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Training Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003: Administration – 5 days

Class overview :

This CTX1259CI course (also known as: CTX-1259, CTX1259, CTX-1259CI) provides the foundation necessary to effectively deploy and administer Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003 and its components, including Web Interface, Application Streaming, Load Manager, Installation Manager and Secure Gateway.

Class goals :

Upon successful completion of this Citrix course, learners are able to perform the following:

  • Install XenApp in a Windows Server 2003 environment
  • Install and distribute Citrix XenApp Plugins
  • Create and customize Web Interface sites
  • Publish applications, server desktops and content
  • Configure XenApp Web and XenApp Services sites
  • Configure, apply and prioritize policies in a XenApp environment
  • Create and assign load evaluators
  • Configure printers and printer policies and manage print drivers and printer bandwidth
  • Create and configure XenApp administrator accounts and their permissions
  • Configure HDX settings
  • Configure SecureICA encryption, SSL Relay and Secure Gateway
  • Install and distribute applications, service packs and hotfixes

Content of Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003: Administration

Installing Citrix XenApp

  • Identifying Components of Citrix XenApp 5
  • Features of XenApp 5 Feature Pack 2
  • Identifying XenApp Management Consoles
  • Installation of Citrix XenApp
  • Making Installation Decisions

Installing and Configuring Citrix XenApp Plugins

  • Citrix XenApp Plugins for Windows
  • Architecture and Communication
  • Citrix Online Plug-in Installation
  • Installing the Citrix Online Plug-in
  • Citrix Online Plug-in Usage
  • Session Reliability

Publishing Resources

  • Publishing Resources
  • Organizing Published Resources for Users
  • Advanced Settings for Published Resource
  • Configuring Advanced Access Control Properties
  • Configuring Server-to-Client Content Redirection
  • Implementing Resource Limits and Client Options
  • Configuring Resource Appearance
  • Published Resource Management
  • Viewing Published Resource Usage
  • Modifying Published Resource Properties
  • Disabling or Hiding a Published Resource

Enabling Web Access to Published Resources

  • Web Interface Architecture and Communications
  • Web Interface Installation
  • Site Creation
  • Creating XenApp Web Sites
  • Creating XenApp Services Sites
  • Modifying a Web Interface Site
  • Site Appearance
  • Configuring the Site Appearance
  • Configuring Session Preferences
  • Configuring Workspace Control
  • XenApp Plugins and the Web Interface
  • Configuring Plugin Deployment
  • Configuring Client for Java Settings
  • Authentication Configuration
  • Configuring Explicit Authentication
  • Configuring Pass-through Authentication
  • Configuring Smart Card Authentication
  • Web Interface Access Methods
  • Configuring an Access Method
  • Client-side Proxy Setting Configuration
  • Server Configuration
  • Adding Server Farms
  • Configuring Load Balancing
  • Enabling Fault Tolerance
  • Configuring the Citrix XML Service
  • Web Interface Site Removal

Configuring Policies in Citrix XenApp

  • Architecture and Communication
  • Policies in Citrix XenApp
  • Identifying Policy Rules
  • Using the Streamed Applications Rule
  • Creating Policies in Citrix XenApp
  • Applying Policies Using Filters
  • Prioritizing Policies
  • Using the Policy Search Engine
  • Merging Shadow Policies
  • Common Policy Configuration Missteps

Configuring Sessions in Citrix XenApp

  • Session Connection Settings
  • Configuring Virtual IP Addresses
  • Configuring Broadcast Setting
  • Configuring the Citrix XML Service
  • Configuring Time Zone Settings
  • Configuring Novell Directory Services
  • Session Reconnection Configuration
  • Configuring Keep-Alive Setting
  • Configuring Session Reliability
  • Configuring Auto Client Reconnect
  • Session Performance Configuration
  • Configuring HDX Broadcast Display
  • Configuring HDX 3D Browser Acceleration
  • Configuring HDX MediaStream Multimedia Acceleration
  • Configuring HDX MediaStream for Flash
  • Configuring SpeedScreen Latency Reduction
  • Configuring HDX 3D Progressive Display

