No, not asking for help with doing homework..... but assigning it
I teach two Linux classes at the college I work for - Fall is basic intro to Linux stuff aimed at the Ubuntu based LPI certificate, Spring is "id10t's guide to services with Linux" where we set up a local network with 4 vms (a gateway/router, a DHCP server, a DNS server both caching and a fake internal TLD, Samba server w/ PDF printer and both home directory and group based shares), and then we get out on the internet and do stuff via Linodes.
That second part is where I need help.
Currently do real DNS (w/ a subdomain off one I own), setup/configure the LAMP stack (I provide a few simple PHP pages for testing purposes), and then set up a Postfix based email server that has virtual users and virtual domains supported by a back end MySQL server.
My issue is time - I want to also bring in using nginx for both PHP/MySql stuff (different config than apache) and doing reverse proxies to other webservers like Spring/Java based microservices, etc.
I'm questioning just how valuable each of these 3 skill sets would be to potential employers. Between gmail/o365 being near universal, do I really need to go in depth on setting up a email server and having them do it? Or keep the lecture part of the content and use my own server as show-n-tell/demo for config ? Same with the LAMP stack vs. the nginx thing?
If you have a professional interest in this, the students don't do a final exam - they do a presentation of a disaster recovery/policy/procedure document that covers everything that they've done all term. I bring donuts, and we have a great time with it. Usually get a few folk from the area that are in position to hire to come in and observe... and I can get you joined in via Zoom if you care to see the results. Or if you are in the area, feel free to come by and get a donut
