F06 Stage A · Foundations 24 h (8 T / 16 P)
Linux, Networking & Cloud Fundamentals
Operates confidently on the systems AI workloads run on.
Prerequisite
None
Modules
4
NOS
SSC/N8121 KU15
Statutory mapping
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Tech stack
Linux/UbuntubashDockerCloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Modules
4 modules · 24 hours
M1 · Linux
8 h TOPICS
- Filesystem and permissions
- Processes
- Package managers
- Shell scripting
- SSH
- cron and systemd basics
- Working across Linux and Windows
Lab: Automate a scheduled data job on a Linux VM
Course material for this module is in production.
M2 · Networking
6 h TOPICS
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- HTTP/HTTPS and TLS
- Ports and firewalls
- Proxies
- REST semantics and status codes
- Latency versus throughput
Lab: Diagnose a failing service call end to end
Course material for this module is in production.
M3 · Cloud fundamentals
6 h TOPICS
- Regions and availability zones
- IAM and least privilege
- Compute
- Object storage
- Managed databases
- Secrets management
- Cost model
Lab: Provision least-privilege storage and compute for a workload
Course material for this module is in production.
M4 · Containers
4 h TOPICS
- Images and layers
- Dockerfile
- Registries
- Volumes
- Port mapping
Lab: Containerise a Python service
Course material for this module is in production.
Real-world work scenario
A model service works locally but returns 502 in the cloud. Work down the stack — container port binding, security group, IAM permission, secret injection — and produce a runbook so the next engineer resolves it in minutes.
Assessment
Systems troubleshooting practical