Red Hat Engineer Master's Program

·         Lecture 30: Get started with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

·         Describe and define open source, Linux distributions, and

       Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

·         Lecture 31: Access the command line

·         Log into a Linux system and run simple commands using

       the shell.

·         Lecture 32: Manage files from the command line

·         Copy, move, create, delete, and organize files while working

       from the bash shell.

·         Lecture 33: Get help in Red Hat Enterprise Linux

·         Resolve problems by using local help systems

·         Lecture 34: Create, view, and edit text files

·         Manage text files from command output or in a text editor.

·         Lecture 35: Manage local users and groups

·         Create, manage, and delete local users and groups, as well

       as administer local password policies.

·         Lecture 36: Control access to files

·         Set Linux file system permissions on files and interpret the

       security effects of different permission settings.

·         Lecture 37: Monitor and manage Linux processes

·         Evaluate and control processes running on a Red Hat Enterprise

       Linux system.

·         Lecture 38: Control services and daemons

·         Control and monitor network services and system daemons using system.

·         Lecture 39: Configure and secure SSH

·         Configure secure command-line service on remote systems,

       using OpenSSH.

·         Lecture 40: Analyze and store logs

·         Locate and accurately interpret logs of system events for

       troubleshooting purposes.

·         Lecture 41: Manage networking

·         Configure network interfaces and settings on Red Hat Enterprise

       Linux servers.

·         Lecture 42: Archive and transfer files

·         Archive and copy files from one system to another.

·         Lecture 43: Install and update software

·         Download, install, update, and manage software packages

       from Red Hat and yum package repositories.

·         Lecture 44: Access Linux files systems

·         Access, inspect, and use existing file systems on storage

       attached to a Linux server.

·         Lecture 45: Analyze servers and get support

·         Investigate and resolve issues in the web-based management

       interface getting support from Red Hat to help solve problems.

·         Lecture 46: Comprehensive review

·         Review the content covered in this course by completing

       hands-on exercises

·       Lecture 47: Improve command line productivity

·       Run commands more efficiently by using advanced features of the Bash shell, shell scripts, and various utilities provided by Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

·       Lecture 48: Schedule future tasks

·       Schedule commands to run in the future, either one time or on a repeating schedule.

·       Lecture 49: Tune system performance

·       Improve system performance by setting tuning parameters and adjusting scheduling priority of processes.

·       Lecture 50: Control access to files with ACLs

·       Interpret and set access control lists (ACLs) on files to handle situations requiring complex user and group access permissions.

·       Lecture 51: Manage SELinux security

·       Protect and manage the security of a server by using SELinux.

·       Lecture 52: Manage basic storage

·       Create and manage storage devices, partitions, file systems, and swap spaces from the command line.

·       Lecture 53: Manage logical volumes

·       Create and manage logical volumes containing file systems and swap spaces from the command line.

·       Lecture 54: Implement advanced storage features

·       Manage storage using the Stratis local storage management system and use VDO volumes to optimize storage space in use.

·       Lecture 55: Access network-attached storage

·       Use the NFS protocol to administer network-attached storage.

·       Lecture 56: Control the boot process

·       Manage the boot process to control services offered and to troubleshoot and repair problems

·       Lecture 57: Manage network security

·       Control network connections to services using the system firewall and SELinux rules.

·       Lecture 58: Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux

·       Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux on servers and virtual machines.

·       Lecture 59: Run Containers

·       Obtain, run, and manage simple, lightweight services as containers on a single Red Hat Enterprise Linux server.

RHCSA exam candidates should be able to accomplish the tasks below without assistance. These have been grouped into several categories.

·         Understand and use essential tools

·         Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax

·         Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.)

·         Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text

·         Access remote systems using SSH

·         Log in and switch users in multiuser targets

·         Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar,

       star, gzip, and bzip2

·         Create and edit text files

·         Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories

·         Create hard and soft links

·         List, set, and change standard ugo/rwx permissions

·         Locate, read, and use system documentation including man,

       info, and files in /usr/share/doc

·         Create simple shell scripts

·         Conditionally execute code (use of: if, test, [], etc.)

