RHCE Fast Track Course with RHCSA and RHCE Exams - RH300

Course summary

The RHCE Fast Track Course with RHCSA and RHCE Exams (RH300) is designed for Senior Linux system administrators who want to validate their competency by earning the RHCSA and RHCE credentials. This 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.

The RHCSA and RHCE exams are included with this course.

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
  • Confirmation of the correct skill-set required for this course can be obtained by passing the online pre-assessment quiz – redhat.com/explore/pre-assessment

Follow up courses and exams:

Includes:

  • 5 days intensive training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Hands-on labs and exercises
  • Catered lunch
  • One workstation per student
  • Student materials, pre-assessment questionnaire, study aids, handouts
  • Red Hat promotional items

All other expenses of travel and per diem are the student´s responsibility.

Course Outline
The following is an outline of the skills and knowledge represented in the training elements of the RHCE Rapid Track Course (RH300) course.

  • Unit 1 - Software Management

    Objective: Manage packages with yum, rpm, and RHN; build an RPM package and place it in a repository

  • Unit 2 - Network Management

    Objective: Configure and troubleshoot network settings; configure network bonding

  • Unit 3 - Storage Management

    Objective: Manage partitioning, filesystems and swap space; configure encrypted partitions and iSCSI initiator

  • Unit 4 - Logical Volume Management (LVM)

    Objective: Manage physical volumes, volume groups and logical volumes with their filesystems

  • Unit 5 - Account Management

    Objective: Provide password aging for accounts; use ACLs and SGID directories for collaborative directories

  • Unit 6 - Authentication Management

    Objective: Configure an LDAP and Kerberos client; configure autofs to support authentication client

  • Unit 7 - Installation, Kickstart, and Virtualization

    Objective: Install a system and manage kickstart and firstboot; use virtualization tools to manage virtual machines

  • Unit 8 - Boot Management

    Objective: Configure runlevels and sysctl; reset the root password; understand the boot process

  • Unit 9 - Scheduling Commands (at and cron)

    Objective: Schedule commands using at and cron

  • Unit 10 - Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Management

    Objective: Understand, troubleshoot, and manage SELinux

  • Unit 11 - Firewall Management

    Objective: Manage the firewall

  • Unit 12 - Network Time Protocol (NTP) Service

    Objective: Configure an NTP server and provide that service to clients

  • Unit 13 - System Logging (rsyslog) Service

    Objective: Troubleshoot by finding and analyzing logs; configure remote logging

  • Unit 14 - Web (HTTP/HTTPS) Service

    Objective: Manage a web server with virtual hosts and using file/directory access controls

  • Unit 15 - Email (SMTP) Service

    Objective: Null client; outbound smarthost relay; accept inbound connections

  • Unit 16 - Domain Name System (DNS) Service

    Objective: Configure a caching nameserver and DNS forwarder

  • Unit 17 - Network File System (NFS) Service

    Objective: Manage the NFS service; use autofs to access the NFS server

  • Unit 18 - Common Internet File System (CIFS) Service

    Objective: Configure a CIFS server; use autofs to access the CIFS server

  • Unit 19 - File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service

    Objective: Provide anonymous-only download service; provide drop-box upload service

  • Unit 20 - Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) Service

    Objective: Configure local and remote printers

  • Unit 21 - Secure Shell (SSH) Service

    Objective: Configure and implement SSH keys; use SSH for port forwarding; transfer data using rsync

  • Unit 22 - Virtual Network Computing (VNC) Service

    Objective: Configure remote desktops and connect to them securely

  • Unit 23 - Comprehensive Review

    Objective: Review tasks previously taught in class