About this Course

This course relates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and is specifically designed for students who have completed Red Hat System Administration I (RH124). Red Hat System Administration II (RH134) focuses on the key tasks needed to become a full time Linux administrator. This course goes deeper into enterprise Linux administration including file systems and partitioning, logical volumes, SELinux, firewalling, and troubleshooting. Attending both Red Hat System Administration I and Red Hat System Administration II can help you in your preparation for the Red Hat Certified System Administrator Exam (EX200).

Course Content

During the course, students will cover the following:

• Installation using Kickstart
• Managing filesystems and logical volumes
• Managing scheduled jobs
• Accessing network filesystems
• Managing SELinux
• Controlling firewalling
• Troubleshooting

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

14. Limit network communication with firewall

• Configure a basic firewall.

15. Comprehensive review

• Practice and demonstrate knowledge and skills learned in this course.