Red Hat Certified Specialist in Services Management and Automation EX358 Exam Guide

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Services Management and Automation EX358 Exam Guide

by Eric McLeroy
Released February 2023
Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
ISBN: 9781803235493

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Book description

Gain the skills and knowledge to manage your core network services on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with help of self-tests and practical use cases

Key Features

  • Get the EX358 certification with this easy-to-follow guide while preparing for real-life challenges
  • Learn everything you need to know about Linux system administration and automation using Ansible 2.9
  • Use practical use cases and exam-focused questions to prepare for the certification exam

Book Description

If you’re ready to take the next step in your system engineering career with the EX358, then this book is for you. Packed with all the knowledge and skills that you need to configure and maintain services and applications on the Red Hat Linux 8 (RHEL OS 8) platform, this book will help you ace the exam and thrive at work.

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Service Management and Automation will help you build a solid foundation of the most recent and up-to-date exam requirements and practice questions.

Throughout the course of the book, you’ll get hands-on experience with different technical processes needed to fully administer a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 system. This will include file storage, database management, direct configuration of applications, such as SMB shares, networking. You’ll be well equipped with the configuration of essential components like firewall, SELinux, and iSCSI while learning how to automate these tasks using Ansible Automation 2.9 in order to alleviate the burden of completing them by hand.

By the end of this book, you'll have covered all essential topics to ace the Red Hat EX358 certification exam and add another feather to your career as a Red Hat Certified Specialist.

What you will learn

  • Attain the skills to take and pass the Red Hat EX358 certification exam
  • Become familiar with the ways of leveraging Ansible Core 2.9
  • Gain deeper knowledge of the Red Hat Linux Networking with DNS, DHCP, and IP addressing
  • Create your own link and master the networking domain through link aggregation creation
  • Set up printers and email services through Linux servers
  • Get up and running with MariaDB SQL databases
  • Explore how to create and control web traffic

Who this book is for

This book is for you if you want to advance your career by adding the essential Red Hat certificate to your resume. It will be particularly useful for system administrators responsible for managing large enterprise environments, network services and Red Hat Certified Engineers interested in becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA). Before reading this book, you must have a working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ansible Automation and command line usage of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems administration.

Table of contents

  1. Red Hat Certified Specialist in Services Management 
and Automation EX358 Exam Guide
  2. Foreword
  3. Contributors
  4. About the author
  5. About the reviewers
  6. Preface
    1. Who this book is for
    2. What this book covers
    3. To get the most out of this book
    4. Download the example code files
    5. Download the color images
    6. Conventions used
    7. Get in touch
    8. Share Your Thoughts
    9. Download a free PDF copy of this book
  7. Part 1: Red Hat Linux 8 –Configuring and Maintaining Storage with Automation
  8. Chapter 1: Block Storage – Learning How to Provision Block Storage on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    1. Technical requirements
      1. Setting up GitHub access
      2. Setting up your lab environment
    2. iSCSI block storage – overview of what it is and why we need it
      1. Testing your knowledge
    3. iSCSI block storage – manual provisioning and deployment
    4. iSCSI block storage – Ansible automation playbook creation and usage
    5. Summary
  9. Chapter 2: Network File Storage – Expanding Your Knowledge of How to Share Data
    1. Technical requirements
      1. Setting up GitHub access
      2. Setting up your lab environment for NFS and SMB
    2. NFS and SMB network storage – the way they work and when to choose one over the other
    3. NFS Ansible Automation playbook creation and usage
    4. SMB storage manual provisioning and deployment
    5. SMB storage Ansible Automation playbook creation and usage
    6. Summary
  10. Part 2: Red Hat Linux 8 – Configuring and Maintaining Networking with Automation
  11. Chapter 3: Network Services with Automation – Introduction to Red Hat Linux Networking
    1. Technical requirements
      1. Setting up GitHub access
      2. Setting up your lab environment for networking
    2. The beginning of your journey into Linux networking!
    3. Getting to know what the different terms mean and how they apply to what you are trying to achieve!
    4. Creating your basic network profile
    5. Automation of network services using Ansible
    6. Summary
  12. Chapter 4: Link Aggregation Creation – Creating Your Own Link and Mastering the Networking Domain
    1. Technical requirements
      1. Setting up GitHub access
      2. Setting up your lab environment for Network Interface Card (NIC) teaming
    2. Getting to know link aggregation
    3. Creating different types of link aggregation profiles
    4. Taking the headache out of setting up your link aggregation by using Ansible Automation
    5. Summary
  13. Chapter 5: DNS, DHCP, and IP Addressing – Gaining Deeper Knowledge of Red Hat Linux Networking
    1. Setting up GitHub access
    2. Diving deeper into Linux networking where we look at DNS, DHCP, and static IP addressing
    3. Setting up static IP addresses for times when DHCP is not available but you still need to make that service reachable
    4. Using the basic out-of-the-box DHCP configuration to get online fast when available on your network
      1. Using DHCP at initial interface connectivity provided by an external source
      2. Setting up DHCP server configuration manually to provide DHCP services
      3. Automating DHCP server configuration to provide DHCP services
    5. Learning about the DNS and why you need to know about it
      1. Setting up DNS server configuration manually to provide DNS services
      2. Automating DNS server configuration to provide DNS services
    6. Summary
  14. Part 3: Red Hat Linux 8 – Configuring and Maintaining Applications with Automation and a Comprehensive Review with Exam Tips
  15. Chapter 6: Printer and Email – Setting Up Printers and Email Services on Linux Servers
    1. Technical requirements
      1. Setting up GitHub access
    2. Learning about printer services and setting them up manually
    3. Setting up printer services via Ansible Automation
    4. Learning about email services and setting them up manually
    5. Setting up email services via Ansible Automation
    6. Summary
  16. Chapter 7: Databases – Setting Up and Working with MariaDB SQL Databases
    1. Technical requirements
      1. Setting up GitHub access
    2. Getting started with MariaDB for data collection storage
    3. Installing and configuring MariaDB on RHEL 8 manually
    4. Installing and configuring MariaDB on RHEL 8 using Ansible Automation
    5. Summary
  17. Chapter 8: Web Servers and Web Traffic – Learning How to Create and Control Traffic
    1. Technical requirements
      1. Setting up GitHub access
    2. Getting started with web servers and traffic control
    3. Learning to set up web servers manually and control traffic
    4. Learning how to use Ansible Automation to automate web servers and control traffic
    5. Summary
  18. Chapter 9: Comprehensive Review and Test Exam Questions
    1. Technical requirements
      1. Setting up GitHub access
    2. A comprehensive review of all exam objectives and mock exams for you to test your newfound skills
      1. Managing network services
      2. Managing firewall services
      3. Managing SELinux
      4. Managing system processes
      5. Managing link aggregation
      6. Managing DNS
      7. Managing DHCP
      8. Managing printers
      9. Managing email services
      10. Managing a MariaDB database server
      11. Managing web access
      12. Managing NFS
    3. Summary
  19. Chapter 10: Tips and Tricks to Help with the Exam
    1. Technical requirements
    2. Scheduling your exam
    3. Tips and tricks that can help while taking the test
    4. Summary
  20. Index
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Product information

  • Title: Red Hat Certified Specialist in Services Management and Automation EX358 Exam Guide
  • Author(s): Eric McLeroy
  • Release date: February 2023
  • Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781803235493