RH 200

(Investment of Time: 40 hours)

The RHCSA Rapid Track Course with Exam (RH200) is designed for experienced Linux system administrators who want to expand their technical skill sets and become accredited with the RHCSA certification. To successfully navigate this course, students must already have solid experience with the Linux command line, including the necessary skills to execute common commands, such as cp, grep, sort, mkdir, tar, mkfs, ssh, and yum, and be familiar with accessing man pages for help. At the completion of the course, students will be adequately prepared to take the Red Hat Certified System Administration (RHCSA) exam.

Recommended for practiced Linux system administrators who currently manage Linux servers at the enterprise level or skilled Linux system administrators who want or are required to demonstrate competencies by earning the RHCSA.

Course Outline:

Network Configuration and Troubleshooting

Configure, manage, and test network settings

Managing User Accounts

Manage user accounts including password aging; connect to a central LDAP directory service

Command-Line Process Management

Launch, monitor, govern, and terminate processes using the BASH command-line

Manage System Resources

Schedule recurring tasks; monitor and manage system logs

Installing and Managing Software

Install software and query with yum using RHN and a custom repository

Administer Remote Systems

Access remote systems using command-line and graphical techniques

Deploy and Secure File-Sharing Services

Install and manage basic network services, including firewall configuration

Managing SELinux

Manage SELInux booleans and filesystem contexts

Managing Simple Partitions and Filesystems

Manage encrypted partitions, filesystems, and swap space

Using Filesystem Access Control Lists

Restrict file access with filesystem ACLs

Logical Volume Management

Understand logical volume concepts and manage logical volumes, including snapshots

Control the Boot Process

Understand runlevels and manage GRUB

Tune and Maintain the Kernel

Pass parameters to the kernel and manage kernel modules

Manage Virtual Machines

Deploy and manage KVM virtual machines

Automate Installation with Kickstart

Create kickstart configurations and use them to install Linux

Get Help in a Graphical Environment

Access Red Hat documentation and services