IntroductionCourse Outline

Duration

5 days.

Prerequisites

Students attending this course should have basic experience with the following, with minimal dependence on documentation:

  • Linux (some of the course may be review)
  • The bash shell, including job control (&, fg, bg, jobs), shell expansion (command, tilde, globbing, brace, protection from expansion), I/O redirection, and pipes
  • IPv4 networking addressing and routing concepts, TCP/UDP, and ports
  • Navigation of the GNOME 3 interface
  • Editing text files from the command line with vim or other available programs
  • Finding information in man pages and info nodes
  • The concept of file permissions
  • Interactive installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Per-user 'at' and 'cron' jobs
  • Use of archival utilities such as 'tar', 'zip', and compression utilities
  • Absolute and relative paths
  • Finding files with 'find' and 'locate'

Skills Gained

  • Managing users and groups, files, and file permissions
  • Updating software packages with yum
  • Managing and troubleshooting systemd services during the boot process
  • Network configuration and basic troubleshooting
  • Managing local storage and creating and using file systems
  • Firewall management with firewalld
  • Managing Kernel-based Virtual Machines (KVMs)
  • Automating installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Kickstart

Who Can Benefit?

Students for this class should have 1-3 years of full time Linux administration experience.

    Outline for RHCSA Rapid Track Course with Exam Training

    Accessing the command line

    Log in to a Linux system and run simple commands using the shell.

      Managing Files from the command line

      Work with files from the bash shell prompt.

        Managing local Linux users and groups

        Manage Linux users and groups and administer local password policies.

          Controlling access to files with Linux file system permissions

          Set access permissions on files and interpret the security effects of different permission settings.

            Managing SELinux security

            Use SELinux to manage access to files and interpret and troubleshoot SELinux security effects.

              Monitoring and managing Linux processes

              Monitor and control processes running on the system.

                Installing and updating software packages

                Download, install, update, and manage software packages from Red Hat and yum package repositories.

                  Controlling services and daemons

                  Control and monitor network services and system daemons using systemd.

                    Managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux networking

                    Configure basic IPv4 networking on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.

                      Analyzing and storing logs

                      Locate and interpret relevant system log files for troubleshooting purposes.

                        Managing storage and file systems

                        Create and use disk partitions, logical volumes, file systems, and swap spaces.

                          Scheduling system tasks

                          Schedule recurring system tasks using cron and systemd timer units.

                            Mounting network file systems

                            Mount network file system (NFS) exports and server message block (SMB) shares from network file servers.

                              Limiting network communication with firewalld

                              Configure a basic local firewall.

                                Virtualization and kickstart

                                Manage KVMs and install them with Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Kickstart.

                                  Follow up courses

                                  • Red Hat System Administration III with Exam (RH255)
                                  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RH318)