Hands-on Guide to the Red Hat Exams: RHSCA and RHCE Cert Guide and Lab Manual

Red Hat RHCSA/RHCE 7 Cert Guide: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (EX200 and EX300) Certification e-Book:

This certification guide to the Red Hat RHCSA (EX200) and RHCE (EX300) exams gives candidates all the hands-on practice they need, through a series of more than 20 realistic, detailed labs. These exceptionally thorough labs are task based, similar to what might be encountered on the exams. This will give readers the background they need to perform key tasks, and get the results they're trying to achieve. Built from content originally published on the author's popular blog, Security Nut, this book reflects extensive input and feedback from IT professionals and exam candidates. It is organized to help readers learn incrementally, and quickly find the related information they need. Each section logically flows in the order you would accomplish tasks when setting up or configuring a system. The author provides tutorials for administrators at all levels of experience, dozens of real-world tips, and a set of downloadable scripts designed to give students hands-on problem-solving experience.

This study guide helps you master all the topics on the new RHCSA (EX200) and RHCE (EX300) exams, including

Part 1: RHCSA

• Basic System Management: Installation, tools, text files, server connections; user, group, and permissions management; network configuration
• Operating Running Systems: Process management, VMs, package installation, task scheduling, logging, managing partitions and LVM logical volumes
• Advanced System Administration: Basic kernel management, basic Apache server configuration, boot procedures/troubleshooting
• Managing Network Services: Using Kickstart; managing SELinux; configuring firewalls, remote mounts, FTP, and time services

Part 2: RHCE

• System Configuration/Management: External authentication/authorization, iSCSI SANs, performance reporting, optimization, logging, routing/advanced networking, Bash scripting
• System Security: Configuring firewalls, advanced Apache services, DNS, MariaDB, NFS, Samba, SMTP, SSH, and time synchronization