I usually provide this as an intro: http://www.linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php/ http://www.linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php/ From there picking up configuration management

I usually provide this as an intro: http://www.linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php/ http://www.linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php/ From there picking up configuration management should be pretty straightforward.