RH254
RH254
Course Overview
Red Hat System Administration III (RH254) is designed for experienced Linux administrators who require networking and security administration skills. With a heavy emphasis on practical, hands-on labs, this course is tightly aligned with experienced Linux administrators' job tasks and the skills required for advancement. Prerequisites: Must have completed RH124: Red Hat Linux Administration - I and RH134 Red Hat Linux Administration - II or have equivalent experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Target Audience Linux or UNIX system administrators who already have some real world experience with Red Hat Linux systems administration and want a first course in networking services and security.
Course Outline
Unit 1: Getting Started with the Classroom Environment Objective: Given a virtualized environment, begin to administrate multiple systems using prerequisite skills Unit 2: Enhance User Security Objective: Configure system to use Kerberos to verify credentials and grant privileges via sudo Unit 3: Bash Scripting and Tools Objective: Automate system administration tasks utilizing Bash scripts and text-based tools Unit 4: File Security with GnuPG Objective: Secure files with GnuPG Unit 5: Software Management Objective: Use yum plugins to manage packages; understand the design of packages; build a simple package Unit 6: Network Monitoring Objective: Profile running services, then capture and analyze network traffic Unit 7: Route Network Traffic Objective: Configure system to route traffic and customize network parameters with sysctl Unit 8: Secure Network Traffic Objective: Secure network traffic through SSH port forwarding and iptables filtering/network address translation (NAT) Unit 9: NTP Server Configuration Objective: Configure an NTP server Unit 10: Filesystems and Logs Objective: Manage local filesystem integrity; monitor systems over time and system logging Unit 11: Centralized and Secure Storage Objective: Access centralized storage (iSCSI) and encrypt filesystems Unit 12: SSL-encapsulated Web Services Objective: Understand SSL certificates and deploy an SSLencapsulated web service Unit 13: Web Server Additional Configuration Objective: Configure a web server with virtual hosts, dynamic content, and authenticated directories Unit 14: Basic SMTP Configuration Objective: Configure an SMTP server for basic operation (null client, receiving mail, smarthost relay) Unit 15: Caching-Only DNS Server Objective: Understand DNS resource records and configure a caching-only name server Unit 16: File Sharing with NFS Objective: Configure file sharing between hosts with NFS Unit 17: File Sharing with CIFS Objective: Configure file and print sharing between hosts with CIFS Unit 18: File Sharing with FTP Objective: Configure file sharing with anonymous FTP Unit 19: Troubleshooting Boot Process Objective: Understand the boot process and recover unbootable systems with rescue mode