Configuring Citrix XenApp

  • Citrix Administrator Accounts and Permissions
  • Adding Administrator Accounts
  • Configuring Administrator Permissions
  • Configuring Folder Permissions
  • Configuration Logging
  • Creating the Configuration Logging Database
  • Configuring Configuration Logging
  • Data Collectors and License Servers
  • Configuring Data Collectors
  • Specifying the License Server
  • Performance Settings
  • Optimizing CPU Utilization
  • Implementing Virtual Memory Management
  • Administration Settings
  • Configuring Health Monitoring and Recovery
  • Configuring Remote Console Connections
  • Configuring ICA Connection Limits
  • Configuring Shadow Settings
  • Power and Capacity Management

Configuring Load Management

  • Load Balancing Process
  • Load Calculation
  • Load Evaluator Configuration
  • Creating Custom Load Evaluators
  • Assigning Load Evaluators to Servers and Applications
  • Load Monitoring
  • Monitoring Load Evaluator Usage
  • Monitoring Load Evaluator Rule Activity
  • Logging Load Manager Activity

Delivering Applications with XenApp

  • Application Installation
  • Shadow Isolation Environments
  • Creating an Isolation Environment
  • Configuring Isolation Environment Settings
  • Associating an Application with an Isolation Environment
  • Installation Manager Overview
  • Installation Manager Packaging
  • Rolling Back the Packager
  • Packaging an Application
  • Packaging a File or Folder Contents
  • Packaging an Unattended Installation
  • Package Delivery
  • Adding a Package to the Installation Manager Database
  • Installing a Package
  • Publishing a Package
  • Installation Manager Administration
  • Configuring Installation Manager Properties
  • Creating Server Groups
  • Creating and Using Package Groups
  • Viewing Package Status
  • Uninstalling a Package

Configuring Printing

  • Architecture and Communication
  • Printer Provisioning
  • Secure Client Printing
  • Workspace Control
  • Network Considerations
  • Print Drivers
  • Client Printers
  • Enabling Client Printer Auto-creation
  • Creating Auto-retained Printers
  • Creating Permanent Client Printers
  • Creating Auto-restored Client Printers
  • Network Printers
  • Importing Print Servers
  • Assigning Network Printers to Users
  • Managing Printer Bandwidth
  • Print Driver Management
  • Replicating Print Drivers
  • Maintaining Print Driver Compatibility Lists
  • Configuring Print Driver Mappings
  • Assigning Printer Creation Settings to Published Applications
  • Common Printing Configuration Missteps

Streaming Applications

  • Application Streaming Components Overview
  • Application Streaming Communications
  • Citrix Offline Plug-in
  • Citrix Streaming Profiler
  • Installing the Streaming Profiler
  • Profile Configuration
  • Setting Profiler Preferences
  • Configuring Profiles
  • Configuring Inter-isolation Communication
  • Viewing and Changing Profile Properties
  • Changing Target Properties
  • Adding a Target to a Profile
  • Deleting a Target from a Profile
  • Upgrading an Application in a Target
  • Deleting an Obsolete Version of a Target
  • Streaming Application Configuration
  • Publishing a Streaming Application
  • Changing the Application Type
  • Specifying an Alternate Profile for a Published Application
  • Enabling the Least-Privileged User Account
  • Using a Policy for Application Delivery
  • Configuring Sites for Streaming Applications
  • Offline Access Management
  • Providing Offline Access
  • Customizing the Offline License Setting
  • Caching Applications for Offline Access

Securing Access to Published Resources

  • SecureICA Encryption
  • Configuring SecureICA Encryption in a Policy Configuring
  • SecureICA Encryption Through a Published Application
  • Citrix SSL Relay
  • Configuring Citrix SSL Relay
  • Access Gateway
  • Secure Gateway
  • Using Digital Certificates
  • Installing the Secure Gateway
  • Configuration for the Secure Gateway
  • Configuring the Secure Ticket Authority
  • Configuring the Access Method
  • Configuring the Web Interface Secure Gateway Settings
  • Secure Gateway Monitoring
  • Security Best Practices
Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003: Administration
Training Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003: Administration

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Training Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 – Level 1 – 2 days

Class overview :

In  this course, students will design and manage basic diagrams, workflows, and flowcharts.

Class goals :

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: – get familiar with the Visio interface, and create a basic Visio document. – create a route map by using Visio features to work with shapes and text. – enhance a basic diagram. – create process diagrams using Visio’s flowcharting and workflow diagram creation features. – represent an organization hierarchy as a Visio diagram.

