelines: Submit one document containing all of your answers for both Task 1 and Task 2. Your submission should include the following:

• A cover page (unit and topic name and assignment title), identifying student (name and ID), name of the lecturer and name of the tutor.

• The assignment must use 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and at least 1.5 cm line spacing with appropriate section headings.

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• Use IEEE for referencing and provide in-text citation in your report. • It should follow standard report template.

Marking criteria:

Section to be included in Description of the section Marks the report

Task-1 (15 Marks)

Q1 For each Linux command: purpose, syntax, 2 X 3=6 original screenshot Q2 • Display Menu 1 • Display Student ID and name 1 • Find reverse of student ID (numerical part) 3 • Display Calendar 1.5 • Display today’s date 1.5 • Exit and return to terminal 1 Task 2 (25 Marks)

Introduction Introduction to the Topic, and structure of the 2 report

Background Details on background including the history of 3 information/history of development development Technical details and Detail explanation of the topic with features of 7 features the topic

Target platform Information and explanation on the computer 3

platforms that are the targets for your chosen OS

Advantages and Listings and discussions of advantages and 5 Disadvantages disadvantages of your chosen OS

Conclusion

A conclusion to summarize the report findings

3

References IEEE reference style, and relevant references 2 only At least seven (5) references

Total for assignment 40

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Marking Rubrics

Grades HD DI CR P Fail 32-40 28-31 24-27 20-23 <20

Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

Q1 A paragraph of Topics are Generally Some relevance (This is not relevant student’s own relevant and relevant but and briefly to the assignment /6 understanding on soundly analysed. understanding presented, topic) or (no the topic, written reported is citation OR citations and using own words, incomplete or references references). with appropriate partial. missing. citation and references Q2 Excellent Very good Good Unclear Unclear /9 presentation of presentation of presentation of presentation of presentation of purpose, syntax, purpose, syntax, purpose, purpose, syntax, purpose, syntax, original screenshots original syntax, original with some with all non-original for ALL commands screenshots for screenshots for original screenshots ALL commands ALL commands screenshots Introduction Excellent Very good Good Somewhat Irrelevant introduction of introduction of introduction of relevant introduction /2 topic and clear topic and clear topic and introduction, or structure of report structure of report no structure of provided report provided structure report provided provided to some extent Background Excellent Very good Good Somewhat Irrelevant information/ background background background relevant background history of information/ information/ information/ background information/ development history of history of history of information/ history of /3 development development development history of Development provided provided provided development

Technical details Highly valid and Valid and Generally valid Somewhat valid Not valid

and features appropriate appropriate and /7 appropriate Target Platform Clear listing of and Clear listing of and Clear listing of Good listing of Absent or wrong excellent good information and some target platform, Platforms listed. /3 information and and explanation information or lacks explanation about about the target explanation information the target computer about the and/or computer platforms platforms for the target explanation. for the chosen OS chosen computer platforms for the chosen Advantages/ Excellent list of Good list of List of List of Absent or irrelevant Disadvantages advantages and advantages and advantages and advantages and answer. disadvantages with disadvantages disadvantages disadvantages clear explanations with clear with some with no /5 explanation explanation explanation Conclusions A very powerful Very good Good Conclusion has Irrelevant or no /3 conclusion conclusion conclusion some relevance Conclusion

References Clear styles with Clear referencing Generally good Sometimes clear Lacks consistency excellent source of style referencing referencing style with many errors /2 references. style At least seven (7) And/or At least seven (7) references listed Less than seven Inadequate No references references listed and used (7) references number of (mark decided and used listed and used references based on the above two criteria)

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