Cloud System Administration

Code:

CC4092

Acronym:

CC4092

Level:

400

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Computer Science

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Computer Science
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Network and Information Systems Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:ERSI	9	Official Study Plan since 2021_M:ERSI.	1	-	6	42	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Understanding the role and procedures performed by network and system administrators in public cloud environments. Familiarization with some general principles and laboratory practice with the implementation and maintenance of some concrete examples of flexibility of critical services in simulated failure contexts and large-scale operations.

Learning outcomes and competences

The course aims to relate theoretical concepts with the installation and practical maintenance of some computational, storage and network services considered essential for cloud-hosted systems.
The student will finish the course with skills in cloud system administration, namely in the creation of VMS, containers, scaling, storage and security.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

System administration (recommended)

Program

Topics:


Cloud Computing Essentials

Cloud First Steps
Google Compute Engine

Mandatory literature

Victor Dantas; architecting google cloud solutions: learn to design robust and future-proof solutions with google cloud technologies, Packt Publishing Ltd, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-80056-330-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and theoretical-practical classes where essential concepts are approached in detail for understanding the innweworks of systems administration tools, which will be used in the management of systems and networks in a controlled simulation environment in the cloud.

Practical classes of a laboratory nature where a network infrastructure, storage and computer services are set up for subsequent application of tools and good practices for installing and administering the services covered in the program.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	40,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	70,00
Estudo autónomo	20,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho laboratorial	16,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Minimium grade of 50% in the semester project.

Calculation formula of final grade

Project	60%	(minimum grade: 50%)
Final Exam:	40%	(minimum grade: 50%)

Final Note = (0.4 * exam + 0.6 * project) * 20

This formula applies to all exams: normal, appeal, special appeal, last year students and grade improvement.