Content of Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 – Level 1

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Visio 2010
Explore the Visio Interface
Customizing the Visio Interface
Starting a New Diagram
Top
Lesson 2: Creating a Route Map
Add Shapes to a Diagram
Manipulate Shapes
Add Text
Format Text
Change the Stacking Order
Lesson 3: Enhancing a Basic Diagram
Manage Shapes
Format Shapes
Lesson 4: Creating Process Diagrams
Create a Flowchart
Apply Page Styles
Create a Cross-Functional Flowchart
Create a Workflow Diagram
Lesson 5: Representing an Organization Hierarchy
Create an Organization Chart
Modify an Organization Chart
Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 – Level 1
Training Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 – Level 1

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In this course, students will design and manage basic diagrams, workflows, and flowcharts.

Training Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 – Level 2 – 1 day

Class overview :

In this course, students will create custom elements and a custom template, represent external data as a drawing, and share your work with others.

Class goals :

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: – create a custom shape. – design a custom stencil. – design styles and templates. – design a floor plan. – represent external data in Visio. – share your work.

Content of Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 – Level 2


Lesson 1: Creating a Custom Shape
Draw Basic Shapes
Enhance Basic Shapes
Lesson 2: Designing a Custom Stencil
Create a Custom Stencil
Customize a Stencil Master
Lesson 3: Designing Styles and Templates
Define a New Style
Create a Template
Lesson 4: Designing a Floor Plan
Create an Office Layout
Work with Layers
Lesson 5: Representing External Data in Visio
Generate a PivotDiagram
Create an Organization Chart from External Data
Import Project Plan Data into Visio
Link to a Database
Import Excel Data
Lesson 6: Sharing Your Drawings
Link a Visio Drawing to Other Applications
Convert a Visio Drawing to Other File Formats
Print a Visio Drawing
Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 – Level 2
Training Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 – Level 2

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  • Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
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  • Free parking, lunch & drinks
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In this course, students will create custom elements and a custom template, represent external data as a drawing, and share your work with others.

Training Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 – Level 1 – 1 day

Class overview :

In this course, students learn the essentials of Visio. They design and manage basic diagrams, workflows, and flowcharts.

Class goals :

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: – explore the Visio 2007 interface. – create a route map. – enhance a basic diagram. – create process diagrams. – create an organization chart.

Content of Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 – Level 1

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Visio 2007
Explore the Visio Interface
Get Help in Visio
Lesson 2: Creating a Route Map
Add Shapes to a Drawing
Manipulate Shapes
Add Text
Format Text
Change the Stacking Order
Lesson 3: Enhancing a Basic Diagram
Manage Shapes
Format Shapes
Lesson 4: Creating Process Diagrams
Create a Flowchart
Apply Page Styles
Create a Cross-Functional Flowchart
Create a Workflow Diagram
Lesson 5: Representing an Organizational Hierarchy
Create an Organization Chart
Modify an Organization Chart
Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 – Level 1
Training Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 – Level 1

Onze voordelen :

  • Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
  • 100% flexible & personalised training : You choose the place, the dates and the training program
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  • 50% discount for SME’s from Brussels-Capital Region
  • Free parking, lunch & drinks
  • Free use of our Digital Competence Centre: Manuals, courses, exercises, …

In this course, students learn the essentials of Visio. They design and manage basic diagrams, workflows, and flowcharts.

Training Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 – Level 2 – 1 day

Class overview :

In this course, students build upon the knowledge gained that will enable them to work with many advanced features, including the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates, and sharing Visio drawings with other applications.

Class goals :

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: – create a custom shape. – design a custom stencil. – design styles and templates. – design a floor plan. – represent external data in Visio. – share your drawings.

Content of Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 – Level 2

Lesson 1: Creating a Custom Shape
Draw Basic Shapes
Enhance Basic Shapes
Lesson 2: Designing a Custom Stencil
Create a Custom Stencil
Customize a Stencil Master
Lesson 3: Designing Styles and Templates
Define a New Style
Create a Template
Lesson 4: Designing a Floor Plan Using Layers
Create an Office Layout
Work with Layers
Lesson 5: Representing External Data in Visio
Generate a PivotDiagram
Create an Organization Chart from External Data
Import Project Plan Data into Visio
Link to a Database
Import Excel Data
Lesson 6: Sharing Your Work
Link a Visio Drawing to Other Applications
Convert a Visio Drawing to a Web Page
Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 – Level 2
Training Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 – Level 2

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  • Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
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  • 50% discount for SME’s from Brussels-Capital Region
  • Free parking, lunch & drinks
  • Free use of our Digital Competence Centre: Manuals, courses, exercises, …

In this course, students build upon the knowledge gained that will enable them to work with many advanced features, including the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates, and sharing Visio drawings with other applications.

