Course Outline-RH133

RH133 - Red Hat Linux System Administration and RHCT Exam

Course Outline

It is highly recommended that all prospective RHCT participants review the in preparation for the course and exam.

Note: Technical content subject to change without notice. Significant changes in course content will generally be available in posted outlines at least two months prior to being implemented in scheduled courses, to allow enrolled students adequate prep time. Reload this page regularly to insure up-to-date information.

Unit 1 - Package Management

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

Unit 2 - System Initialization

• Define boot process, recover system, and manage service startup.

Unit 3 - Kernel Services

• Explore kernel modules and variants, tune kernel parameters, manage devices, and monitor processes and resources.

Unit 4 - System Services

• Configure and access various consoles to manage system logging, time synchronization, printers, and task automation.

Unit 5 - Filesystem Management

• Expand storage by adding new filesystems and swap space. Configure autofs for on-demand network storage.

Unit 6 - User Administration

• Create, modify and delete users, groups, and policy. Escalate privileges. Establish collaborative group directories.

Unit 7 - Network Configuration

• Configure dynamic and static network settings for both IPv4 and IPv6.

Unit 8 - Advanced User Administration

• Revisit user administration by connecting to network directory services like NIS and LDAP. Protect users and groups through ACLs, quotas, and SELinux.

Unit 9 - Advanced Filesystem Management

• Back up your data. Manage filesystems using Software RAID and Logical Volume Management.

Unit 10 - Installation

• Perform both interactive and automated installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Unit 11 - Virtualization with Xen

• Install the xen environment and create a para-virtualized user domain running Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Unit 12 - Troubleshooting

• Explore troubleshooting methodologies while defining standard things to check. Maintain system from different runlevels. Utilize the rescue environment of anaconda.