Red Hat System Administration III
Course Number: RH254
Number of Days: 4
Price: $2,700
COURSE SUMMARY
Red Hat System Administration III (RH254) is designed for experienced Linux administrators who require
networking and security administration skills. With a heavy emphasis on practical, hands-on labs, this course is
tightly aligned with experienced Linux administrators' job tasks and the skills required for advancement. Focus is
placed on enhancing the students' automation skills to securely configure, deploy and manage network services
including DNS, Apache, SMTP, and network file sharing. In addition, this course emphasizes security, including
monitoring, packet filtering, access controls, and SELinux. At the completion of this course, students already
familiar with the RHCT/RHCSA administration skills will have exposure to all competencies tested by the RHCSA
and RHCE exams.
COURSE OUTLINE
Getting Started with the Classroom Environment
- Given a virtualized environment, begin to administrate multiple systems using prerequisite skills
Enhance User Security
- Configure system to use Kerberos to verify credentials and grant privileges via sudo
Bash Scripting and Tools
- Automate system administration tasks utilizing Bash scripts and text-based tools
File Security with GnuPG
Software Management
- Use yum plugins to manage packages and understand the design of packages to build a simple package
Network Monitoring
- Profile running services then capture and analyze network traffic
Route Network Traffic
- Configure system to route traffic and customize network parameters with sysctl
Secure Network Traffic
- Secure network traffic through SSH port forwarding and iptables filtering/network address translation
(NAT)
NTP Server Configuration
Filesystems and Logs
- Manage local file system integrity, monitor system over time, and system logging
Centralized and Secure Storage
- Access centralized storage (iSCSI) and encrypt filesystems
SSL-encapsulated Web Services
- Understand SSL certificates and deploy an SSL encapsulated web service
Web Server Additional Configuration
- Configure web server with virtual hosts, dynamic content, and authenticated directories
Basic SMTP Configuration
- Configure an SMTP server for basic operation (null client, receiving mail, smarthost relay)
Caching-Only DNS Server
- Understand DNS resource records and configure a caching-only name server
File Sharing with NFS
- Configure file sharing between hosts with NFS
File Sharing with CIFS
- Configure file and print sharing between hosts with CIFS
File Sharing with FTP
- Configure file sharing with anonymous FTP
Troubleshooting Boot Process
- Understand the boot process and recover unbootable systems with rescue mode
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