Lecture and Lab, 2 days

This two day course is essential for administrators who wish to learn about the features of Centris, better understand how Centris manages computing and network resources, and learn how to integrate Centris with other systems. The course provides a complete introduction to Nominum's Centris product. Topics include setting up Centris, security (TSIG), monitoring Centris, and how to update Centris data while the server is running.

Please see our training schedule for information on class dates.

Who should attend?

This course is designed for system administrators who have little or no previous knowledge of the Domain Name System or of DNS zone file format.

Course Topics

• Introduction to Centris
  
• Basic Centris Components and Concepts
  • Terminology
  • Nominum Nanny
  • Nominum Command Channel
  • The Centris database
  • Centris Views
• Installing and Configuring Centris
  • Overview of Centris installation packages
  • Configuring Centris over the Command Channel
• Understanding Master zones and Content
  • Publishing zones
  • Modifying views and zones
  • Updating zones through the Command Channel
  • Zone versions
• Using Zone Configuration and Slave zones
  • Creating slave zones
  • Slave zone configuration over the Command Channel
• Logging and Statistics
  • Configuring logging
  • Get/reset statistics
• Dynamic DNS (DDNS) updates
  • DDNS overview
  • Authenticating DDNS with Transaction Signatures (TSIG)
  • Configuring DDNS
• Monitoring Centris
  • Configuring Nominum Nanny
  • Centris Events and SNMP
• Backup/Recovery, Customization
• Databases and off-line access
• Views and Alias zones
• Instance zones and Templates
• Command Channel in depth
• Introducing the SDK with the CC API for Perl

Prerequisites

Attendees should have a basic understanding of the Internet and be comfortable with editing files and installing software on a UNIX operating system.

More Information

To register for this class or to find out more information, please send email to sales@nominum.com or call +1 877.249.1559 (toll free in US) or +1 650.381.6060.