·         Use Looping constructs (for, etc.) to process file,

       command line input

·         Process script inputs ($1, $2, etc.)

·         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 to a system

·         Identify CPU/memory intensive processes and kill processes

·         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 at boot by

       universally unique ID (UUID) or label

·         Add new partitions and logical volumes, and swap to a

       system non-destructively

·         Create and configure file systems

·         Create, mount, unmount, and use vfat, ext4, and xfs file systems

·         Mount and unmount network file systems using NFS

·         Extend existing logical volumes

·         Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration

·         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 services to

       start automatically at boot

·         Configure systems to boot into a specific target automatically

·         Configure time service clients

·         Install and update software packages from Red Hat Network,

       a remote repository, or from the local file system

·         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 automatically at boot

·         Restrict network access using firewall-cmd/firewall

·         Manage users and groups

·         Create, delete, and modify local user accounts

·         Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user

       accounts

·         Create, delete, and modify local groups and group memberships

·         Configure superuser access

·         Manage security

·         Configure firewall settings using firewall-cmd/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 and process context

·         Restore default file contexts

·         Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux settings

·         Diagnose and address routine SELinux policy violations

·         Manage containers

·         Find and retrieve container images from a remote registry

·         Inspect container images

·         Perform container management using commands such as

       podman and skopeo

·         Perform basic container management such as running, starting,

       stopping, and listing running containers

·         Run a service inside a container

·         Configure a container to start automatically as a systemd service

·         Attach persistent storage to a container

·       Lecture-76: Control services and daemons

·       Review how to manage services and the boot-up process using systemctl.

·       Lecture-77: Manage IPv6 networking

·       Configure and troubleshoot basic IPv6 networking on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.

·       Lecture-78: Configure link aggregation and bridging

·       Configure and troubleshoot advanced network interface functionality including bonding, teaming, and local software bridges.

·       Lecture-79: Control network port security

·       Permit and reject access to network services using advanced SELinux and firewalld filtering techniques.

·       Lecture-80: Manage DNS for servers

·       Set and verify correct DNS records for systems and configure secure DNS caching.

·       Lecture-81: Configure email delivery

·       Relay all email sent by the system to an SMTP gateway for central delivery.

·       Lecture-82: Provide block-based storage

·       Provide and use networked iSCSI block devices as remote disks.

·       Lecture-83: Provide file-based storage

·       Provide NFS exports and SMB file shares to specific systems and users.

·       Lecture-84: Configure MariaDB databases

·       Provide a MariaDB SQL database for use by programs and database administrators.

·       Lecture-85: Provide Apache HTTPD web service

·       Configure Apache HTTPD to provide Transport Layer Security (TLS)-enabled websites and virtual hosts.

·       Lecture-86: Write bash scripts

·       Write simple shell scripts using bash.

·       Lecture-87: Bash conditionals and control structures

·       Use bash conditionals and other control structures to write more sophisticated shell commands and scripts.

·       Lecture-88: Configure the shell environment

·       Customize bash startup and use environment variables, bash aliases, and bash functions.

·       Lecture 89: Comprehensive review

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

RHCE exam candidates should consult the RHCSA exam objectives and be capable of RHCSA-level tasks, as some of these skills may be required in order to meet RHCE exam objectives. Red Hat reserves the right to add, modify, and remove objectives. Such changes will be made public in advance through revisions to this document.

·         System configuration and management

·         Use network teaming or bonding to configure aggregated network

       links between two Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems

·         Configure IPv6 addresses and perform basic IPv6 troubleshooting

·         Route IP traffic and create static routes

·         Use firewalld and associated mechanisms such as rich rules, zones

       and custom rules, to implement packet filtering and configure network

       address translation (NAT)

·         Configure a system to authenticate using Kerberos

·         Configure a system as either an iSCSI target or initiator that

       persistently mounts an iSCSI target

·         Produce and deliver reports on system utilization (processor,

       memory, disk, and network)

