RHCE Rapid Track Course and RHCE Exam
[ Course No. RH300 - 4 Days ]

• COURSE OVERVIEW

The Red Hat Certified Engineer? course is designed for UNIX- and Linux-experienced users, networking specialists, and system administrators. This 5-day course provides intensive hands-on training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and includes the RHCE Certification Lab Exam on day 5. Those who are interested in taking the rapid track course, but who would prefer to defer taking the exam until the later date, or who are not interested in certification may wish to consider RH301- Red Hat Linux Rapid Track Course.

• Audience Profile

UNIX or Linux system administrators who have significant real-world experience with UNIX or Linux systems administration and some experience setting up key networking services such as HTTP, DNS, NIS, DHCP, and who want a fast-track course to prepare for the RHCE Exam.

• At Course Completion

Clients will become Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators who have been trained then tested by means of the RHCE Exam, a realistic performance-based lab exam that tests his/her actual ability to: install and configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux; understand limitations of hardware; configure networking and file systems; configure the X Window System; configure security, set up common network (IP) services, carry out diagnostics and troubleshooting, and perform essential Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administration.

• Prerequisites

• RH033- Red Hat Linux Essentials
• RH131- Red Hat Linux System Administration or
• RH133- Red Hat Linux System Administration (and RHCT Exam)
• RH253- Red Hat Linux Networking and Security Administration or
• Equivalent experience with UNIX; LAN/WAN fundamentals Internetworking with TCP/IP, knowledge or experience setting up NFS, HTTP, DNS, FTP, NIS, DHCP, and other networking services, and security

• Related Certification Exam(s)

RH202 RHCT Certification Lab Exam

• Next Class(es)

• RH300- RHCE Rapid Track and Certification Course

• COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1 - Automated Installation and Virtualization

• Perform an automated installation of Red HatEnterprise Linux.
• Create a para-virtualized user domain under Xen.

Module 2 - Package Management

• Manage software on system using yum, Red Hat Network, and rpm.

Module 3 - Administrative Access and System Services

• Configure and access various consoles.
• Escalate privileges.
• Secure OpenSSH service with keys.
• Manage system logging, printers, task automation and time synchronization.

Module 4 - System Initialization and Troubleshooting

• Define boot process, recover system, and manage service startup.
• Utilize the rescue environment of anaconda.

Module 5 - Kernel and Network Configuration

• Explore kernel modules and variants, tune kernel parameters, and manage devices.
• Configure dynamic and static network settings for IPv4.

Module 6 - Filesystem Management

• Expand storage by adding new filesystems and swap space.
• Configure autofs for on-demand network storage.
• Manage filesystems using Software RAID and Logical Volume Management.

Module 7 - User Administration

• Create, modify and delete users, groups, and policy.
• Establish collaborative group directories.
• Protect users and groups through ACLs and quotas.

Module 8 - Advanced Account Management

• Revisit user administration by connecting to network directory services like NIS and LDAP.
• Manage local system security utilizing Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).

Module 9 - Securing Data and SELinux

• Review digital certificates and OpenSSH.
• Implement and troubleshoot Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux).

Module 10 - Network-level Access Controls: Netfilter

• Protect the system using a packet filtering host-based firewall.

Module 11 - Service-level Access Controls: TCP Wrappers

• Protect services using TCP Wrappers.

Module 12 - Web Services

• Configure the Apache web server.
• Extend web server utilizing virtual hosting.
• Configure the Squid web proxy cache.

Module 13 - Network Infrastructure Services

• Centralize logging.
• Distribute network addresses with a DHCP server.
• Establish name resolution through caching and slave DNS server utilizing BIND.

Module 14 - Network File Sharing Services

• Set up an FTP server with vsftpd.
• Share files with an NFS server.
• Network with Windows systems utilizing Samba.

Module 15 - Mail Services

• Switch MTAs.
• Configure an MTA utlizing postfix.
• Implement mail retrieval using POP3/POP3S/IMAP/IMAPS through dovecot.