RED HAT CERTIFIED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR (RHCSA) EXAM (EX200) CONTENT DETAILS

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Boot, reboot, and shutdown the system normally Diagnose and correct problems at boot 27) Boot systems into different runlevels for troubleshooting and system maintenance Use single-user mode to gain access to a system for which the root password is not known Diagnose and correct misconfigured networking settings 29) Diagnose and correct hostname resolution problems Diagnose and address permissions problems and SELinux policy violations Diagnose and correct non-hardware disk storage problems 31) Adding new partitions, logical volumes, filesystems, and swap areas to a system nondestructively 32) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) 16) 17) Manually open, mount, unmount, and close LUKS-encrypted filesystems Extend existing unencrypted ext4-formatted logical volumes Login or switch user to the root account 34) Use ssh and VNC to access remote systems 35) Locate and read on-line documentation using man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc Locate and analyze system log files Understand how to use grep and regular expressions to analyze text output Access a bash shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax; use pipelines and I/O redirection Use text editors such as gedit and vim to create and edit text files 40) 19) Manage system resources: identify CPU/memory intensive processes, adjust process priority with renice, kill processes 41) 20) 21) 22) Manage files and directories: create/delete/copy/move; create hard and soft links 42) Use tar, gzip, and bzip2 to archive and compress files Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux manually with the graphical installer from network installation media Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux automatically using Kickstart 45) 24) 25) Configure a physical machine as a RHEL-based virtualization host 46) Manage virtual machines: install/start/stop/configure to start at boot/access a VM's graphical console 47) Deploy a VNC server that allows multiple desktops to be shared Deploy file sharing services with HTTP/FTP Configure the system to synchronize system time using remote NTP servers 43) 44) 23) Install and update software packages from RHN or remote repository, or from the local filesystem Update the kernel package appropriately to ensure a bootable system Modify the system bootloader Manage SELinux security: set enforcing/permissive modes, list file and process context, restore default file context, use "booleans" to adjust policy Manage default firewall settings with basic tools 36) 37) 38) 39) 18) Manage local user and group accounts: create, delete, change passwords, adjust password aging, adjust group memberships Use network user and group accounts stored on an existing LDAP directory service Manage standard permissions: list, interpret, change ugo/rwx Use sgid directories for collaboration Set and manage Access Control Lists (ACLs) Configure the scheduling of tasks using cron and at 33) Manage network devices: understand basic IP networking/routing, configure IP addresses/default route statically or dynamically Manage name resolution: set local hostname, configure /etc/hosts, configure to use existing DNS server Manage network services: check status, start, stop, configure to start automatically at boot 30) Canage ext4 filesystems: create, label, mount, mount automatically at boot (by UUID or label), unmount Mount and unmount CIFS and NFS network filesystems, manually or by configuring autofs 28) Manage logical volumes: create/remove physical volumes, assign PVs to volume groups, create/delete logical volumes Create and configure LUKS-encrypted partitions and logical volumes to prompt for password and mount decrypted filesystem at boot 26) Manage disk partitions: understand MBR-style partitions (primary,extended,logical); list/create/delete partitions

RED HAT CERTIFIED ENGINEER EXAM (EX300) CONTENT DETAILS

1) Diagnose and correct boot failures arising from bootloader, module, and filesystem errors 2) Use the rescue environment to recover unbootable systems 3) Diagnose and correct problems with network services 4) Diagnose and correct problems where SELinux contexts or booleans are interfering with proper operation 5) Produce and deliver reports on system utilization (processor, memory, disk, and network) 6) Use bash shell scripting to automate system maintenance tasks 7) Install the packages needed to provide the service 8) Configure SELinux to support the service 2) use iptables to implement packet filtering 9) Configure the service to start when the system is booted 3) Route IP traffic and use iptables for NAT 10) Configure the service for basic operation 4) Establish IP static routes 11) Configure host-based and user-based security for the service 5) Configure Ethernet bonding 12) Services to be configured (with *additions* to above tasks): 6) Manage default user/group password policies 13) HTTP/HTTPS: virtual hosting, private directories, stage a CGI script, group managed content 14) DNS: caching name server, DNS forwarding 15) FTP: anonymous-only download, anonymous "drop-box" upload (provisional) 16) NFS: share a directory to specific clients, share for group collaboration 7) Build a simple rpm that packages a single file 8) Configure system as an iSCSI Initiator persistently mounting existing Target 9) Authenticate to an existing Kerberos V realm (provisional) 10) Create a private yum repository (provisional) 18) SMTP: null client, outbound smarthost relay, accepting inbound 19) SSH: key-based authentication, port forwarding 20) rsyslog: remote logging 21) NTP: serve to selected clients 17) SMB: share a directory to specific clients, share for group collaboration

RHCEs are expected to also be able to:

1) Use /proc/sys and sysctl to modify and set kernel run-time parameters