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RH354

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 New Features for Experienced Linux Administrators Training

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 New Features for Experienced Linux Administrators (RH354) introduces you to updates in the upcoming Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® release. Intended for experienced Linux system administrators, this course offers a rapid orientation to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 based on the pre-release beta. The offering prepares operators, managers, principal system administrators, and other IT professionals with experience in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for deployments and migrations to the new release.

This course is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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Course Details

Duration

3 days

Prerequisites

Be a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or demonstrate equivalent knowledge of and experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Target Audience

  • Linux system dministrators
  • DevOps Engineers
  • Cloud Administrators

Skills Gained

  • Describe key features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  • Install or upgrade an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 server to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  • Manage software with the upgraded Yum package manager and select specific software versions through module streams.
  • Use new storage tools to compress and deduplicate data and efficiently manage the storage stack from hardware to file system.
  • Adjust to changes to core components of the operating system, including Python 3, Wayland, and Chrony-based NTP service.
  • Work with the new nftables-backed firewall system.
  • Develop and test portable, standards-based containers with the new runtime and toolchain.
  • Configure servers efficiently with the updated web-based remote interface and with Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Roles.
Course Outline
  • Preview Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Install and upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Provision and manage servers
  • Adapt to core system changes
  • Implement storage using new features
  • Manage containers with the new runtime
  • Implement enhanced networking features
  • Adapt to virtualization improvements