Training Tomcat 6.0 Admin for Windows – 3 days

Class overview :

This Tomcat 6.0 Administration for Windows class covers the important topics of administering the Tomcat 6.0 server including installation, directory structure, configuration using server.xml, web application deployment, the manager tool, JNDI data sources, logging, and monitoring and management of the server. Note: Where applicable, differences or changes in Version 7.0 will be addressed.

Class goals :

– Learn about the history of Tomcat.
– Learn how to install Tomcat
– Learn about the directory structure and batch files.
– Learn how to configure Tomcat.
– Learn how to work with Web applications.
– Learn to work with the Tomcat Manager including how to assign security roles.
– Learn to work with JNDI data sources and JDBC
– Learn about security and permissions.
– Learn how to generate a keystore file.
– Learn logging techniques.
– Learn how to monitor Tomcat’s performance.
– Learn about clustering including directory setup.

Content of Training Tomcat 6.0 Admin for Windows

  1. Tomcat Introduction
    1. History of Tomcat
    2. Version Number and Features
    3. Tomcat Components
      1. Catalina
      2. Jasper
      3. Coyote
    4. JEE Overview
      1. MVC Design Pattern
      2. Servlets/JSP
      3. Directory Structure
      4. JNDI
  2. Installing Tomcat
    1. Download
    2. Installation
    3. Environment Variables
    4. Starting the Server
    5. Verifying Server Operation
    6. Stopping the Server
  3. Tomcat Directory Structure
    1. Batch files in /bin
      1. .exe files
    2. /conf
      1. server.xml
      2. context.xml
      3. web.xml
    3. /logs
    4. /webapps
    5. /lib
    6. /work
    7. /temp
  4. Configuring Tomcat
    1. Role of serverxml
    2. Instance Layout
      1. Server
      2. Service
      3. Virtual Host
      4. Context
    3. serverxml elements
      1. <Server>
      2. <Service>
      3. <Connector>
      4. <Engine>
      5. <Host>
      6. <Context>
      7. <Realm>
      8. <Valve>
  5. Deploying Web Applications
    1. JEE Specification for Web Applications
      1. Servlets and JSP
      2. Model View Controller (MVC) Design Pattern
      3. Directory Structure
      4. web.xml
    2. Document Base
    3. Context and the Document Base
    4. Default Context Descriptor
    5. Placing the Web Application Folders and Files under the Application Base
    6. Deploying a WAR file
    7. AutoDeploy
  6. The Tomcat Manager
    1. /manager Web Application
    2. Managing Web Applications
      1. Deploying
      2. Listing Deployed Applications
      3. Reload Existing Applications
      4. Starting/Stopping
      5. Undeploying
    3. Listing Server Status
    4. Listing Security Roles in the User Database
  7. JNDI Data Sources and JDBC
    1. JNDI
    2. JDBC
      1. Drivers
      2. Data Sources in JDBC 20 and Later
      3. Connection Pooling
    3. Commons Database Connection Pooling
      1. Installation
      2. Guarding against Application Program Failure
      3. Configuration
    4. Data Source Definition
      1. Web Application contextxml
      2. contextxml in /conf
      3. GlobalNamingResources in serverxml
    5. Troubleshooting
  8. Security
    1. Web Application Security
    2. Java SecurityManager
      1. Overview
      2. Standard Permissions
      3. Tomcat Permissions
      4. Starting Tomcat with a Security Manager Using the Default Policy File
    3. Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
      1. Generating a keystore File
      2. Modifications to serverxml for SSL Support in Tomcat
    4. tomcat-usersxml
  9. Logging
    1. Logging Overview
    2. Web Application Logging Techniques
      1. javautillogging
      2. javaxservletServletContext
      3. log4j
  10. Monitoring and Performance Tuning Tomcat
    1. Tomcat
    2. JVM
    3. JMX (Java Management Extensions)
    4. JMX MBeans in Tomcat
      1. Engine
      2. JKMain
      3. String Cache
      4. Server
      5. Users
    5. Configuring Tomcat to use MBeans
    6. Accessing MBeans
      1. jconsole
      2. jVisualVM
      3. PSI Probe
  11. Clustering
    1. Using Clustering for Replication and Load Balancing
    2. Running Multiple Instances of Tomcat
      1. Directory Setup
      2. Port Number Modifications
      3. All to All with DeltaManager
      4. Backup to One Cluster with BackupManager
    3. Enabling Session Replication
      1. Session Persistence Using Shared File System
      2. Session Persistence Using Shared Database
      3. Session Persistence using Shared Database: Database Table
      4. In-memory Replication Using SimpleTcpCluster
    4. Load Balancing Using mod_jk Connector to Apache2x Web Server
Tomcat 6.0 Admin for Windows
Training Tomcat 6.0 Admin for Windows

