Red Hat Certified Engineer Rapid Track Course

This class is designed for UNIX- and Linux-experienced users, networking specialists, and system administrators. This 5-day course provides intensive hands-on training on Red Hat Linux 7.2, and includes the RHCE Certification Lab Exam on day 5.

Prerequisites:

• RH033, RH133, RH253 or equivalent experience with UNIX
• LAN/WAN fundamentals Internetworking with TCP/IP, knowledge or experience setting up NFS, HTTP, DNS, FTP, NIS, DHCP, and other networking services, and security.
• The RHCE course is very challenging.  Participants arriving without the prerequisites below will make less than optimal progress in the training (first 4 days) and will be unlikely to pass the RHCE Certification Lab Exam (last day).
  • Basic hardware knowledge
  • Basic UNIX/Linux knowledge
  • UNIX Filesystem Hierarchy and Structure
  • Basic file operations and manipulation
  • Printing
  • UNIX/Linux Shell
  • Basic security
  • UNIX System Administration
  • Basic TCP/IP Networking
  • Familiarity with Standard Networking Services
  • Basic Network Security

Topics covered:

• Unit 1:Essentials

  Essential initial topics in system administration, including editors, switching accounts, adding users, using cron, and managing network connections

• Unit 2:Kernel Services
  • The Linux kernel: variants and modules
  • The /proc filesystem and the sysctl command
  • Accessing devices using udev
  • RPM Package Manager
  • Exploring hardware
• Unit 3:Filesystem Management
  • Creating filesystems
  • Making filesystem mounts persistent across reboots
  • Managing swap space
• Unit 4:User Administration
  • Modifying and deleting user accounts
  • Password aging
  • Group administration
  • Creating group directories
  • Setting disk quotas
• Unit 5:Local Security
  • Setting up a host-based firewall
  • Using access control lists
  • The SELinux security layer
  • Managing suid and sgid executables
  • Controlling access to superuser authority using sudo
• Unit 6:Advanced Partitioning
  • Understanding and implementing Software RAID
  • Understanding Logical Volume Management
  • Creating and resizing logical volumes
• Unit 7: Installation
  • The interactive Anaconda installer
  • Kickstart: a hands-free method of installation
• Unit 8:System Initialization
  • Understanding the boot procedure
  • Configuring the GRUB boot loader
  • The Initial RAM Disk
  • Understanding run levels
  • Controlling services
• Unit 9:RPM, YUM, RHN
  • RPM: The Red Hat Package Manager
  • The YUM installer
  • Using the Red Hat Network
• Unit 10:System Administration Topics
  • Configuring the X Server
  • The CUPS printing system
  • cron and the superuser: the system-wide crontab file
  • cron and system reboots: the anacron system
  • Authentication Configuration: Pluggable Authentication Modules
• Unit 11:Network Configuration
  • Understanding network addresses
  • Using OpenSSH for network communications
  • Using VNC for network communications
  • Network Authentication
• Unit 12:Network Security
  • Protecting services using TCP Wrappers
  • Protecting the system using a packet filtering host-based firewall
• Unit 13:Network File Sharing Services
  • Setting up an NFS server
  • Setting up an FTP server
  • The Samba Server: networking with Windows systems
• Unit 14:Network Infrastructure
  • Creating a private repository
  • NTP: Coordinating time
  • Configuring a DHCP server
  • Configuring a DNS server
• Unit 15:HTTP Service
  • Configuring the Apache web server
  • Configuring the Squid web proxy cache
• Unit 16:Mail Service
  • Understanding e-mail delivery
  • Using sendmail and postfix
  • Dovecot: an IMAP and POP server
• Unit 17:Troubleshooting
  • A method for fault analysis
  • Things to check
  • Understanding recovery run levels
  • Using the rescue environment
  At course completion:
  Students will be able to do the above.