·         Use shell scripting to automate system maintenance tasks

·         Network services 

·         Install the packages needed to provide the service

·         Configure SELinux to support the service

·         Use SELinux port labeling to allow services to use non-standard ports

·         Configure the service to start when the system is booted

·         Configure the service for basic operation

·         Configure host-based and user-based security for the service

·         HTTP/HTTPS

·         Configure a virtual host

·         Configure access restrictions on directories

·         Deploy a basic CGI application

·         Configure group-managed content

·         Configure TLS security

·         DNS

·         Configure a caching-only name server

·         Troubleshoot DNS client issues

·         NFS

·         Provide network shares to specific clients

·         Provide network shares suitable for group collaboration

·         Use Kerberos to control access to NFS network shares

·         SMB

·         Provide network shares to specific clients

·         Provide network shares suitable for group collaboration

·         SMTP

·         Configure a system to forward all email to a central mail server

·         SSH

·         Configure key-based authentication

·         Configure additional options described in documentation

·         NTP

·         Synchronize time using other NTP peers

·         Database services

·         Install and configure MariaDB

·         Backup and restore a database

·         Create a simple database schema

·         Perform simple SQL queries against a database

·      Lecture – 1 Introduce Ansible

·      Describe Ansible concepts and install Red Hat Ansible Engine.

·      Lecture – 2 Deploy Ansible

·      Configure Ansible to manage hosts and run ad hoc

     Ansible commands.

·      Lecture – 3 Implement playbooks

·      Write a simple Ansible Playbook and run it to automate tasks

     on multiple managed hosts.

·      Lecture – 4 Manage variables and facts

·      Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of

      the playbook and facts to reference information about managed

      hosts.

·      Lecture – 5 Implement task control

·      Manage task control, handlers, and task errors in Ansible

     Playbooks.

·      Lecture – 6 Deploy files to managed hosts

·      Deploy, manage, and adjust files on hosts managed by Ansible.

·      Lecture – 7 Manage large projects

·      Write playbooks that are optimized for larger, more complex

      projects.

·      Lecture – 8 Simplify playbooks with roles

·      Use Ansible roles to develop playbooks more quickly and to reuse

     Ansible code.

·      Lecture – 9 Troubleshoot Ansible

·      Troubleshoot playbooks and managed hosts.

·      Lecture – 10 Automate Linux administration tasks

·      Automate common Linux system administration tasks

     with Ansible

As an RHCE exam candidate, you should be able to handle all responsibilities expected of a Red Hat Certified System Administrator, including these tasks: Be able to perform all tasks expected of a Red Hat Certified System Administrator

·         Understand and use essential tools

·         Operate running systems

·         Configure local storage

·         Create and configure file systems

·         Deploy, configure, and maintain systems

·         Manage users and groups

·         Manage security

·         Understand core components of Ansible

·         Inventories

·         Modules

·         Variables

·         Facts

·         Plays

·         Playbooks

·         Configuration files

·         Use provided documentation to look up specific information about Ansible modules and commands

·         Install and configure an Ansible control node

·         Install required packages

·         Create a static host inventory file

·         Create a configuration file

·         Create and use static inventories to define groups of hosts

·         Manage parallelism

·         Configure Ansible managed nodes

·         Create and distribute SSH keys to managed nodes

·         Configure privilege escalation on managed nodes

·         Validate a working configuration using ad hoc Ansible commands

·         Script administration tasks

·         Create simple shell scripts

·         Create simple shell scripts that run ad hoc Ansible commands

·         Create Ansible plays and playbooks

·         Know how to work with commonly used Ansible modules

·         Use variables to retrieve the results of running a command

·         Use conditionals to control play execution

·         Configure error handling

·         Create playbooks to configure systems to a specified state

·         Use Ansible modules for system administration tasks that work with:

·         Software packages and repositories

·         Services

·         Firewall rules

·         File systems

·         Storage devices

·         File content

·         Archiving

·         Scheduled tasks

·         Security

·         Users and groups

·         Work with roles

·         Create roles

·         Download roles from an Ansible Galaxy and use them