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Training Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction – 3 days

Class overview :

Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) package business processes as services, enabling organizations to become more agile by integrating internal and external systems, regardless of their platform.

Class goals :

  • Design modern Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)
  • Evaluate and analyze your organization to map it as a « set of services »
  • Develop logical service model designs using the Service-Oriented Modeling Framework (SOMF)
  • Convert logical designs into service contracts that can be implemented in any development environment
  • Select the right service technology to support each of the four service-oriented business scenarios
  • Orchestrate services to implement interoperable solutions

Content of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

Overview of SOA

  • Integrating business processes with SOA
  • Deriving services from the organization’s goals and purpose
  • Merging SOA design and project management processes

Architecting Services

Service-Oriented design process

  • Progressing from conceptual services to buildable services
  • Structuring business requirements into SOA
  • Aligning services with the organization

Following an architectural road map

  • Working forward to deliver applications
  • Recycling backwards to support change

Mapping Services to Your Organization

Discovering conceptual services

  • Defining the service domain
  • Drilling down into atomic services
  • Consolidating into composite services

Refining the conceptual design

  • Identifying the underlying resource for the service
  • Leveraging legacy assets for inclusion in the SOA
  • Selecting cross-boundary services

Modeling Services

Developing logical services

  • Integrating consumers
  • Exploiting the four composition styles
  • Hierarchies
  • Star
  • Network
  • Circular

Achieving effective designs

  • Supporting loose coupling
  • Handling sequential processing
  • Establishing relationships between consumers and services

Addressing the business needs

  • Designing for reuse and integration
  • Aligning services with the organization to improve responsibility

Factoring in brokers

  • Identifying « services for services »
  • Leveraging the seven categories of brokers
  • Transform
  • Filter
  • Gateway
  • Monitor
  • Enricher
  • Locator
  • Router
  • Aggregator

Converting Designs to Specifications

Specifying operations

  • Deriving operations from use cases
  • Identifying design flaws early to take corrective action

Communicating the specification

  • Building on the three principles of contract design
  • Expressing the service as a contract

Messaging for interoperability

  • Evolving messages from the SOA design
  • Formatting the operation’s messages

Finalizing the service design

  • Specifying operations and endpoints
  • Binding messages to operations

Transitioning from Design to Implementation

Supporting implementation

  • Enabling parallel development with contract-first design
  • Optimizing infrastructure for SOA scenarios
  • Interoperability
  • Internal backbone
  • Ajax
  • Implementing components of the SOA

Building services

  • Creating services from the SOA modeling process
  • Developing service consumers

Orchestrating services

  • Assembling services to deliver new functionality
  • Dealing with long running processes

Avoiding Common Problems

Applying « Lessons Learned » to improve designs

  • Facilitating asynchronous services
  • Dealing with change and growth

Ensuring performance

  • « Chatty » vs. « Chunky » messages
  • Avoiding the failures of applying object-oriented design to services

Managing the SOA Environment

Instituting governance at run time and design time

  • Advancing up the Services Integration Maturity Model
  • Leveraging Enterprise Services Buses (ESB)
  • Integrating key tools in managing your SOA environment
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction
Training Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

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Training Virtualization Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction – 4 days

Class overview :

Virtual machines allow a computer to run multiple operating systems simultaneously, letting you partition servers to isolate applications, improve portability and migration, or create entire testing labs within a single PC.

