AfNOG 2008 Workshop

Track SS-E — Scalable Internet Services

This is part of the AfNOG 2008 Workshop, held in conjunction with the AfNOG meeting in Rabat, Morocco, in May and June 2008.

Introduction

This course on Scalable Internet Services is part of the AfNOG 2008 Workshop on Network Technology, held in conjunction with the AfNOG meeting in Rabat, Morocco, in May and June 2008.

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 IP 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 Ayitey Bulley [AB]  - (Ghana)
o Philip Hazel [PH]   - (UK)
o Frank Kuse [FK]     - (Ghana)
o Hari Kurup [HK]     - (Uganda)
o Chris Wilson [CW]   - (UK)

Participants

o Ingabire Mwikarago Grace		-	Rwanda
o Rumbidzayi Gadhula			-	Zimbabwe
o Achoribo Mawuli K.D.A Johanes-King	-	Ghana
o Eusebio Miku Cornelius		-	Tanzania
o Godfred Ofori-Som			-	Ghana
o Gideon Enoch Abbeyquaye		-	Ghana
o Odong Prossie				-	Uganda
o Chirwa James Chirwa			-	Malawi
o Maina Mukhangu Noah			-	Uganda
o Kabwe Pascal Tshizubu			-	DR Congo
o Madhvi Gokool				-	Mauritius
o Vitus Foli Aborogu			-	Ghana
o Mary-Jane Sule			-	Nigeria
o Edwin Ambatsa				-	Kenya
o Peter Oladiran Oriola			-	Nigeria
o Justice Novisi Yao Dzitrie		-	Ghana
o John Kwame Eduafo Edumadze		-	Ghana
o Thomas Oludhe Oduor			-	Kenya
o Gogwim Joel Godwin			-	Nigeria
o Emmanuel Kamalenga			-	DR Congo
o Youness Hamidi			-	Morocco
o Hassan Bouhaddou			-	Morocco
o Abdeslam Aannaque			-	Morocco
o Nabil Talhaoui			-	Morocco
o Ouafa Eloinzioui			-	Morocco
o Afaf El Maayati			-	Morocco
o Christiana Toluwanimi Olayink		-	Nigeria
o Houmavo Kouassi Edem			-	Togo
o Unachukwu Alexander Chigozie		-	Nigeria