Courses by Tero Karvinen

Tero Karvinen is teaching in Haaga-Helia university of applied sciences, Helsinki. Sometimes Tero speaks around the world. You can learn Linux, Penetration Testing, DevOps, Configuration Management Systems, Go and create your own projects.

Configuration management systems 2022

Tux the Linux penguin

Remotely control hundreds of machines, from cloud to laptop. Excellent 4.95/5 feedback, read student comments.

Linux course done, and now you want more? Your laptops keep moving around the network and go behind firewalls, but you still want to control them? You went to cloud, and have so many computers now?

Enroll Monday at 08:00

Trust to Blockchain 2022

Learn security fundamentals to understand current trends. Blockchains, TOR network and video conference encryption all stand on these fundamentals.

Enroll Monday 08:00. Online, in English, in evenings, masters level.

Penetration Testing Course 2022

Learn to hack computers to protect your own.

In the course, you will break into target computers. Excellent feedback from 4.8 to 5.0 out of 5.

Enrollment opens Monday 08:00

Update: New visitor: Social Engineering with Riku Juurikko, Senior Security Manager, Elisa.

Update: New visitor: Forensic Analyses with Andrej Bondarenko, CEO, Difseco.

Linux Palvelimet 2022

Tux the Linux penguin

Learn to manage your own Linux server – in 8 weeks. Remotely, in evenings.

Beginners welcome. Excellent feedback 4.8 out of 5. Course is in Finnish, 100% remote and in evenings.

Python Web Service From Idea to Production

Build Python web service and publish it to the world!

Enroll 2022-03-14 w11 Mon 08:00. Last instance was fully booked on the day enrollment started.

Previous feedback was excellent 4.9 out of 5. Intensive online course 2022 w21-w22.

Penetration Testing Course

Learn to hack computers to protect your own.

In the course, you will break into target computers. Excellent feedback from 4.8 to 5.0 out of 5.

Only one seat left! Advanced course, I can usually get places to most of those who know the prerequisites well.Can't take more participants here. Next enrollment opens 2021-11-29 w48 Mon 08:00. The next course instance starts on 2022 w13.

Update: New visitor: Niklas Särökaari, F-Secure.

Update: New visitor: Mika Rautio, Senior Software Architect, Poplatek.

Can You Control Hundred Computers?

Tux the Linux penguin

Remotely control hundreds of machines, from cloud to laptop. Excellent 4.95/5 feedback, read student comments.

Linux course done, and now you want more? Your laptops keep moving around the network and go behind firewalls, but you still want to control them? You went to cloud, and have so many computers now? Palvelinten hallinta ict4tn022-3014.

Yes, you can still enroll. Yes it's popular and yes there is a queue, but I can often fit many students from the queue.

Update: New visitor: Arttu Uskali, Head of Support, Upcloud

Update: New visitor: Juho Syrjänen, Fraktio

Your Project

Create your own project with your team. Feedback 4.7 excellent.

Previous projects: evil USB keyboard, AI log analysis, physical access control, encrypted communications with free software... What will you build?

8 Week Linux Course

Tux the Linux penguin

Learn to manage your own Linux server – in 8 weeks.

Beginners welcome. Previous instance student feedback excellent 4.8 out of 5. Course is in Finnish and 100% remote. Fully booked, queue started.

Course completed! Feedback was excellent 4.8 out of 5. Read more feedback in comments.

Configuration Management Systems - Palvelinten Hallinta - Spring 2021

Tux the Linux penguin

Just write what you want (idempotency). Control almost everything with one system (single source of truth). In plain text (infrastructure as code, versionable).

Control 10 computers. Or 100. Or 1000. Or control 2071 computers, like Jussi did on a previous course. Or handle 7 different operating systems and OS versions with a single master, like Matias. Course is in Finnish.

Python Web Service From Idea to Production

Build Python web service and publish it to the world!

New instance starting 2022 w21! Enroll 2022-03-14 w11 Mon 08:00.

Course completed! Feedback was excellent 4.9 out of 5. Thanks for taking my course!

You can read feedback in comments.

Intensive course on w21 and w22.

Enroll at 08:00 on Monday! Most seats were booked right after enrollment opened. Enrollment is open right now. Update: Only few seats left. Fully booked. Queue started, enroll quickly to get better position in the queue.

Penetration Testing Course 2021 Spring

Learn to hack computers to protect your own. In the course, you will break into target computers.

Excellent feedback, last 4.9 out of 5; best 5.0 out of 5. Full five stars

Update: two guests are coming: Riku Juurikko (Social engineering) and Mika Rautio (Credit card from hell).

Configuration Management Systems - Palvelinten Hallinta - Autumn 2020

Tux the Linux penguin

Just write what you want (idempotency). Control almost everything with one system (single source of truth). In plain text (infrastructure as code, versionable).

Control 10 computers. Or 100. Or 1000. Or control 2071 computers, like Jussi did on a previous course. Or handle 7 different operating systems and OS versions with a single master, like Matias. Course is in Finnish.

Configuration Management Systems - Palvelinten Hallinta - Spring 2020

Tux the Linux penguin

Just write what you want (idempotency). Control almost everything with one system (single source of truth). In plain text (infrastructure as code, versionable).

Control 10 computers. Or 100. Or 1000. Or control 2071 computers, like Jussi did on a previous course. Or handle 7 different operating systems and OS versions with a single master, like Matias. Course is in Finnish.

Remote Learning Tools for Tero's Courses

All my courses are online for spring 2020.

I'll use Jitsi video conferencing, VirtualBox and Xubuntu Linux 18.04. In addition to Internet connection, you'll need headphones, a mic and a webcam. Some 30-40 GB of free disk space would be nice, too.

Go Programming Course 2020 w22

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import "fmt"

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	fmt.Println("Learn Go in one week - w22. ")
	fmt.Println("Registration opens on w12 Monday. ")
}

Penetration Testing Course 2020 Spring - Tunkeutumistestaus ict4tn027-3003

Update: Top feedback: 5.0 / 5. Yes, every participant gave feedback, and each feedback was the best grade 5. Thank you!

Learn to hack computers to protect your own. In the course, you will break into target computers. Previous instance had excellent 4.9 out of 5 feedback.

Course is in late spring 2020. Teaching is in Finnish. Enroll now in Peppi: Tunkeutumistestaus ict4tn027-3003.