A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux Certification

This hands-on course will help you to both prepare for the Linux certifications exams like RHCSA and handle your Linux scientific computing needs. Revised for 2021 & RHEL8.

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Created by Linux Computing School
Last updated Mon, 18-Jan-2021

- INTRODUCTION
  - Course Introduction: RHCSA and LPIC1 Preview
- CLASSROOM
  - Live Class No classes sheduled yet!
- SYLLABUS
  - RHCSA EX200 - RHEL8 Preview
  - LPIC-1 Exam 101-500
  - LPIC-1 Exam 102-500
- UNDERSTAND AND USE ESSENTIAL TOOLS
  - Access a shell prompt and commands Preview
  - Environment variables
  - Input and output redirection Preview
  - Grep and regular expressions to analyze text Preview
  - Accessing remote machines using SSH
  - Log in and switch users in multiuser targets
  - Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files
  - Editing text files with Vim
  - Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories
  - Create hard and soft links
  - List, set, and change standard permissions
  - Locate, read, and use system documentation
- CREATE SIMPLE SHELL SCRIPTS
  - Conditionally execute code Preview
  - Use Looping constructs
  - Process script inputs
  - Processing output of shell commands within a script
  - Processing shell command exit codes
- OPERATE RUNNING SYSTEMS
  - Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally
  - Boot systems into different targets manually
  - Interrupt the boot process in order to gain access
  - Identify CPU/memory intensive processes and kill proces
  - Adjust process scheduling
  - Manage tuning profiles
  - Locate and interpret system log files and journals
  - Preserve system journals
  - Start, stop, and check the status of network services
  - Securely transfer files between systems
- CONFIGURE LOCAL STORAGE
  - List, create, delete partitions on MBR and GPT disks
  - Create and remove physical volumes
  - Assign physical volumes to volume groups
  - Create and delete logical volumes
  - Configure systems to mount file systems
  - Add new partitions and logical volumes, and swap
- CREATE AND CONFIGURE FILE SYSTEMS
  - Create, mount, unmount, and use vfat, ext4 and xfs file
  - Mount and unmount network file systems using NFS
  - Extend existing unencrypted logical volumes
  - Create and configure set-GID directories
  - Configure disk compression
  - Manage layered storage
  - Diagnose and correct file permission problems
- DEPLOY, CONFIGURE, AND MAINTAIN SYSTEMS
  - Schedule tasks using at and cron
  - Start and stop services and configure service
  - Configure systems to boot into a specific target
  - Configure time service clients
  - Install and update software packages
  - Work with package module streams
  - Modify the system bootloader
- MANAGE BASIC NETWORKING
  - Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
  - Configure hostname resolution
  - Configure network services to start auto
  - Restrict network access using firewall
- MANAGE USERS AND GROUPS
  - Create, delete, and modify local user
  - Change passwords and adjust password
  - Create, delete, and modify local groups
  - Configure superuser access
- MANAGE SECURITY
  - Configure firewall settings firewalld
  - Create and use file access control lists
  - Configure key-based authentication for SSH
  - Set enforcing and permissive modes for SELinux
  - List and identify SELinux file
  - Restore default file contexts
  - Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux
  - Diagnose and address routine SELinux policy violations
- MANAGE CONTAINERS
  - Find and retrieve container images from a remote
  - Inspect container images
  - Perform container management using commands such as pod
  - Perform basic container management such as running
  - Run a service inside a container
  - Configure a container to start automatically as a syste
  - Configure a container to start automatically as a syste
  - Attach persistent storage to a container
- PDF RESOURCES
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Exercises PDF
  - RHEL OpenRHCSA PDF
Description

Scientific computing is one of the first areas where Linux has had a major impact on production, mission-critical computing. Features of scientific computing:
- Performance is everything, use of HPC systems is common.
- Users write their own codes
- Full-featured user-friendly GUI interface not required
- Goal is science, not only computer science!
Based on the elementary Linux exams like RHCSA certification exam outline, this hands-on practical course will help you to both prepare for the Linux certifications exams like RHCSA exam and handle your Linux-based scientific computing needs.
Target audience:
- Experienced Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators seeking validation of their skills
- Students who have attended Red Hat System Administration I and II and are on the path to earn RHCSA certification
- Experienced Linux system administrators who require a certification either by their organization or based on a mandate (DOD 8570 directive)
- IT professionals who are on the path to earn a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE^®) certification
Requirements
- It is a self-learning course with all Linux environtments provided.
Outcome
- Almost everyone can benefit from learning to use Linux particularly students/ researchers who want to learn Linux and the command line to improve their career prospects
Instructor Profile

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Reviews (2)
- Auriel Fron PhDStudent
  
  Hands-on, good course!
  
  Wed, 20-May-2020
- Student
  
  Awesome! Covers RHCSA objectives well.
  
  Sat, 23-May-2020
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