RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5, 6, AND 7 SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT NETWORKING

Common administrative commands TASK RHEL TASK RHEL

yum install iptables and ip6tables

5 6 5
yum groupinstall /etc/sysconfig/ip*tables
1 Be aware of potential issues when using subscription-manager
SYSTEM BASICS on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: https://access.redhat.com/ Install software iptables and ip6tables
solutions/129003. yum install Configure
7 /etc/sysconfig/ip*tables 6
TASK RHEL 2 Subscription-manager is used for Satellite 6, Satellite 5.6 with yum group install firewall system-config-firewall
SAM and newer, and Red Hats CDN.
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid 5 yum info firewall-cmd
3 RHN tools are deprecated on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. 5 6 7
rhn_register should be used for Satellite server 5.6 and newer yum groupinfo firewall-config
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid View software
View subscription information 6 only. For details, see: Satellite 5.6 unable to register RHEL 7
subscription-manager identity
client system due to rhn-setup package not included in
info yum info /etc/hosts
7 5 6
Minimal installation (https://access.redhat.com/ Configure /etc/resolv.conf
subscription-manager identity 7 yum group info
solutions/737373) name /etc/hosts
rhn_register
5 Update software yum update 5 6 7 resolution /etc/resolv.conf 7
subscription-manager 1 nmcli con mod
Upgrade software yum upgrade 5 6 7
rhn_register /etc/sysconfig/network 5 6
Configure subscription rhnreg_ks 6 Configure
subscription-manager
Configure subscription-manager repos
hostnamectl
software 5 6 7 hostname /etc/hostname 7
/etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo
subscription-manager 2 repository nmtui
7
rhn_register 3 ip addr
Find file in rpm -qf filename
5 6 7 ifconfig 5 6
sosreport package yum provides filename-glob brctl
dmidecode 5
View network ip addr
hwbrowser View software rpm -q packagename 5 6 7 interface info nmcli dev show
View system profile version
sosreport
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT teamdctl 7
dmidecode brctl
6 7 View installed rpm -qa
lstopo TASK RHEL 5 6 7 bridge
lscpu software yum list installed
top /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* 5 6
ps Configure
View RHEL version information /etc/redhat-release 5 6 7
sar /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*
iostat
network nmcli con [add|mod|edit]
5 interface 7
netstat nmtui
vmstat USER MANAGEMENT nm-connection-editor
mpstat
BASIC CONFIGURATION numastat TASK RHEL ss
lsof 5 6
TASK RHEL top Graphical user View ports/
system-config-users 5 6 7 netstat
ps management sockets
system-config-* 5 6 sar ss
Graphical configuration tools 7
iostat lsof
gnome-control-center 7 netstat Create user useradd 5 6 7
6 account
system-config-network 5 6 View system usage ss ip route add
vmstat system-config-network 5 6
Configure network nmcli mpstat Delete user userdel 5 6 7 /etc/sysconfig/route-iface
numastat account
nmtui 7 tuna
Configure ip route add
nm-connection-editor routes nmcli
usermod
top nmtui 7
system-config-language 5 6 ps View/change user /etc/passwd
5 6 7 nm-connection-editor
Configure system language sar account details vipw
localectl 7 /etc/sysconfig/route-iface
iostat id
ss 7
system-config-date View routes ip route 5 6 7
5 6 vmstat 5 6 7
date mpstat
Create user group groupadd
Configure time and date numastat
timedatectl tuna Delete user group groupdel 5 6 7
7
date
df 5 Change group groupmod
SECURITY AND IDENTITY
ntpdate 5 6 7
5 6 View disk usage df details /etc/group TASK RHEL
/etc/ntp.conf 6 7
iostat
Synchronize time and date timedatectl Change user /etc/selinux/config
passwd 5 6 7
Trace system calls strace 5 6 7 password chcon
/etc/chrony.conf 7
ntpdate
Configure system restorecon
5 6 7
Trace library calls ltrace 5 6 7 Change user usermod security semanage
5 6 7 setsebool
system-config-keyboard 5 6 permissions visudo
Configure keyboard Change process nice system-config-selinux
localectl 7 renice 5 6 7
priority Change group groupmod
5 6 7 Report on system
Text-based configuration tools system-config-*-tui 5 6 7 permissions visudo sealert 5 6 7
Change process security
taskset 5 6 7
Configure printer system-config-printer 5 6 7 run location Change password chage 5 6 7 authconfig
policy LDAP, SSSD,
/etc/ssh/ssh_config kill authconfig-tui 5 6 7
Kerberos
Configure SSH /etc/ssh/sshd_config 5 6 7 Kill a process pkill 5 6 7 authconfig-gtk
~/.ssh/config ssh-keygen
killall View user w 5 6 7
sessions Network users getent 5 6 7
JOBS AND SERVICES FILE SYSTEMS, VOLUMES, AND DISKS FILE SYSTEMS, VOLUMES, AND DISKS (CONT.)
TASK RHEL TASK RHEL TASK RHEL

