Scripting and Automation for IT
Automating system administration with Bash, PowerShell and Python: files, users, logs, scheduled jobs and working with APIs.
PYTH-120 Year 1 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · IT Foundations
Course content
- 1Why automateComing
- 2Bash scriptingComing
- 3PowerShell scriptingComing
- 4Python for system administrationComing
- 5Working with files and directoriesComing
- 6Parsing logs and textComing
- 7Managing users and permissions with scriptsComing
- 8Scheduling jobs with cron and Task SchedulerComing
- 9Calling web APIs and handling JSONComing
- 10Configuration management conceptsComing
- 11Error handling, logging and safe scriptsComing
- 12Capstone: automating a weekly admin taskComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Automating system administration with Bash, PowerShell and Python: files, users, logs, scheduled jobs and working with APIs.
Part of the Information Technology stream, typically taken in year 1.