red hat enterprise linux system administration

global knowledge canada
calgary, edmonton, halifax, montreal, ottawa, quebec city, toronto, vancouver, winnipeg, canada

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' for users of linux (or unix) who want to start building skills in systems administration on red hat enterprise linux to a level where they can attach and configure a workstation on an existing network.

this course does not include the rh202 rhct certification lab exam. to take the exam, you must take rh202 in addition to this class.

red hat training and certification for red hat enterprise linux 5 is not just valuable for those professionals who will be working with it immediately. it is also valuable to professionals working on earlier releases of red hat enterprise linux. while red hat enterprise linux 5 does introduce new capabilities and technologies, the core system administration tasks one must learn and master as system administrator are far more similar to previous releases than different. consequently, those who train on red hat enterprise linux 5 should adjust easily to earlier releases, while also having an understanding of the potential and opportunity that red hat enterprise linux 5 presents.

what you’ll learn


install, configure, and attach red hat enterprise linux workstations to existing networks
perform user and group administration
perform basic performance, memory, and process management tasks
configure host security
perform basic troubleshooting
course outline


1. system initialization
objectives
boot sequence overview
boot loader components
grub and grub.conf
starting the boot process: grub
kernel initialization
init initialization
run levels
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
/etc/rc.d/rc
system v run levels
/etc/rc.d/rc.local
controlling services
2. package management
rpm package manager
installing and removing software
updating a kernel rpm
rpm queries
rpm verification
about yum
using yum
searching packages/files
configuring additional repositories
creating a private repository
red hat network
red hat network server
entitlements
red hat network client
3. kernel services
objectives
the linux kernel
kernel images and variants
kernel modules
kernel module utilities
managing the initrd image
accessing drivers through /dev
device node examples
managing /dev with udev
adding files under /dev
kernel configuration with /proc
/proc examples
sysctl : persistent kernel configuration
exploring hardware devices
monitoring processes and resources
4. system services
network time protocol
system logging
syslog configuration
xorg: the x11 server
xorg server configuration
xorg in runlevel 3
xorg in runlevel 5
remote x sessions
ssh: secure shell
vnc: virtual network computing
cron
controlling access to cron
system crontab files
daily cron jobs
the anacron system
cups
5. user administration
adding a new user account
user private groups
modifying/deleting user accounts
group administration
password aging policies
switching accounts
sudo
network users
authentication configuration
example: nis configuration
example: ldap configuration
suid and sgid executables
sgid directories
the sticky bit
default file permissions
access control lists (acls)
selinux
selinux: targeted policy
selinux: management
6. filesystem management
objectives
overview: adding new filesystems to the filesystem tree
device recognition
disk partitioning
managing partitions
making filesystems
filesystem labels
tune2fs
mount points and /etc/fstab
mounting filesystems with mount
unmounting filesystems
mount by example
handling swap files and partitions
mounting nfs filesystems
automounter
direct maps
gnome-mount
7. advanced filesystem management
configuring the quota system
setting quotas for users
reporting quota status
what is software raid?
software raid configuration
software raid testing and recovery
what is logical volume manager (lvm)?
creating logical volumes
resizing logical volumes
logical volume manager snapshots
using lvm snapshots
archiving tools: tar
archiving tools: dump/restore
archiving tools: rsync:
8. network configuration
objectives
network interfaces
driver selection
speed and duplex settings
ipv4 addresses
dynamic ipv4 configuration
static ipv4 configuration
device aliases
routing
default gateway
configuring routes
verify ip connectivity
defining the local host name
local resolver
remote resolvers
verify dns connectivity
network configuration utilities
transparent dynamic configuration
implementing ipv6
ipv6: dynamic interface configuration
ipv6: static interface configuration
ipv6: routing configuration
new and modified utilities
9. installation
anaconda, the red hat enterprise linux installer
first stage: starting the installation
first stage: boot media
accessing the installer
first stage: installation method
network installation server
second stage: installation overview
configuring file systems
advanced partitioning
package selection
first boot: post-install configuration
kickstart
starting a kickstart installation
anatomy of a kickstart file
kickstart: commands section
kickstart: commands section
kickstart: packages section
kickstart: %pre, %post
10. virtualization with xen
virtualization with xen
hardware considerations
preparing domain-0
virtual resources
domain-u configuration
installing a new domain-u
domain management with xm
activating domains on boot
11. troubleshooting
method of fault analysis
fault analysis: gathering data
things to check: x
things to check: networking
order of the boot process
filesystem corruption
filesystem recovery
recovery run-levels
rescue environment
rescue environment utilities
rescue environment details
labs


lab - course topic 1: managing startup
lab - course topic 2: working with packages
lab - course topic 3: configuring the kernel
lab - course topic 4: system services
lab - course topic 6: adding new filesystems to the filesystem tree
lab - course topic 7: advanced filesystem management
lab - course topic 8: manage network settings
lab - course topic 9: installation and system-initialization
lab - course topic 10: exploring virtualization
lab - course topic 11: system rescue and troubleshooting
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Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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