/etc/syslog.conf 5 ext3 5 lvdisplay

lvs
/etc/rsyslog.conf 6 Default file system ext4 6 vgdisplay
View logical volume info 5 6 7
Configure logging /etc/rsyslog.conf xfs 7 vgs
/etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf pvdisplay
7 copy data to new file system pvs
/var/log/journal 5
fsck (look for non-contiguous inodes)
systemd-journald.service
Defragment disk space Configure on-demand /etc/auto.master.d/*.autofs
5 6 7
copy data to new file system
chkconfig --list auto-mounts /etc/auto.*
5 6 fsck (look for non-contiguous inodes) 6 7
ls /etc/init.d/
xfs_fsr chmod
List all services systemctl -at service chown
fdisk Change file permissions 5 6 7
ls /etc/systemd/system/*.service 7 5 6 chgrp
parted
ls /usr/lib/systemd/system/*.service umask (future file creation)
Create/modify disk fdisk
service --status-all 5 6 partitions Change file attributes chattr 5 6 7
List running services gdisk
7
systemctl -t service --state=active 7 parted
Change access control list setfacl 5 6 7
ssm create
service name start
5 6
service name stop mkfs.filesystem_type (ext4, xfs)
Start/stop service 5 6
mkswap
systemctl start name.service
systemctl stop name.service
7 Format disk partition mkfs.filesystem_type (ext4, xfs) KERNEL, BOOT, AND HARDWARE
mkswap 7
chkconfig name on TASK RHEL
5 6 ssm create
chkconfig name off
append 1 or s or init=/bin/bash to kernel cmdline 5 6
Enable/disable service mount
systemctl enable name.service 5 6 Single user/rescue mode
7 /etc/fstab append rd.break or init=/bin/bash to kernel cmdline 7
systemctl disable name.service
Mount storage mount shutdown 5 6
service name status 5 6 /etc/fstab 7
View service status Shut down system shutdown
systemctl status name.service 7 ssm mount 7
systemctl shutdown
chkconfig name --list 5 6 pvcreate 5 6
Check if service is enabled poweroff 5 6
systemctl is-enabled name 7 Create physical volume pvcreate
7 Power off system poweroff
ssm create (if backend is lvm) 7
chkconfig --add 5 6 systemctl poweroff
Create new service file or vgcreate 5 6
modify configuration systemctl daemon-reload halt 5 6
7
/etc/systemd/system/*.service Create volume group vgcreate Halt system
7 halt
ssm create (if backend is lvm) 7
runlevel systemctl halt
5 6
who -r lvcreate 5 6
View run level/target reboot 5 6
systemctl get-default
7 Create logical volume lvcreate Reboot system reboot
who -r 7 7
ssm create (if backend is lvm) systemctl reboot
/etc/inittab vgextend
5 6 /etc/inittab 5 6
init run_level lvextend 5 6 Configure default run level/target
Change run level/target resize2fs systemctl set-default 7
systemctl isolate name.target
7 Enlarge volumes formatted
systemctl set-default vgextend /boot/grub/grub.conf 5 6
with default file system
lvextend
/var/log 5 6 7 /etc/default/grub
xfs_growfs Configure GRUB bootloader
View logs grub2-mkconfig 7
/var/log ssm resize
7 grub-set-default
journalctl
resize2fs
lvreduce 5 6
hwbrowser 5
add audit=1 to kernel cmdline
Shrink volumes formatted View hardware configured
auditctl vgreduce lshw (in EPEL) 6 7
/etc/audit/auditd.conf with default file system
XFS cannot currently be shrunk; copy
Configure system audit /etc/audit/audit.rules 5 6 7 7 Configure kernel module modprobe 5 6 7
desired data to a smaller file system.
authconfig
/etc/pam.d/system-auth fsck 5 6
Configure hardware device udev 5 6 7
pam_tty_audit kernel module
Check/repair file system fsck sysctl -a
7 View kernel parameters cat /proc/cmdline
5 6 7
View audit output aureport /var/log/faillog 5 6 7 ssm check

cron /etc/exports Load kernel module modprobe 5 6 7

5 6
Schedule/batch tasks at 5 6 7 service nfs reload
Configure NFS share Remove kernel module modprobe -r 5 6 7
batch /etc/exports
7 rpm -q kernel
systemctl reload nfs.service
Find file by name locate 5 6 7 View kernel version uname -r
5 6 7
/etc/fstab
Find file by characteristic find 5 6 7 Mount and activate swap swapon -a
5 6 7

tar Configure static mounts /etc/fstab 5 6 7

Create archive cpio 5 6 7
zip View free disk space df 5 6 7 11/14

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