AmeriTeachRed Hat Linux Training

 

RHCE Rapid Track Course (and RHCE Exam)

Course RH300: Five days; Instructor-Led

 

RH300 provides intensive hands-on training on Red Hat Linux with focus on the following objectives: Hardware and installation, Configuration and administration, Kernel services and configuration, and user and host security. The RHCE Certification is provided on the final day

Includes:

·       4 days intensive fast-track training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

·       Hands-on labs and exercises

·       RHCE Exam on day 5

·       Catered lunch

·       One workstation per student!

·       Student materials, pre-assessment questionnaire, study aids, handouts

·       Red Hat promotional items!

Audience:

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.

Prerequisites:

RH033, RH133, RH253 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.

Price: $2,798

Only $2,798 bundle price for this four-day course plus one-day exam.

Duration:

5 days

 

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Essentials

·       Essential initial topics in system administration, including editors, switching accounts, adding users, using cron, and managing network connections

Unit 2: Kernel Services

·       The Linux kernel: variants and modules

·       The /proc filesystem and the sysctl command

·       Accessing devices using udev

·       Exploring hardware

Unit 3: Filesystem Management

·       Creating filesystems

·       Making filesystem mounts persistent across reboots

·       Managing swap space

Unit 4: User Administration

·       Modifying and deleting user accounts

·       Password aging

·       Group administration

·       Creating group directories

·       Setting disk quotas

Unit 5: Local Security

·       Setting up a host-based firewall

·       Using access control lists

·       The SELinux security layer

·       Managing suid and sgid executables

·       Controlling access to superuser authority using sudo

Unit 6: Advanced Partitioning

·       Understanding and implementing Software RAID

·       Understanding Logical Volume Management

·       Creating and resizing logical volumes

Unit 7: Installation

·       The interactive Anaconda installer

·       Kickstart: a hands-free method of installation

Unit 8: System Initialization

·       Understanding the boot procedure

·       Configuring the GRUB boot loader

·       The Initial RAM Disk

·       Understanding run levels

·       Controlling services

Unit 9: RPM, YUM, RHN

·       RPM: The Red Hat Package Manager

·       The YUM installer

·       Using the Red Hat Network

Unit 10: System Administration Topics

·       Configuring the X Server

·       The CUPS printing system

·       cron and the superuser: the system-wide crontab file

·       cron and system reboots: the anacron system

·       Authentication Configuration: Pluggable Authentication Modules

Unit 11: Network Configuration

·       Understanding network addresses

·       Using OpenSSH for network communications

·       Using VNC for network communications

·       Network Authentication

Unit 12: Network Security

·       Protecting services using TCP Wrappers

·       Protecting the system using a packet filtering host-based firewall

Unit 13: Network File Sharing Services

·       Setting up an NFS server

·       Setting up an FTP server

·       The Samba Server: networking with Windows systems

Unit 14: Network Infrastructure

·       Creating a private repository

·       NTP: Coordinating time

·       Configuring a DHCP server

·       Configuring a DNS server

Unit 15: HTTP Service

·       Configuring the Apache web server

·       Configuring the Squid web proxy cache

Unit 16: Mail Service

·       Understanding e-mail delivery

·       Using sendmail and postfix

·       Dovecot: an IMAP and POP server

Unit 17: Troubleshooting

·       A method for fault analysis

·       Things to check

·       Understanding recovery run levels

·       Using the rescue environment

 

 

 
 

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