Hands-On Lab Course: Network Administration, Cybersecurity & AI-Powered Forensics on Ubuntu VM

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Build your own complete cybersecurity and network administration lab — right on your local PC using VMware Workstation and Ubuntu 24.04!
In this video, you’ll explore how to migrate cloud-based lab environments to virtual machines, giving students and learners full hands-on experience without needing cloud access.
This comprehensive Hands-On Lab Course covers everything from system and network monitoring to intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment, and AI-assisted forensic investigation.
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🧰 🔹 Course Highlights
✅ System & Network Administration Labs
• Install and configure Apache2, SNMPD, MRTG
• Implement real-world monitoring tools like ntop-ng, TIG Stack (Telegraf, InfluxDB, Grafana), and Nagios
✅ Network Security Tools & Attack Simulation
• Perform vulnerability scanning with Nmap
• Conduct penetration testing with Metasploit (msfconsole)
• Deploy Suricata IDS/IPS for network defense
• Simulate real-world attack scenarios including:
o DDoS attacks
o MITM (Man-in-the-Middle) via ARP poisoning
o DNS spoofing
✅ AI-Powered Security & Forensics
• Learn how AI and LLMs can assist in vulnerability analysis, incident response, and forensic investigation
• Use AI tools to analyze system logs, identify anomalies, and automate detection

You may view the related lab course introductory slides at https://alanshlam.github.io/lab/propo...
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🧑‍💻 Who Is This For
• IT students & instructors building self-contained cybersecurity labs
• Network administrators learning open-source monitoring & defense tools
• Security researchers exploring AI-assisted threat analysis
• Anyone preparing for ethical hacking or system administration certifications
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⚙️ Platform Setup
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS as the base OS
• All labs run locally in VMware Workstation or VirtualBox — no cloud dependency
• Includes Docker labs with Metasploit and Metasploitable in private internal networks