Class goals :

  • Employ VMware and Microsoft virtual machine (VM) technologies
  • Combine Windows and Linux workstations and servers on a single platform
  • Leverage VMs to build testing, support and training environments
  • Partition physical servers to decrease operating costs
  • Migrate from physical to virtual machines
  • Manage VMs on VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V

Content of Virtualization Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

Virtualization Concepts

Overview of virtual machines

  • Defining virtual machines (servers and workstations)
  • Advantages of deploying VMs

Virtual machine products

  • VMware Workstation
  • Server
  • ESX
  • Microsoft Virtual PC
  • Hyper-V
  • Other alternatives

Creating Virtual Machines

Comparing workstation products

  • Functionality
  • Performance
  • Contrasting Windows and Linux hosts

Abstracting hardware

  • Partitioning shared resources
  • Accessing raw and virtual disks
  • Virtualizing CPU and memory resources

Deploying virtual workstation software

  • Planning for automatic installations
  • Designing virtual networks
  • Bridged, NAT and host-only networking
  • Controlling guest OS access

Building guest operating systems

  • Allocating host resources
  • Configuring virtual hard drives
  • Enhancing VMs using virtualization tools
  • Managing peripheral devices
  • Mapping to floppy and CD images

Exploiting Virtual Workstation Functionality

Creating support platforms

  • Readying multiple operating systems
  • Managing display modes
  • Suspending and resuming virtual workstations

Expanding application support

  • Extending legacy application life
  • Widening platform options
  • Resolving version conflicts

Constructing a test environment

  • Accessing host files
  • Taking and restoring snapshots

Developing training environments

  • Protecting guest operating systems
  • Exploiting nonpersistent disks

Partitioning Servers

Establishing requirements

  • Justifying server virtualization
  • Partitioning via hardware and software
  • Recognizing server functionality needs

Choosing virtual server hosts

  • Evaluating performance and features
  • Considering security implications

Executing Server VMs

  • Working in interactive mode
  • Implementing headless operation

Managing virtual servers remotely

  • Exploiting remote management consoles
  • Connecting to the Web interfaces
  • Securing remote management

Deploying virtual servers

  • Automating tasks via scripting
  • Migrating physical to virtual servers
  • Optimizing performance
  • Accessing Storage Area Networks (SANs)

Clustering virtual machines

  • Distributing workloads via network load balancing (NLB)
  • Establishing fault tolerance by utilizing clustering services

Data Center Virtualization with ESX

Building the architecture

  • Examining ESX architecture
  • Planning and configuration

Leveraging ESX features

  • Networking with vSwitches and port groups
  • Optimizing resource utilization

Managing Microsoft Hyper-V

Maintaining virtual machines

  • Contrasting Hyper-V and ESX architecture
  • Implementing remote management tools

Securing virtual machine deployments

  • Implementing permissions
  • Reducing attack surface with Server Core
Virtualization Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction
Training Virtualization Technologies: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction

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Training XML for Java Developers – 4 days

Class overview :

This four-day course builds skills in Java’s XML processing APIs. The course is intended for students with a working knowledge of XML — and possibly DTDs or XML Schema — who want to build XML applications or components using the Java language. Everything in the course adheres to W3C and Java standards for completely portable code.

Class goals :

– Understand the use of SAX and DOM APIs for XML parsing.
– Understand the need for JAXP as an additional layer to the standard contract between applications and parsers.
– Parse element and attribute content, processing instructions, and other document information using SAX.
– Parse documents using the DOM.
– Modify, create and delete information in an XML document using the DOM.
– Write simple and complex queries into XML document content using XPath.
– Use XSLT for XML-to-XML, XML-to-HTML, or XML-to-text transformations.
– Build standalone and web applications that build on XSLT transformation logic.
– Use JAXB to generate persistent Java object models based on XML Schema.
– Implement XML persistence using the JAXB.

