Course description

An IT professional who has earned the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) is able to perform the core system administration skills required in Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments. The credential is earned after successfully passing the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) Exam (EX200).

Course content summary

• Understand and use essential tools for handling files, directories, command-line environments, and documentation
• Create simple shell scripts
• Operate running systems, including booting into different run levels, identifying processes, starting and stopping virtual machines, and controlling services
• Configure local storage using partitions and logical volumes
• Create and configure file systems and file system attributes, such as permissions, encryption, access control lists, and network file systems
• Deploy, configure, and maintain systems, including software installation, update, and core services
• Manage users and groups
• Manage security, including basic firewall and SELinux configuration
• Perform basic container management

Audience for this course

• Experienced Linux system administrators seeking validation of their skills
• Students who have attended and are on the path to becoming an RHCSA.
• IT professionals who are on the path to becoming a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).

Study points for the exam

• Understand and use essential tools
• Create simple shell scripts
• Operate running systems
• Configure local storage
• Create and configure file systems
• Deploy, configure, and maintain systems
• Manage basic networking
• Manage users and groups
• Manage security
• Manage containers

Impact on the organization
-> This training provides your team members with a solid foundation in Linux system administration, for improved ability to manage your infrastructure efficiently. It helps to provide better system reliability, improve efficient system and storage utilization, and respond faster and more accurately to system failures. This course will lay the foundation for new Linux system administrators to efficiently and securely resolve configuration issues, integrate Red Hat Enterprise Linux with other existing systems, manage user and group administration, and use available storage solutions

Impact on the individual
-> As a result of attending this course, you should be able to perform essential Linux system administration tasks, including establishing network connectivity, managing physical storage, and executing basic security administration.

You should be able to demonstrate these skills:

• Access the command line locally and remotely
• Manage files from the command line
• Manage local users and groups
• Monitor and manage Linux processes
• Control services, daemons, and the boot process
• Manage services provided in existing container images
• Manage tuning profiles for system performance
• Control access to files with file system permissions
• Analyze and store log files
• Configure and secure the OpenSSH service
• Install and update software packages and app streams
• Manage Linux file systems and volumes
• Manage Linux networking and firewalls

RHCE(page link)