RH 300

(Investment of Time: 32 hours)

The RHCE Fast Track Course with RHCSA and RHCE Exams (RH300) is designed for senior Linux system administrators who want to validate their competencies by earning the RHCSA and RHCE credentials. This is a fast-paced preparation course that combines the RHCSA Fast Track Course (RH199) and System Administration III (RH254) courses, normally eight days of training, into a single four-day course. Building on the students' extensive knowledge of command line based Linux administration, the course moves very quickly through the intermediate and advanced tasks covered by lab-based knowledge checks and facilitative discussions. By the end of this course, the senior Linux administrator students will have been exposed to all the intermediate and advanced competencies tested by the RHCSA and RHCE exams. The RHCSA and RHCE exams are included with this course.

Suitable for experienced Linux system administrators with a minimum of three years of Linux experience who want a fast-track solution to earn an RHCE certification. Experienced Solaris system administrators who have completed the Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Solaris Administrators (RH290) course.

Course Outline:

Software Management

Manage packages with yum, rpm, and RHN; build an RPM package and place it in a repository

Network Management

Configure and troubleshoot network settings; configure network bonding and IP aliases

Storage Management

Manage partitioning, filesystems, and swap space; configure encrypted partitions and iSCSI initiator

Logical Volume Management (LVM)

Manage physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volumes with their filesystems

Account Management

Provide password aging for accounts; use ACLs and SGID directories for collaborative directories

Authentication Management

Configure an LDAP and Kerberos client; configure autofs to support an authentication client; Configure sudo and SSD

Installation, Kickstart, and Virtualization

Install a system and manage kickstart and firstboot; use virtualization tools to manage virtual machines

Boot Management

Configure runlevels and sysctl; reset the root password; understand the boot process

Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Management

Understand, troubleshoot, and manage SELinux

Firewall Management

Manage the firewall

Network Time Protocol (NTP) Service

Configure an NTP server and provide that service to clients

System Logging Service

Create disk, I/O, and memory usage reports; configure remote logging

Web (HTTP/HTTPS) Service

Manage a web server with virtual hosts, CGI scripts, and user-based file/directory access controls

SMTP Service

Null client; outbound smarthost relay; accept inbound connections

Caching-only (DNS) Service

Configure a caching nameserver and DNS forwarder

File Sharing with NFS

Manage and secure the NFS service using NFSv3 and NFSv4

File Sharing with CIFS

Configure the CIFS to provide home directories, file sharing, and printer service; use a client to access the CIFS shares

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service

Provide FTP drop-box upload service

Secure Shell (SSH) Service

Configure and implement SSH keys