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Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) Crash Course

Published by Pearson

Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced

Get Ready to Crush the Red Hat RHCSA exam

This live event utilizes interactive environments
  • Learn core Red Hat administration skills
  • Deepen your knowledge with focused and intensive training built to help you pass the test
  • Test your skills with homework that includes both guided and unguided interactive labs and then get a full review of the RHCSA Challenges to determine exam readiness

Get the information you need to pass the RHCSA exam! The Red Hat RHCSA exam is the most demanding and popular Linux certification available today. It qualifies Linux administrators, users and developers on the skills required to work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux in a corporate environment.

This 4-day intensive course gives you the training you need to learn what is on the RHCSA exam, from installation, understanding configurations, and managing processes and procedures to troubleshooting and managing containers. Experienced trainer and author Sander van Vugt covers each main topic in the exam and also shares his vast experience as a certification trainer and Red Hat expert so you can learn what you need to know to become RHCSA certified.

Each day ends with interactive homework assignments built to help you gain exam readiness. The course then ends with a real-world live practice exam.

Note: There are 3 types of labs in this class built to accommodate 3 different levels, so there is always an exercise that matches your current level of knowledge and expertise:

  • Interactive Scenarios are available for students new to the topic and provide an interactive environment where students work through a step-by-step guided interactive lab.
  • Interactive Unguided Challenges are included for students that feel more confident. In a Challenge students will work by themselves, but the challenge comes with hints that help move students forward in case they get stuck.
  • Labs are the most difficult exercises. Students work on the lab assignments without getting any help, and solutions are provided in class.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

By the end of the live online course, you’ll understand:

  • How to set up a secure Red Hat Linux-based environment
  • How to use the various storage devices Red Hat offers
  • How to run and manage workloads as processes or containers

And you’ll be able to:

  • Create a storage solution, using partitions, LVM, Stratis or VDO
  • Secure a server, using SElinux as well as permissions
  • Manage processes, as units in Systemd as well as individual processes

This live event is for you because...

  • You want to earn your Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certification
  • You would like to build on your current knowledge about Linux fundamentals
  • You would like to learn hands-on real-world Red Hat skills

Prerequisites

  • Knowledge of Linux Fundamentals is required to successfully participate in this class

Course Set-up:

  • Participants need to prepare an environment where virtual machines can be installed. It doesn't matter which software is used for this purpose.
  • Download the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • Perform a basic installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, according to the instructions found here

Recommended Preparation:

Recommended Follow-up:

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Day 1

(Breaks will be provided throughout each day, usually at the top of the hour)

Advanced Command Line Getting Started Lab (1 hour)

  • Students will work on an advanced command line getting started lab
  • Instructor will provide lab instructions

Managing Users, Groups and Permissions (2 hours)

  • creating users and groups
  • working with basic and special permissions

Hands-On Practice Labs: Managing Groups, Users and Permissions

Managing Partitions and File Systems (1 hour)

  • Working with partitions and file systems in different use cases

Hands-On Practice Labs: Managing Partitions and File Systems

Homework:

Guided Scenarios

  • RHCSA - Managing Users and Groups
  • RHCSA: Managing Basic Permissions
  • RHCSA: Managing Special Permissions

Unguided Challenges

  • RHCSA Challenge - Setting up a Shared Group Environment

Day 2

Interactive Challenge Review: Setting up a Shared Group Environment

Managing Partitions and File Systems part 2 (1 hour)

  • Setting up advanced partitioning scenarios
  • Configuring Automatic mounts through fstab

Managing Networking (30 minutes)

  • Verifying and Configuring and configure networking

Software Management (60 minutes)

  • Setting up repository access
  • Working with yum and yum modules

Managing LVM and Stratis Storage (90 minutes)

  • Setting up LVM
  • Configuring Stratis Volumes

Hands-On Practice Labs: Managing Storage

Homework:

Guided Scenarios

  • RHCSA: Creating Partitions and File Systems

Unguided Challenges

  • RHCSA Challenge - Creating Partitions and File Systems

Day 3

  • Interactive Challenge Review: Managing Storage

Managing Systemd (60 minutes)

  • Working with Systemd Services and Targets
  • Configuring Systemd Mounts

Managing VDO Storage (30 minutes)

  • Configuring VDO Storage
  • Mounting VDO devices using Systemd mounts

Managing SELinux and Firewalling (60 minutes)

  • Managing SELinux File and Port Access
  • Configuring Firewalld

Hands-on Practice Lab: Managing SELinux File Context

Configuring Remote Mounts (45 minutes)

  • Setting up a Simple NFS Server
  • Configuring Automount

Managing the boot procedure and troubleshooting (45 minutes)

  • Understanding Linux booting
  • Resetting a lost root password

Hands-On Practice Labs:: Resetting a lost root password

Homework:

Guided Scenarios

  • RHCSA - Managing SELinux File Context

Unguided Challenges

  • RHCSA Challenge - Managing SELinux File Context

Day 4

Interactive Challenge Review: Managing SELinux File Context

Managing Containers (1 hour and 50 minutes)

  • Working with Containers in RHEL 8
  • Setting up auto-staring rootless containers

Sample Exam (1 hour and 50 minutes)

  • Exam tips and trics
  • Students will work on a sample exam
  • Sample exam solutions
  • Q&A (10 minutes)

Course wrap-up and next steps (10 minutes)

Disclaimer:

O’Reilly Media, Pearson IT Certification, and Sander Van Vugt have no affiliation with Red Hat, Inc. The RED HAT and RHCSA trademarks are used for identification purposes only and are not intended to indicate affiliation with or approval by Red Hat, Inc.

Your Instructor

  • Sander van Vugt

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Skill covered

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)