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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Essential Training

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Overview

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Take an accelerated course for the Red Hat Certified System Engineer exam. Study to earn RHCE certification and become more proficient in Linux engineering.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Prepare for the RHCE EX300
  • What you should know
  • The state of Enterprise Linux
1. Virtual Systems Configuration
  • Lab setup introduction
  • Install interactively in a guest VM
  • Installing from a DVD ISO Image
  • Update system software
  • Install Linux Guest Additions
  • Virtual machine snapshots
  • Reconfigure or migrate CentOS
2. System Configuration
  • System configuration introduction
  • Gather statistics from the system
  • Generate reports on system utilization
  • Use shell scripting to automate tasks
3. iSCSI Target Configuration
  • iSCSI target introduction
  • Install and configure packages
  • Create an iSCSI backstore
  • Create iSCSI target
  • Create an iSCSI LUN
  • Create access control
  • Configure firewalld
  • Create an iSCSI initiator
  • Mount target automatically
  • Challenge: iSCSI target and initiator
  • Solution: iSCSI target and initiator
4. NTP Services
  • NTP services introduction
  • Install and configure NTP services
  • Configure the chrony server
  • Configure the chrony client
  • Configure time and date
5. Authentication Services
  • Authentication services introduction
  • Install and prepare LDAP server
  • Configure LDAP server
  • Set up an LDAP database
  • Create an LDAP user
  • Finish the LDAP server configuration
  • Install and configure LDAP client
  • Install and configure Kerberos server packages
  • Create a Kerberos database
  • Configure Kerberos client authentication
6. Network Services
  • Network services introduction
  • Consistent network device naming
  • Gather network information
  • Configure IP and subnet mask
  • Configure interface bonding using nmcli
  • Configure interface teaming using nmcli
  • Configure IPv6 and perform basic troubleshooting
  • Use firewalld for packet filtering
  • Use firewalld zones
  • Use firewalld for NAT
  • Use firewalld rich rules
  • Route IP traffic and create static routes
  • Challenge: Network services
  • Solution: Network services
7. Database Services
  • Database services introduction
  • Install and configure MariaDB
  • Manage SELinux for database services
  • Perform logical database backups
  • Create a database with tables
  • Restore logical database backups
  • Perform simple SQL queries
  • Perform logical database backups
  • Restore logical database backups
  • Recover the MariaDB root password
  • Set the root database password
8. DNS Services
  • DNS services introduction
  • Installing DNS packages
  • About the BIND configuration file
  • About BIND zone files
  • Configure a caching-only name server
  • Troubleshoot DNS client issues
  • Use dig to resolve DNS records
9. Web Services
  • Web services introduction
  • Install and configure Apache
  • Manage SELinux for web services
  • Configure a basic Apache web server
  • Configure access control on directories
  • Configure private access using basic auth
  • Configure group-managed content
  • Configure a virtual host
  • Configure a virtual host on a nonstandard port
  • Configure a secure virtual host
  • Deploy a basic CGI application
  • Generating key pairs and self-signed certificates
  • Challenge: Web services private site
  • Solution: Web services private site
  • Deploy a basic CGI application
10. NFS Services
  • NFS services introduction
  • Install NFS and configure NFS services
  • Manage SELinux for NFS services
  • Provide network shares to specific clients
  • Mount a simple NFS share
  • Create an NFS share for group collaboration
  • Mount an NFS share for group collaboration
  • Challenge: NFS share for group collaboration
  • Solution: NFS share for group collaboration
11. SMB Services
  • smb services introduction
  • Install and configure Samba services
  • Manage SELinux for SMB services
  • Samba global configuration options
  • Samba share configuration definitions
  • Create a simple public share
  • Provide network shares to specific clients
  • Automount using a credentials file
  • Provide network shares suitable for group collaboration
  • Mount a share for group collaboration
  • Challenge: SMB share for group collaboration
  • Solution: SMB share for group server
  • Solution: SMB share for group client
12. SMTP Services
  • SMTP services introduction
  • Install and configure mail services
  • Manage SELinux for SMTP services
  • Configure a local mail server
  • Create a null-client mail relay
  • Create a mail gateway
13. SSH Services
  • SSH services introduction
  • Install SSH additional packages
  • SSH client configuration
  • SSH server configuration
  • SSH per user client configuration
  • Configure key-based authentication
  • Configure host- and user-based security
Conclusion
  • Taking the exam

Taught by

Grant McWilliams

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