15 Best System Administration Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 System Administration courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. 2 come from a named university or institution, including Illinois Tech and IBM. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "system administration" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Linux System Administration
Offered by Edureka
Linux runs most production servers, cloud platforms, and infrastructure, and administering it well is a command-line skill. This Specialization takes you from your first terminal command to managing users, automating tas...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditFoundations of Linux System Administration
Offered by Packt
A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Learn the essentials of Linux s...
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Coursera CertificateSystem Administration with IBM AIX: Beyond the Basics
Offered by IBM
Become an expert system administrator! This course dives deep into advanced topics like job scheduling with cron, at, and batch, backup and restore techniques, system startup processes, software management, networking co...
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Hardware and Operating System Foundations
Offered by Illinois Tech
This specialization consists of three courses and one capstone. The specialization provides a comprehensive introduction to the features, management, and security of both Windows and Linux operating systems. You will mas...
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Linux and Private Cloud Administration on IBM Power Systems
Offered by IBM
This specialization introduces Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administration. IBM Power servers will be used to demonstrate these concepts. Through three hands-on courses, learners progress from Linux command-line essen...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditLinux for Beginners: Foundations and Essential Operations
Offered by KodeKloud
Linux administration starts at the command line — and this course builds the skills you need to work there with confidence. You'll begin by setting up your learning environment and understanding how the LFCS certificatio...
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Coursera CertificateLinux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS): Unit 1
Offered by Pearson
This course offers a deep dive into the essentials of Linux, starting with the installation of popular distributions like Ubuntu and CentOS. You'll gain hands-on experience with fundamental Linux commands, file managemen...
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Coursera BootcampThe Ultimate Linux Bootcamp for DevOps SRE & Cloud Engineers
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditAdvanced Linux Administration and Shell Scripting
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditBash Shell Scripting: Automate, Process & Analyze
Offered by EDUCBA
Master the fundamentals of Bash shell scripting and build practical command-line skills to automate tasks, process files, and analyze data in Linux environments. This course guides you from writing your first Bash script...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditRed Hat Enterprise Linux Automation with Ansible
Offered by Red Hat
This course is intended for Linux system administrators and developers who need to automate provisioning, configuration, application deployment, and orchestration. Students learn how to install and configure Ansible on a...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditFoundation of Ansible Automation
Offered by Board Infinity
Step into the future of IT operations with Foundations of Ansible Automation — a beginner-friendly course designed to help you automate repetitive, error-prone tasks using the power of the Red Hat Ansible Automation Plat...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditLinux Bash: Automate, Debug & Process Text
Offered by EDUCBA
This course focuses on mastering Linux Bash by providing practical skills in scripting, automation, debugging, and text processing. You'll learn the essential shell fundamentals and commands, and progressively develop yo...
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Coursera CertificateThe Linux Essentials
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditDocker Basics for DevOps
Offered by KodeKloud
Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications, whether on laptops, data center VMs, or the cloud. This course introduces Docker to an Absolute Beginner using rea...
$49.00listed price
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