Content of Training XML for Java Developers

  1. XML Parsing Using Java
    1. The Java API for XML Processing (JAXP)
      1. Parsing XML
      2. SAX and DOM
      3. What the W3C Says
      4. What the W3C Doesn’t Say
      5. Sun and Apache
      6. JAXP
      7. Parser Factories
      8. Pluggable Parsers
      9. Parser Features and Properties
    2. The Simple API for XML (SAX)
      1. Origins of SAX
      2. The SAX Parser
      3. The SAX Event Model
      4. Reading Document Content
      5. Handling Namespaces
      6. SAX Features for Namespaces
      7. Parsing Attributes
      8. Error Handling
      9. DTD Validation
      10. Schema Validation
      11. Handling Processing Instructions
    3. The Document Object Model (DOM)
      1. Origins of the DOM
      2. DOM Levels
      3. DOM2 Structure
      4. The Document Builder
      5. DOM Tree Model
      6. DOM Interfaces
      7. Document, Node and NodeList Interfaces
      8. Element and Text Interfaces
      9. Finding Elements By Name
      10. Walking the Child List
      11. The Attribute Interface
      12. Traversing Associations
      13. The JAXP Transformer Class
      14. Sources and Results
      15. Combining SAX and DOM Processing
      16. Namespaces and the DOM
    4. Manipulating XML Information with the DOM
      1. Modifying Documents
      2. Modifying Elements
      3. Modifying Attributes
      4. Managing Children
      5. Seeking a Document Location
      6. The ProcessingInstruction Interface
      7. Creating New Documents
  2. XML Transformations Using Java
    1. Using the JAXP for Transformations
      1. XPath, XSLT and Java
      2. The Transformer Class
      3. The TransformerFactory Class
      4. Sources and Results
      5. Identity Transformations
      6. Creating Transformations from Stylesheets
      7. Template Parameters
      8. Output Methods and Properties
      9. Evaluating XPath Expressions
    2. XPath
      1. Use of XPath in Other XML Technologies
      2. XPath Expressions
      3. The Axis
      4. The Node Test
      5. The Predicate
      6. XPath Types
      7. XPath Functions
      8. Implied Context
      9. Querying with XPath
      10. XPath and the DOM
    3. Templates and Production
      1. Rule-Based Transformations
      2. Templates and Template Matching
      3. Built-In Template Rules
      4. Recursion Through Templates
      5. Template Context
      6. Output Methods
      7. Controlling Whitespace
      8. Literal Replacement Elements
      9. Formalizing Text, Elements and Attributes
      10. Defining Target Vocabulary
      11. Generating Processing Instructions
    4. XSLT: Dynamic Content and Flow Control
      1. Web Applications Using XSLT
      2. J2EE and JAXP
      3. Deriving Source Content
      4. Getting Source Values
      5. Attribute Value Templates
      6. Copying Source Elements and Trees
      7. Looping
      8. Conditionals
  3. The Java API for XML Binding
    1. The Java API for XML Binding
      1. The Need for Data Binding
      2. XML Schema
      3. Two Paths
      4. JAXB Compilation
      5. Mapping Schema Types to Java
      6. Java-to-XML Mapping Using Annotations
      7. Marshaling and Unmarshaling
      8. Working with JAXB Object Models
XML for Java Developers
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Training Intro to Apache Web Server Administration – 2 days

Class overview :

An Apache webserver training course which provides a technical introduction to installing, configuring and managing the Apache web server and to supporting CGI programming on the Apache server.

Class goals :

Content of Intro to Apache Web Server Administration

Getting started

  • Apache
  • Webservers
  • Apache features
  • Apache versions
  • Installing Apache
  • Installing XAMPP
  • Compiling Apache
  • Running Apache
  • Running Apache automatically: Unix/Linux & MS Windows
  • Checking Apache is running
  • Serving webpages
  • Location of the apache configuration file
  • Setting the document root
  • Applying configuration changes after testing
  • A little HTTP: GET, POST & status codes
  • Accessing a Web Server with the Telnet Program
  • HTTP 1.1: persistent connections, chuncked transfers, byte serving, ETags, modified dates & conditional transfers, HTTP Pipelineing
  • Googles SPDY — HTTP on Steroids, how it works & implementations

Basic configuration

  • Configuring Apache
  • Directives
  • Modules
  • Enabling/disabling modules in Debian
  • Checking configurations
  • Logging
  • Configuring log-file contents
  • Specifying log-files
  • Logging errors
  • Browser error messages
  • Custom error pages
  • Server and directory index pages
  • Custom index pages
  • Forbidding index pages
  • Trailing slashes in directory paths
  • Directory paths without trailing slashes
  • Per-directory configuration
  • <Location> example
  • Other directives affecting where settings apply
  • Wildcards & Regular expressions in container specifications
  • Containers & Case insensitive file systems
  • Order of merging of containers
  • Context for container directives
  • Accessing files from the network
  • Per-directory configuration outside httpd.conf
  • .htaccess file configuration
  • Protecting files with passwords
  • Creating a password file
  • Maintaining an ht-password file
  • Password authentication example
  • Password authentication details
  • When authentication fails — generating errors
  • Authentication Information in Databases
  • Restricting access by IP address
  • Listening only on specific IP addresses
  • Restricting access by IP address
  • allow,deny and deny,allow
  • Address and password authentication
  • Character Sets and Human Languages
  • Character Set
  • Setting Content MIME Type
  • Content Expirey
  • Directory Options
  • The different MPMs (Multi Processing Modules) available
  • Tunable Parameters for Performance
  • Enabling KeepAlive

