RH301 Red Hat Linux Rapid Track Course

Submitted by webmaster on Thu, 02/21/2008 - 08:43.

Course Description

RH301 Red Hat Linux Rapid Track Course provides the course content of
the RH300 RHCE Rapid Track
Course, but does not include the certification exam. RH301 is designed for
UNIX- and Linux-experienced users, networking specialists, and system administrators. This 4-day
course provides intensive hands-on training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Those who are
interested in taking the rapid track course followed immediately by the RHCE certification exam
may wish to consider RH300.

Prerequisites:

  • RH033 Red Hat Linux Essentials
  • RH131 Red Hat Linux System Administration
  • or RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration (and RHCT Exam)
  • RH253 Red Hat Linux Networking and Security Administration
  • or equivalent experience with UNIX; LAN/WAN fundamentals Internetworking with TCP/IP, knowledge or experience setting up NFS, HTTP, DNS, FTP, NIS, DHCP, and other networking services, and security

    • In order to ensure that the prerequisites for RH301 are met, you should expect to receive a high score for RH033 (36 points or more) and moderate scores for RH133 and RH253 (24 points or more each).

    The prerequisites are important! Participants arriving without a large portion of these prerequisites will make less than optimal progress in the training and will be unlikely to pass the certification exam. Please do not sign up for RH301 unless you are experienced with systems administration or are a power user in UNIX / Linux environments. If you need training on the above prerequisites, please see Skills Courses.

    Goal:

    A Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrator who has been trained then tested by means of the RHCE Exam, a realistic performance-based lab exam that tests his/her actual ability to: install and configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux; understand limitations of hardware; configure networking and file systems; configure the X Window System; configure security, set up common network (IP) services, carry out diagnostics and troubleshooting, and perform essential Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administration.

    Audience:

    UNIX or Linux system administrators who have significant real-world experience with UNIX or Linux systems administration and some experience setting up key networking services such as HTTP, DNS, NIS, DHCP, and who want a fast-track course to prepare for the RHCE Exam.


    Unit 1 - Automated Installation and Virtualization

    • Perform an automated installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
    • Create a para-virtualized user domain under Xen.

    Unit 2 - Package Management

    • Manage software on system using yum, Red Hat Network, and rpm.

    Unit 3 - Administrative Access and System Services

    • Configure and access various consoles.
    • Escalate privileges.
    • Secure OpenSSH service with keys.
    • Manage system logging, printers, task automation and time
      synchronization.

    Unit 4 - System Initialization and Troubleshooting

    • Define boot process, recover system, and manage service startup.
    • Utilize the rescue environment of anaconda.

    Unit 5 - Kernel and Network Configuration

    • Explore kernel modules and variants, tune kernel parameters, and manage devices.
    • Configure dynamic and static network settings for IPv4.

    Unit 6 - Filesystem Management

    • Expand storage by adding new filesystems and swap space.
    • Configure autofs for on-demand network storage.
    • Manage filesystems using Software RAID and Logical Volume Management.

    Unit 7 - User Administration

    • Create, modify and delete users, groups, and policy.
    • Establish collaborative group directories.
    • Protect users and groups through ACLs and quotas.

    Unit 8 - Advanced Account Management

    • Revisit user administration by connecting to network directory services like NIS and LDAP.
    • Manage local system security utilizing Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).

    Unit 9 - Securing Data and SELinux

    • Review digital certificates and OpenSSH.
    • Implement and troubleshoot Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux).

    Unit 10 - Network-level Access Controls: Netfilter

    • Protect the system using a packet filtering host-based firewall.

    Unit 11 - Service-level Access Controls: TCP Wrappers

    • Protect services using TCP Wrappers.

    Unit 12 - Web Services

    • Configure the Apache web server.
    • Extend web server utilizing virtual hosting.
    • Configure the Squid web proxy cache.

    Unit 13 - Network Infrastructure Services

    • Centralize logging.
    • Distribute network addresses with a DHCP server.
    • Establish name resolution through caching and slave DNS server utilizing BIND.

    Unit 14 - Network File Sharing Services

    • Set up an FTP server with vsftpd.
    • Share files with an NFS server.
    • Network with Windows systems utilizing Samba.

    Unit 15 - Mail Services

    • Switch MTAs.
    • Configure an MTA utlizing postfix.
    • Implement mail retrieval using POP3/POP3S/IMAP/IMAPS through dovecot.