Linux & Administration Foundations
₦150,000Basic computer literacy; see course entry requirements.
Choose your stage below ↓PRACTICAL LEARNING / ITC COMPUTERS
DevOps / System Administration
Learn how software delivery and system operations work together.
₦350,000 · group full-payment tuitionSix months · 24 teaching weeks
Choose a package & enquire →Who can join?
Basic networking, operating-system knowledge and introductory scripting/programming. Preparatory training may be needed.
How you learn
Online and Offline (in-person) training available. Instructor-led lessons, demonstrations and practical exercises. Schedule and intake are confirmed before enrolment. ITC confirms practical labs, equipment and attendance arrangements for your chosen mode.
Assessment
Practical exercises, assignments and a final project or skills assessment.
One stage or the full pathway.
Join a stage that matches your skills. Later-stage entry requires previous-stage completion or an assessment.
Containers & Delivery Pipelines
₦150,000Successful completion of the preceding stage, or an entry assessment demonstrating equivalent skills.
Choose your stage below ↓Infrastructure & Operations Practice
₦150,000Successful completion of the preceding stage, or an entry assessment demonstrating equivalent skills.
Choose your stage below ↓What you’ll learn and practise
Six months comprises 24 teaching weeks; holiday dates are confirmed with each intake. A typical six-month timetable is three two-hour sessions weekly plus independent practice; confirm your cohort’s teaching hours.
WEEKS 1–2 Systems & DevOps Foundations
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Environments, workflows and responsibilities
Practical: Set up virtual training systems.
WEEKS 3–4 Linux Administration
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Files, users, permissions, packages and open-source concepts
Practical: Administer a Linux server.
WEEKS 5–6 Server Networking & Services
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
DNS, ports, SSH and service management
Practical: Configure and troubleshoot a server.
WEEKS 7–8 Shell Scripting
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Variables, conditions, loops and scheduled tasks
Practical: Automate routine administration.
WEEKS 9–10 Git & Collaboration
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Branches, reviews, releases and repositories
Practical: Manage a collaborative workflow.
WEEKS 11–12 Application Deployment
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Dependencies, configuration and environment variables
Practical: Deploy an application manually.
WEEKS 13–14 Containers
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Images, Dockerfiles, volumes and container networks
Practical: Containerize an application.
WEEKS 15–16 CI/CD
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Builds, tests, releases and deployment pipelines
Practical: Automate a controlled deployment.
WEEKS 17–18 Infrastructure as Code
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Repeatable infrastructure and configuration
Practical: Provision a training environment from code.
WEEKS 19–20 Orchestration Foundations
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Kubernetes workloads, services and configuration
Practical: Deploy a small local cluster workload.
WEEKS 21–22 Operations & Recovery
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Logs, monitoring, permissions, secrets and backups
Practical: Investigate a failure and perform a rollback.
WEEKS 23–24 Capstone & Assessment
Available online or offline (in-person), with practical arrangements confirmed by ITC.
Integration and Linux certification gap review
Practical: Demonstrate a pipeline, monitoring and recovery procedure.
What you gain
- Learn how software delivery and system operations work together.
- Demonstrate practical work, document decisions and explain limitations.
- Complete a final project or skills assessment and build evidence of learning.
International certification pathway
Certification preparation is integrated at the relevant stages. A checkpoint means reviewing the awarding body’s full objectives, completing supplementary preparation and passing a readiness assessment; attendance alone does not establish exam readiness.
LPI Linux Essentials
Paid external examination
Add remaining Linux/open-source objectives and complete practical checks.
Official qualification information ↗LPIC-1
Two paid external examinations
A progression pathway requiring focused Linux administration study beyond the general DevOps outline.
Official qualification information ↗Certificates and examination fees
Successful completion of ITC training and assessment earns an ITC Computers Certificate of Completion. This is separate from any external qualification. International examination, registration and certification charges are not included in tuition and are paid by the learner. ITC helps identify suitable free opportunities and promotions where available; availability is verified before booking. Free completion certificates and badges are distinguished from professional certifications. No external pass or employment is guaranteed.
Tools, materials and support
Optional software subscriptions, internet/data and external examination fees are separate from tuition.
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