Serving multiple sites with virtual hosts

  • Multiple sites on a server
  • Setting up virtual host names
  • Testing host names
  • Enabling virtual hosts
  • Defining virtual hosts
  • Configuring vitual hosts
  • Using virtual hosts
  • Host aliases
  • Managing many hosts

Dynamic pages with CGI, Perl and PHP

  • Dynamic pages
  • CGI
  • CGI programs
  • Sample Unix shell CGI script
  • Sample Perl CGI script
  • Running CGI programs with Apache
  • CGI parameters
  • Perl CGI parameter example
  • CGI issues
  • PHP scripts
  • Using mod_php
  • PHP configuration
  • PHP compiled code caching, persistent database connections
  • Sample PHP scripts
  • mod_perl
  • Installing and using mod_perl
  • Using ModPerl::Registry and ModPerl::PerlRun
  • ModPerl::Registry v CGI Perl, speedup comparison
  • Perl persistent database connections
  • Other mod_perl features

Using modules

  • Modules
  • Loading modules
  • mod_speling
  • Which Modules Got Loaded ?
  • mod_rewrite
  • Why use mod_rewrite ?
  • Rewrite Flags
  • Rewrite Flags Flow Control
  • Rewrite Flags Affect What is Sent to the Browser
  • Rewrite Flags Affect Processing on the Server
  • Internal Rewriting v Redirection
  • Forcing Redirection
  • Transforming URLs
  • Conditional Rewrites
  • RewriteCond File Tests
  • When RewriteCond is done
  • RewriteCond Browser-Dependent Pages
  • RewriteCond Canonical URLS
  • Preventing hot/deep linking
  • Force use of SSL
  • Time based access
  • RewriteMap
  • RewriteMap Example
  • When Container tests and Rewrites are performed
  • Deploying mod_rewrite
  • Redirecting: mod_alias
  • Per User Directories: mod_userdir
  • Per User Directories: Better Security
  • Directory Listings: mod_autoindex
  • Directory Listings: IndexOptions
  • Monitor Apache Performance with mod_status

Web Proxy with mod_proxy

  • mod_proxy
  • Forward Proxy
  • Reverse Proxy / Gateway
  • mod_proxy Support
  • Proxy Modules And Other Related Modules
  • Configuring a Forward Proxy
  • Storage of Cached Pages
  • Conguring What to Proxy Where
  • Configuring a Reverse Proxy
  • Basic Reverse Proxy Config
  • Load Balancing with mod_proxy_balancer, worked example
  • mod_proxy_balancer cluster manager
  • Proxying by Rewriting
  • Backend Optimisations
  • Access to the Proxy Server

Tomcat with mod_jk connector

  • Tomcat overview
  • J2EE platform overview
  • Apache JServ Protocol (Ajp)
  • Installing Tomcat with Apache
  • Testing Tomcat, Welcome Page
  • Connecting Apache and Tomcat
  • Using the Proxy connector
  • Using the mod_jk connector
  • Dynamic pages, servlets and JSP
  • Java Servlets
  • Servlet/JSP Containers
  • Servlets v CGI
  • Sample JSP

Serving pages using HTTPS with mod_ssl

  • HTTP security
  • HTTPS
  • Installing mod_ssl
  • Getting a certificate
  • Configuring mod_ssl
  • HTTP and HTTPS sites cohabiting
  • HTTP and HTTPS virtual hosts
Intro to Apache Web Server Administration
Training Intro to Apache Web Server Administration

Onze voordelen :

  • Type of training: Inter-company, intra-company and individual
  • 100% flexible & personalised training : You choose the place, the dates and the training program
  • Offer request : Response within 24 hours
  • 50% discount for SME’s from Brussels-Capital Region
  • Free parking, lunch & drinks
  • Free use of our Digital Competence Centre: Manuals, courses, exercises, …