Red Hat System Administration I provides a foundation for students wishing to become fulltime Linux system administrators by introducing key command line concepts and other enterprise-level tools. These concepts are further developed in the follow-on course, Red Hat System Administration II (RH134).

COURSE PREREQUISITES

There are no formal prerequisites for this course; however, previous operating system administration experience will be very beneficial.

KEY AREAS OF THE SYLLABUS

1. Introduction to the command line
2. Managing physical storage
3. Install and configure software components and services
4. Establish network connections and firewall access
5. Monitor and manage running processes
6. Manage and secure files & file systems
7. Administer users and groups
8. Review the system log files and journal for issues
9. Access Linux file systems
10. Install and use virtualized systems

Upon completion of this course, trainees should be able to:

• Access the command line
• Manage files from command line
• Create, view, and edit text files
• Manage local Linux users and groups
• Monitor and manage Linux processes
• Control services and daemons
• Control access to files with Linux file-system permissions
• Analyze and store log files
• Configure and secure the OpenSSH service
• Install and update software packages
• Access Linux file systems
• Manage Linux networking

IT professionals across a broad range of disciplines who need to perform essential Linux administration tasks including installation, establishing network connectivity, managing physical storage, and basic security administration.