Platforma pro automatizované testování znalostí administrace OS Linux

Knowledge of Linux operating system administration is nowadays one of the most important abilities in the IT area. Due to the increasing needs for cloud computing, open- source technologies and DevOps, this type of OS plays an essential role in current infrastructure. Businesses have to hire administrators who would be able to control them correctly. Nevertheless, searching for suitable candidates and checking their practical skills is rather demanding, costly and even subjective. The goal of this work is to design and implement a prototype of the web-based platform which makes it possible to verify the practical skills of Linux administrators based on the completion of predefined tasks in an isolated environment with further automatic evaluation and feedback provided to the user without the participation of an experienced administrator. First, the author conducted the systematic literature review, analyzed the related works and then focused on the design and development of the application using the MMSP methodology, designed for small-scale software projects. The prototype was subsequently tested, and its benefits were verified within a pilot operation in a real company environment. The main contribution of the thesis is the developed prototype application, which enables automated testing of candidates and employees, reducing personnel workload and increasing the objectivity of evaluation.