RHCSA Rapid Track with RHCSA exam («RH200»)

• 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

• 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.

Consists of the following modules

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator - Remote Exam (RHCSA) («EX200R»)
• RHCSA Rapid Track Course («RH199»)

• 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'

Confirmation of the correct skill-set knowledge can be obtained by passing the online skills assessment.