Course Overview
The RHCSA Rapid Track course (RH199) combines Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) and Red Hat System Administration II (RH134), reviewing the tasks at an accelerated pace. This course relates to Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® and is designed for experienced Linux system administrators.
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Accessing the command line
- Log in to a Linux system and run simple commands using the shell.
Managing Files from the command line
- Work with files from the bash shell prompt.
Managing local Linux users and groups
- Manage Linux users and groups and administer local password policies.
Controlling access to files with Linux file system permissions
- Set access permissions on files and interpret the security effects of different permission settings.
Managing SELinux security
- Use SELinux to manage access to files and interpret and troubleshoot SELinux security effects.
Monitoring and managing Linux processes
- Monitor and control processes running on the system.
Installing and updating software packages
- Download, install, update, and manage software packages from Red Hat and yum package repositories.
Controlling services and daemons
- Control and monitor network services and system daemons using systemd.
Managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux networking
- Configure basic IPv4 networking on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
Analyzing and storing logs
- Locate and interpret relevant system log files for troubleshooting purposes.
Managing storage and file systems
- Create and use disk partitions, logical volumes, file systems, and swap spaces.
Scheduling system tasks
- Schedule recurring system tasks using cron and systemd timer units.
Mounting network file systems
- Mount network file system (NFS) exports and server message block (SMB) shares from network file servers.
Limiting network communication with firewalld
- Configure a basic local firewall.
Virtualization and kickstart
- Manage KVMs and install them with Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Kickstart.
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Students attending this course should have basic experience with the following, with minimal dependence on documentation:
- Linux (some of the course may be review)
- The bash shell, including job control (&, fg, bg, jobs), shell expansion (command, tilde, globbing, brace, protection from expansion), I/O redirection, and pipes
- IPv4 networking addressing and routing concepts, TCP/UDP, and ports
- Navigation of the GNOME 3 interface
- Editing text files from the command line with vim or other available programs
- Finding information in man pages and info nodes
- The concept of file permissions
- Interactive installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Per-user ‘at’ and ‘cron’ jobs
- Use of archival utilities such as ‘tar’, ‘zip’, and compression utilities
- Absolute and relative paths
- Finding files with ‘find’ and ‘locate’
There is no exam for this course
During this course, you will learn:
- Managing users and groups, files, and file permissions
- Updating software packages with yum
- Managing and troubleshooting systemd services during the boot process
- Network configuration and basic troubleshooting
- Managing local storage and creating and using file systems
- Firewall management with firewalld
- Managing Kernel-based Virtual Machines (KVMs)
- Automating installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Kickstart
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