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Course Overview
This course focuses on the key tasks needed to become a full time Linux administrator and goes deeper into enterprise Linux administration including file systems and partitioning, logical volumes, SELinux, firewalling, and troubleshooting.
Who Should Attend
IT professionals who have attended Red Hat System Administration I and want the skills to be full-time enterprise Linux administrators and/or earn RHCSA certifications.
Course Objectives
- Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using scalable methods
- Access security files, file systems, and networks
- Execute shell scripting and automation techniques
- Manage storage devices, logical volumes, and file systems
- Manage security and system access
- Control the boot process and system services
Course Outline
1 - Automate installation with Kickstart
- Automate the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems with Kickstart
2 - Use regular expressions with grep
- Write regular expressions that, when partnered with grep, will allow you to quickly isolate or locate content within text files.
3 - Create and Edit text files with vim
- Introduce the vim text editor, with which you can open, edit, and save text files.
4 - Schedule future Linux tasks
- Schedule tasks to automatically execute in the future.
5 - Manage priority of Linux processes
- Influence the relative priorities at which Linux processes run.
6 - Control access to files with access control lists (ACL)
- Manage file security using POSIX access control lists.
7 - Manage SELinux security
- Manage the Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) behavior of a system to keep it secure in case of a network service compromise.
8 - Connect to network-defined users and groups
- Configure systems to use central identity management services.
9 - Add disks, partitions, and file systems to a Linux system
- Manage simple partitions and file systems.
10 - Manage logical volume management (LVM) storage
- Manage logical volumes from the command line.
11 - Access networked attached storage with network file system (NFS)
- Access (secure) NFS shares.
12 - Access networked storage with SMB
- Use autofs and the command line to mount and unmount SMB file systems.
13 - Control and troubleshoot the Red Hat Enterprise Linux boot process
- Limit network communication with firewall, Configure a basic firewall.
14 - Comprehensive review
- Practice and demonstrate knowledge and skills learned in this course.