Red Hat® System Administration II (RH134)

Course Outline

Automation and Text Processing

• Automate installation with Kickstart
• Automate the installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems with Kickstart
• Use regular expressions with grep
• Write regular expressions that, when partnered with grep, will allow you to quickly isolate or locate content within text files
• Create and Edit text files with vim
• Introduce the vim text editor, with which you can open, edit, and save text files

Process and Task Management

• Schedule future Linux tasks
• Schedule tasks to automatically execute in the future
• Manage priority of Linux processes
• Influence the relative priorities at which Linux processes run

Security and Access Control

• Control access to files with access control lists (ACL)
• Manage file security using POSIX access control lists
• Manage SELinux security
• Manage the Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) behavior of a system to keep it secure in case of a network service compromise
• Connect to network-defined users and groups
• Configure systems to use central identity management services

Storage Management

• Add disks, partitions, and file systems to a Linux system
• Manage simple partitions and file systems
• Manage logical volume management (LVM) storage
• Manage logical volumes from the command line
• Access networked attached storage with network file system (NFS)
• Access (secure) NFS shares
• Access networked storage with SMB
• Use autofs and the command line to mount and unmount SMB file systems

Boot, Firewall, and Review

• Control and troubleshoot the Red Hat Enterprise Linux boot process
• Limit network communication with firewall
• Configure a basic firewall
• Comprehensive review
• Practice and demonstrate knowledge and skills learned in this course