AfNOG 2006 Workshop

Track E1 - Scalable Internet Services

This is part of the AfNOG 2006 Workshop, held in conjunction with the AfNOG meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in May 2006.

Introduction

This course on Scalable Internet Services is part of the AfNOG 2006 Workshop on Network Technology, held in conjunction with the AfNOG meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in May 2006.

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 (Squid);
• Building Web Servers (Apache+mod_ssl);
• Building Large Scale Mail Servers (Exim);
• Building Large Scale POP3/IMAP Servers (CourierIMAP);
• Building a WebMail Interface to a mail server;
• Security and Securing a FreeBSD Server.
• Monitoring Large-scale network servers and services.

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 Alain Aina [AA]     - (Togo)
o Ayitey Bulley [AB]  - (Ghana)
o Tony Finch [TF]     - (UK)
o Joel Jaeggli [JJ]   - (USA)
o Emmanuel Odoom [EO] - (Ghana)

Participants

o Michael Nfodzo                 - Ghana
o Timothy Musoke                 - Uganda
o Hosea Phiri   		 - Malawi
o Philip Oyier   		 - Kenya
o Lawrence Iosun                 - Nigeria
o Gondyi Jonathan                - Nigeria
o Musa Kijera                    - Gambia
o Richard Amire                  - Nigeria
o Bakenon Karim Kone             - Burkina Faso
o Hilaire Nijebariko		 - Burundi
o J. Aristide Otte               - Benin
o Richard P. Mikisa              - Uganda
o Kojo Anani                     - Togo
o Anthony Kinyua Wainaina	 - Kenya 
o Lawrence Wanderi 		 - Kenya
o Joshua Amolo			 - Kenya