CSTC 103 - Scripting for Server Administration

3 Credit: (2 lecture, 1 lab, 0 clinical) 3 Contact Hours: [CSTC 127 ]

This course investigates the automation of system administration tasks using the most popular scripting languages used in modern operating systems. Students will be exposed to processing text files, importing, and exporting structured data files, and automating backup, and virtual machine management.
Semesters Offered: spring semesters

Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Demonstrate automation of technology tasks using computer scripting across multiple operating systems.

Write commands for processing text files, XML files, cloud functions, and running code.
Develop scripts for multiple operating systems.
Automate script execution.
Administer virtual machines.