- Introduction (Holger Kiehl, DWD) 45 minutes

        - Overview of AFD
        - Usage at DWD
        - Other usage


   - Architecture of AFD (Holger Kiehl, DWD) 45 minutes

        - Init Process init_afd
        - Description of all Process
        - Internal Directory Structure
        - What happens when a file goes through AFD
        - Overview of command line tools
        - Monitoring several AFD's (afd_mon)


   - Compiling (Holger Kiehl, DWD) 45 minutes

        - Requirements for compiling AFD
        - Possible configuration Parameters
        - Creating RPM
        - Exercise


   - Setting up AFD (Holger Kiehl, DWD) 45 minutes

       - Environment variable AFD_WORK_DIR
       - Overview of all configuration files
       - Configuring actions
       - Starting/Stopping AFD
       - Exercise


   - Graphical User Interface (Holger Kiehl, DWD) 45 minutes

        - Main dialog afd_ctrl to monitor destinations
        - dir_ctrl to monitor directories
        - The log dialogs
        - Information dialog
        - Dialog to modify the HOST_CONFIG file (edit_hc)


   - Configuration by examples (Holger Kiehl + Markus Heene, DWD) 45 minutes

        - Simple configuration copying/moving files from one directory
          to another locally
        - Send one file to multiple destinations
        - Renaming files locally and/or remotely
        - Sending files via mail
        - The exec option
        - Working with priorities
        - Configuring checks for duplicates
        - Exercise


   - Evaluating Log Data (Holger Kiehl, DWD) 45 minutes

        - The log files in the log directory
        - Log rotation
        - ALDA, tool to analyze the log data
        - Exercise


   - Performance and other considerations (Holger Kiehl, DWD) 45 minutes

        - What one needs to consider when AFD runs on a NFS filesystem
        - Things to consider when configuring the FTP server
        - Let AFD only move files and NOT copy them
        - Some performance tweaks
        - What one needs to consider in an High availability environment