Red Hat ® RH300 Training Class RHCE Rapid Track Course
 Course Description
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 4, 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.
An Enterprise system administrator who has 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 Enterprise system administration.
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.
The prerequisites are important! Participants arriving without a large portion of these prerequisites will make less than optimal progress in the training and will be unlikely to pass
the certification exam. Please do not sign up for RH300 unless you are experienced with systems administration or are a power user in UNIX / Linux environments If you need
training on the above prerequisites, please see Skills Courses.
Price:
$2,798 bundle price for this four-day course plus one-day exam.
Training Units (TUs):
10 TUs
Duration:
5 days
Training Start Time: 9:00 a.m.
Training End Time: 4:30-5:00PM (depending on class progress)
Prepares for:
Prepares a server system administrator so that he/she is "ready from a technical point of view for professional responsibilities in managing a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system for
common uses."
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!
All other expenses of travel and per diem are the student's responsibility.
RH300 Training Class Covers
Unit 1: Hardware and Installation
- · Hardware Compatibility
- · CPU and Memory
- · Devices
- · Bus Support
- · The Red Hat Installer
- · Configuring Hard Drives and Filesystems
- · Software RAID and LVM
- · Security Configuration: Firewalls and SELinux
- · Post-installation Configuration
- · Validating the Installation
Unit 2: The Boot Process
- · Sequence of the Boot Process
- · BIOS Initialization
- · The GRUB Boot Loader
- · Kernel Initialization
- · init and /etc/inittab
- · Run Levels
- · Controlling Services
Unit 3: Linux Filesystem Administration
- · Partitioning Hard Disks
- · Creating Filesystems
- · Understanding Journaling Filesystems
- · Mounting Filesystems: The mount Command and /etc/fstab
- · The Automounter
- · ext2/3 Filesystem Attributes
- · Access Control Lists
- · Understanding and Controlling SELinux
Unit 4: RPM and Kickstart
- · Installing, Updating, and Removing Software
- · RPM Queries and Verification
- · Automatic Dependency Resolution
- · Red Hat Network
- · Remote Administration
- · Configuring a Network Installation Server
- · Using Kickstart to Automate Installation
Unit 5: User Administration
- · Creating User Accounts
- · Maintaining User Accounts
- · Creating and Maintaining Groups
- · The User Private Group Model
- · Creating Group Directories: the SGID Mode
- · The Initial User Environment
- · Pluggable Authentication Modules
- · Network Authentication Configuration: NIS and LDAP
- · Configuring Quotas
Unit 6: System Administration Tools
- · Configuring the Network with ifup and ifdown
- · Interface Configuration Files
- · The CUPS Printing System
- · Queue Management Using CUPS
- · Automating System Administration: The cron Subsystem
- · Understanding, Maintaining, and Monitoring System Logs
- · Network Installation Servers
- · Using Kickstart to Automate Installations
Unit 7: Kernel Services and Configuration
- · Understanding Kernel Modules
- · The /proc Filesystem
- · Advanced partitioning: Software RAID
- · Advanced partitioning: Logical Volume Management
- · Converting LVM1 Partitions to LVM2
Unit 8: The HTTP Service
- · The Apache Web Server
- · Virtual Hosts
- · Apache Access Configuration
- · The Squid Web Proxy Cache
Unit 9: Network File Sharing Services
- · Configuring an NFS Server
- · Client-side NFS
- · The File Transfer Protocol and vsftpd
- · Samba Services
- · Configuring File and Print Services with Samba
- · Samba and Security: Authentication Methods and Passwords
- · Samba Client Tools
Unit 10: Domain Name Service
- · Understanding DNS: Zones, Domains, and Delegation
- · The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)
- · Running BIND in a chrooted Environment
- · Zone Creation and Zone Files
- · Delegating Subdomains
- · BIND Utilities
Unit 11: Electronic Mail
- · Understanding E-mail: Mail Transport Agents, Mail Delivery Agents, and Mail User Agents
- · Sendmail Configuration Files
- · Using the m4 Macro Language to Create The sendmail.mc File
- · Debugging Sendmail
- · Using alternatives to Select an E-mail System
- · Postfix: an Alternative Mail Transport Agent
- · Configuring Postfix
Unit 12: xinetd, OpenSSH, and DHCP
- · Understanding the xinetd Daemon
- · Configuring the xinetd Daemon
- · Configuring xinetd-based Services
- · The OpenSSH Server
- · The DHCP Server
Unit 13: The X Window System
- · X11 and the Server/Client Relationship
- · The Xorg Server Design and Configuration
- · Xorg Server Startup
- · Xorg Server Configuration Utilities
- · Running Remote Applications
Unit 14: Securing Services
- · Using tcp_wrappers to Secure Services
- · Daemon and Client Specifications for tcp_wrapper Rules
- · Packet Filtering Using netfilter
- · Firewalling and Data Flow
- · Creating netfilter Rules
- · Connection Tracking
- · Network Address Translation
- · netfilter Rule Persistence
Unit 15: Troubleshooting
- · Troubleshooting Strategies
- · Things to Check
- · Filesystem Corruption and Checking
- · Recovery Runlevels
- · The Rescue Environment
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