Course Length:

5 Days

Course Description:

This is a course for users of Linux (or UNIX) who want to start building skills in systems administration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to a level where they can attach and configure a workstation on an existing network. This course provides intensive hands-on training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, and includes the RHCT Certification Lab Exam on the last day.

Who Should Attend:

Linux or UNIX users who understand the basics of Red Hat Linux and desire further technical training to begin the process of becoming a system administrator will benefit from this course.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Prove competency by passing the RHCT Exam, a realistic performance-based lab exam.
• Install, configure, and attach a new Red Hat Linux system to an existing production network.

Prerequisites:

Students should have taken RH033 Red Hat Linux Essentials or have equivalent experience with Red Hat Linux.

Course Outline:

• Unit 1 - Administrative Access
  1. Configure and access various consoles directly, remotely with ssh, and with virt-manager.
  2. Configure privilege escalation with sudo.
• Unit 2 - Package Management
  1. Manage software on system using yum, Red Hat Network, and rpm.
• Unit 3 - System Services and Security
  1. Configure and manage system logging, time synchronization, printers, and task automation.
  2. Troubleshoot SELinux.
• Unit 4 - System Initialization
  1. Define boot process, recover system, and manage service startup.
• Unit 5 - Kernel Monitoring and Configuration
  1. Explore kernel modules and variants, tune kernel parameters, manage devices, and monitor processes and resources.
• Unit 6 - Network Configuration
  1. Configure dynamic and static network settings for IPv4 and filter packets.
• Unit 7 - Filesystem Administration
  1. Review filesystem management concepts, removable media and configure NFS shares with autofs.
• Unit 8 - Additional Storage
  1. Expand storage by adding new filesystems and swap space.
• Unit 9 - User Administration
  1. Create, modify and delete users, groups, and policy.
  2. Protect users and groups with quotas.
• Unit 10 - Filesystems for Group Collaboration
  1. Establish collaborative group directories.
  2. Protect users and groups with ACLs.
• Unit 11 - Centralized User Administration
  1. Revisit user administration by connecting to network directory services like NIS and LDAP.
• Unit 12 - Software RAID
  1. Manage filesystems using Software RAID and recover an array.
• Unit 13 - Logical Volume Management
  1. Manage filesystems using Logical Volume Management.
  2. Resize filesystems and protect them with LVM Snapshots.
• Unit 14 - Virtualization and Automated Installation
  1. Perform automated installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  2. Create para-virtualized user domains in Xen.
• Unit 15 - Troubleshooting with Rescue Mode
  1. Explore troubleshooting methodologies.
  2. Utilize the rescue environment of anaconda.