RED HAT CERTIFIED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
Module 1: Introduction to Red Hat
• History of Red Hat Linux
• Features of Linux
• Benefits of Open Source Distributions
• Distributions of Linux Operating System
Module 2: Installation of Red Hat Linux
• Hardware Requirements for Red Hat Linux
• Pre-Installation Configuration
• Installation method for Red Hat Linux e.g. GUI, CLI, NFS, FTP
• Post Installation Configuration
Module 3: Red Hat Boot Process
• BIOS
• MBR
• GRUB
• Kernel Initialization
• Init Phase
• Run Level Scripts
Module 4: Red Hat Network Configuration
• Check LAN card driver is installed or not
• How to install LAN card driver in Linux
• How to use Linux as router
• Configure Red Hat Server to deny ICMP ping request
• Check proper IP configuration
• IPv4 Interface configuration
• Defining Local Hostname
• Check /etc/hosts files for name resolution
• Introduction the Network Utilities
• Verifying the Connectivity
Module 5: Package Management in Red Hat Server
• Package Management thru RPM Commands
• Configuration of YUM Server
• Package Management thru YUM Server
• Deploying and Managing Red Hat Network
Module 6: Monitoring System Resources
• Basic Concept
• System Performance Monitoring
• Monitoring CPU Performance
• Monitoring System Memory
• Monitoring Disk Utilization
• Monitoring Disk I/O
• Monitoring User Activity
• Monitoring Network Performance
Module 7: Process Management
• Introduction to Process States
• Background Processes
• Foreground Processes
• Difference between Process and Daemons
• Commands for Process Management
• Nice and Renice Commands
• Killing the Processes
• Introduction to Crontab Scheduler
• Scheduling Jobs thru Crontab
• Examples of Crontab Scheduling Methods
Module 8: Managing System Services
• Managing Services with service, systemctl command
• Understand the Run Levels and rc.d scripts
• Check the configuration of /etc/initab file
• Use of Chkconfig Command
• Creating the Service for third party application
• Configure General Services Like, SSH, rsync, Telnet, NTP, and VNC
Module 9: File system Management
• Understand the Disk Architecture
• Introduction to File System
• How File System Works?
• How Red Hat Recognize the Disks
• Disk Partitioning with MBR
• Creating the File System on the Partition
• Mounting/Unmouting the File System
• Introduction to /etc/fstab
• Using UUID to put the entry in /etc/fstab
• Introduction to GPT Partition
• How to create partitions with GPT method
• Introduction to File System Commands e.g. tune2fs
Module 10: User and Group Management
• Creating Users/Groups on Red Hat Linux
• Understand the Process of Creating Users/Groups
• Modifying/Deleting Users/Groups
• How GID/UID is generated?
• How to define Password to Users
• Password Aging Policies and Encryption Methods of Password
• Multiple User creation commands
• Creating the SUDO Users
• Default File and Directory Permission (UMASK)
• Special Permission e.g. SUID, SGID and Sticky Bit
Module 11: Managing SELinux
• Introduction to SELinux
• SELinux Security Context
• SELinux Target Policy
• SELinux Management
• SELinux semanage
• SELinux File Types
Module 19: Managing IPTABLES/Firewalld
• Introduction to IPTABLES
• Netfilter Tables and Chains
• Netfilter Packet Flow
• Rule Machine
• Rule Targets
• Simple Example
• Introduction to Firewalld
• Discussing Firewalld Components
• Creating Own Services in Firewalld
• Entire Firwalld Management Commands
