AfNOG 2011 Workshop on Network Technology

Track SS-E

Scalable Internet Services

Introduction

This course on Scalable Internet Services is part of the AfNOG 2011 Workshop on Network Technology, held in conjunction with the AfNOG meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in May/June 2011.

We use hands-on training in a well-equipped classroom over a five-day period to teach skills required for the configuration and operation of large scale Internet services.

The topics covered include:

• Domain Name System (DNS);
• Building RADIUS AAA Servers (FreeRadius);
• Building Web Servers (Apache);
• Building Large Scale Mail Servers (Exim);
• Building Large Scale POP3/IMAP Servers (Dovecot);
• Building a WebMail Interface to a mail server;
• Monitoring IP Services.
• Security and Availability.
• Virtualization.

Who should attend:
Technical staff who are now providing Internet Services, or those who will be involved in the establishment and/or provisioning of a basic national Internet Services in the country.

Prerequisites:
Experience using and administering *NIX Servers, Name Servers, Web Servers and Mail Servers.

Course Documents

• Summary Timetable.
  • Shows the entire course at a glance.
• Detailed Course Outline.
  • Detailed course outline, including many links to presentation materials used during class.
• Links to external documents.

Instructors

o Joe Abley [JA]      - (Canada)
o Ayitey Bulley [AB]  - (Ghana)
o Joel Jaeggli [JJ]   - (US)
o John Kemp [JK]      - (US)
o Frank Kuse [FK]     - (Ghana)
o Michuki Mwangi [MM] - (Kenya)
o Chris Wilson [CW]   - (UK)

Participants

o Abdullahi Bihi Hussein		-	Somalia
o Abdulsalam Mustafa			-	Nigeria
o Attamah Maduka Kingsley		-	Nigeria
o Azeez Faisal Abiola			-	Nigeria
o Bozra Moses			 	-	Tanzania
o Brenda Nyangweso			-	Kenya
o Christopher Akus			-	Nigeria
o Emmanuel Tessua			-	Tanzania
o Erick Kahwa				-	Tanzania
o Hamida Aziz			 	-	Tanzania
o Hamza Muhammad			-	Tanzania
o Idowu Felicia Adebukola		-	Nigeria
o Ishaya Iliya James			-	Nigeria
o Issah Andaratu Vanessa		-	Ghana
o Itonyo Preye				-	Tanzania
o Kambey L. Kisambu			-	Tanzania
o Kayima K. Hobson			-	Uganda
o Kemo Jatta				-	The Gambia
o Luc Perreau				-	Seychelles
o Mateo Shija				-	Tanzania
o Michelle Opiyo			-	Kenya
o Mohamed Youssouf			-	Djiboti
o Mpoki J. Mwabukusi			-	Tanzania
o Naom Kerubo Ong'Era			-	Kenya
o Oladimeji Fatunla			-	Nigeria
o Otueneh Otunte John			-	Nigeria
o Pa Ebou Sosseh			-	The Gambia
o Paul Kyule				-	Kenya
o Robert Nkeramugaba			-	Rwanda
o Ruhuma B. Nchimbi			-	Tanzania
o Salisu Kaka				-	Nigeria
o Simbota Souza				-	Malawi
o Stephen Simon Mfikwa			-	Tanzania
o Stephen Wangwe			-	Tanzania
o Yassir Hassan Elamin Hassan		-	Sudan