RH358 – Services Management and Automation
Learn how to configure and manage key services integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and scale up your work with Ansible automation.
Course description
Learn how to configure and manage key services integrated with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and scale up your work with Ansible automation.
Red Hat Services Management and Automation (RH358) is designed for IT professionals with some experience managing Linux systems, who want to learn more about how to manage and deploy network services that are included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. You will learn how to manually install, configure, and manage basic configurations of these services, and then use Ansible to automate your work in a scalable, repeatable manner.
Prerequisites
- RHCSA-level skills with Linux system administration
- Working knowledge of Ansible (RH294 or equivalent skills and experience)
Audience
Outline
Discuss and review key tools and skills needed to manage network services.
Configure and troubleshoot advanced network interface functionality, including network bonds.
Explain the operation of the Domain Name System (DNS), troubleshoot DNS issues, and configure name servers that are caching-only or that are authoritative for a DNS zone.
Explain and configure services that automatically assign IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, including DHCP, DHCPv6, and SLAAC.
Configure systems to print to network printers that support the IPP Everywhere protocol, and manage existing print queues on Linux systems.
Discuss how mail servers operate, and configure a server to use system tools and Postfix to send email messages through an outbound mail relay.
Discuss the basic operation of SQL-based relational databases, perform basic SQL queries for troubleshooting, and be able to set up a simple MariaDB database service.
Provide web content from Apache HTTP Server or Nginx web servers, and configure them with virtual hosts and TLS-based encryption.
Provide file-based network-attached storage to clients by using the NFS or SMB protocol.
Configure iSCSI initiators on your servers to access block-based storage devices provided by network storage arrays or Ceph storage clusters.
