This course is singularly designed for students who have completed Red Hat System Administration I (RH124). The organization of topics is such that it is not appropriate for student to use RH134 as a curriculum entry point. Students who have not taken a previous Red Hat course are encouraged to take either System Administration I if they are new to Linux, or the RHCSA Fast Track course (RH200) if they are experienced with enterprise Linux administration.

Prerequisites for this course

Red Hat System Administration I (RH124)

Automate installation with Kickstart

Automate the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems with Kickstart.

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.

Create and Edit text files with vim

Introduce the vim text editor, with which you can open, edit, and save text files.

Schedule future Linux tasks

Schedule tasks to automatically execute in the future.

Manage priority of Linux processes

Influence the relative priorities at which Linux processes run.

Control access to files with access control lists (ACL)

Manage file security using POSIX access control lists.

Manage SELinux security

Manage the Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) behavior of a system to keep it secure in case of a network service compromise.

Connect to network-defined users and groups

Configure systems to use central identity management services.

Add disks, partitions, and file systems to a Linux system

Manage simple partitions and file systems.

Manage logical volume management (LVM) storage

Manage logical volumes from the command line.

Access networked attached storage with network file system (NFS)

Access (secure) NFS shares.

Access networked storage with SMB

Use autofs and the command line to mount and unmount SMB file systems.

Control and troubleshoot the Red Hat Enterprise Linux boot process

Limit network communication with firewall

Configure a basic firewall.

Comprehensive review

Practice and demonstrate knowledge and skills learned in this course.

Red Hat Certified System Administration exam (EX200)

Red Hat System Administration III (RH254)

Red Hat System Administration III with exam (RH255)

Red Hat Performance Tuning (RH442)

Red Hat Server Hardening (RH413)

Impact on the organization

This course is intended to develop the skills needed to extend, automate, and better secure an existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployment. It is designed as a natural extension of the RH124 course and introduces advanced file-system management capabilities, security controls, and firewall configuration.The skills developed in this course could lead to improved infrastructure performance, increased system utilization, and responsiveness to system failures. A better understanding of Linux file system and logical volume management should result in lower storage costs and better use of existing storage solutions.

Red Hat has created this course in a way intended to benefit our customers, but each company and infrastructure is unique, and actual results or benefits may vary.

Impact of this training

As a result of attending this course, students should be able to perform the key tasks needed to become a full-time Linux administrator. Students will be introduced to more advanced administrative topics, such as storage management using LVM, SELinux management, and automated installation. This course goes deeper into enterprise Linux administration, including file systems and partitioning, logical volumes, SELinux, firewall configuration, and troubleshooting.

Students should be able to demonstrate the following skills:

• Automate installations using Kickstart
• Manage file systems and logical volumes
• Manage scheduled jobs
• Access network file systems
• Manage SELinux
• Control firewalls
• Perform troubleshooting tasks