Red Hat Linux // RH299

RH299 Red Hat Certified Engineer RHCE Rapid Track Course

Your fast-track to Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE). Certification for senior Linux system administrators.

Course Description

The RHCE Fast Track Course with no exam (RH299) 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.

Audience

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. This course is not recommended for students who have successfully completed the RHCSA Rapid Track Course (RH200). For those students, the Red Hat System Administration III (RH254) course is recommended.

Prerequisites

Students must meet the requirements for attending Red Hat System Administration I, II, and III courses
Students must have the same skill set as an RHCT/RHCSA

What You Will Learn

Aftercompleting this course you will understand:
  • Package management
  • Network management
  • Storage management
  • Account and authentication management
  • Installation, Kickstart, and virtualization
  • SELinux and firewall management
  • Web service
  • Email service
  • Network file sharing services
  • SSH and VNC services

Course Outline

Module 1: Software Management
Manage packages with yum, rpm, and RHN; build an RPM package and place it in a repository
Module Unit 2: Network Management
Configure and troubleshoot network settings; configure network bonding
Module 3: Storage Management
Manage partitioning, filesystems and swap space; configure encrypted partitions and iSCSI initiator
Module 4: Logical Volume Management (LVM)
Manage physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes with their filesystems
Module 5: Account Management
Provide password aging for accounts; use ACLs and SGID directories for collaborative directories
Module 6: Authentication Management
Configure an LDAP and Kerberos client; configure autofs to support authentication client
Module 7: Installation, Kickstart, and Virtualization
Install a system and manage kickstart and firstboot; use virtualization tools to manage virtual machines
Module 8: Boot Management
Configure runlevels and sysctl; reset the root password; understand the boot process
Module 9: Scheduling Commands (at and cron)
Schedule commands using at and cron
Module 10: Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Management
Understand, troubleshoot, and manage SELinux
Module 11: Firewall Management
Manage the firewall
Module 12: Network Time Protocol (NTP) Service
Configure an NTP server and provide that service to clients
Module 13: System Logging (rsyslog) Service
Troubleshoot by finding and analyzing logs; configure remote logging
Module 14: Web (HTTP/HTTPS) Service
Manage a web server with virtual hosts and using file/directory access controls
Module 15: Email (SMTP) Service
Null client; outbound smarthost relay; accept inbound connections
Module 16: Domain Name System (DNS) Service
Configure a caching nameserver and DNS forwarder
Module 17: Network File System (NFS) Service
Manage the NFS service; use autofs to access the NFS server
Module 18: Common Internet File System (CIFS) Service
Configure a CIFS server; use autofs to access the CIFS server
Module 19: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service
Provide anonymous-only download service; provide drop-box upload service
Module 20: Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) Service
Configure local and remote printers
Module 21: Secure Shell (SSH) Service
Configure and implement SSH keys; use SSH for port forwarding; transfer data using rsync
Module 22: Virtual Network Computing (VNC) Service
Configure remote desktops and connect to them securely
Module 23: Comprehensive Review
Review tasks previously taught in class
Follow up courses: 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Troubleshooting (RH242)
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RH318)
Red Hat Enterprise Security: Network Services (RHS333)
Red Hat Enterprise Deployment, Virtualization and Systems Management (RH401)
Red Hat Enterprise Directory Services and Authentication (RH423)
Red Hat Enterprise SE Linux Policy Administration (RHS429)
Red Hat Enterprise Clustering and Storage Management (RH436)
Red Hat Enterprise System Monitoring and Performance Tuning (RH442)