Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) (EX200) Cert Prep

Introduction

• Course introduction
• What is Linux?
• Popular distributions: RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian, Kali (use cases)

1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Installation and Lab Setup

• Learning objectives
• Demo: Installing RHEL in VirtualBox and VMware
• Linux OS basics (kernel, distributions, CLI vs. GUI)
• Demo: ISO selection
• Demo: Compare automatic and manual partitioning
• Demo: RHEL complete setup and user activation
• Demo: Taking snapshots for rollback

2. Accessing Linux Systems and Terminal Basics

• Learning objectives
• Why Linux is used (DevOps, cybersecurity, and servers)
• Demo: Switching users using su and sudo
• Demo: Terminal shortcuts (tab, history, and clear)
• Demo: Linux help commands
• Demo: Identify system (hostnamectl, uname, and os-release)
• Work with virtual consoles and teletypewriters (TTYs)

3. File System Navigation and File Operations

• Learning objectives
• Absolute vs. relative paths
• Demo: Linux file system structure (/, /home, /etc, /var, /usr, and so on)
• Demo: Basic navigation commands (pwd, cd, and ls)
• Demo: Create and remove files and folders (touch, mkdir, rm, and rmdir)
• Demo: Copy and move files (cp and mv)
• Demo: View file content quickly (cat, less, head, and tail)
• Demo: Find files using the find command

4. File Viewing, Searching, and Text Processing

• Learning objectives
• Demo: Output redirection (> and >>)
• Demo: Input redirection (