RH124 – System Administration I
Get started building skills to perform the key tasks needed to become a full-time Linux administrator.
Course description
Get started building skills to perform the key tasks needed to become a full-time Linux administrator.
Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) is designed for IT professionals without previous Linux system administration experience. The course provides students with Linux administration competence by focusing on core administration tasks. This course also provides a foundation for students who plan to become full-time Linux system administrators by introducing key command-line concepts and enterprise-level tools. This course is the first of a two-course series that helps a computer professional without Linux system administration knowledge to become a fully capable Linux administrator. These concepts are further developed in the follow-on course, Red Hat System Administration II (RH134). This course is based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 10.0.
Course Content Summary
- Introduce Linux and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux ecosystem.
- Run commands and view shell environments.
- Manage, organize, and secure files.
- Manage users, groups, and user security policies.
- Control and monitor systemd services.
- Configure remote access by using the web console and SSH.
- Configure network interfaces and settings. Manage software by using DNF.
Prerequisites
Audience
- System Administrators
- Platform Engineers
- Developers, and other IT professionals who have limited Red Hat Enterprise Linux experience but need to perform essential Linux Administration tasks on a single server.
- This course is popular in RHA, and is targeted at the student who is planning to become a technical professional using Linux.
Outline
Define and explain the following concepts: open source, Linux, Linux distributions, and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux.
Log in to a Linux system and run simple commands by using the shell.
Resolve problems by using information in local help systems and documentation.
Register a system by using your Red Hat account to get support services and software that Red Hat provides.
Get AI-driven guidance and suggestions to efficiently manage a RHEL server by using Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lightspeed.
Describe the organization of files in the Linux file-system hierarchy and specify files by name, by using relative paths or absolute paths.
Copy, move, create, delete, and organize files from the command line.
Create, view, and edit text files from the command line.
Redirect the output of commands and input to commands by using Bash.
Obtain superuser access to a system; create, manage, and delete local users and groups; and administer local password policies.
Set standard permissions on files and interpret the security effects of different permission settings.
Download, install, update, and manage software packages from Red Hat and DNF package repositories.
Install, upgrade, and use desktop software from the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog by using Flatpak.
Access file systems on removable media devices by mounting them on a directory in the file-system hierarchy
Investigate, control, and terminate processes that run on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system.
Investigate, control, and terminate processes that run on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system. Control and monitor the system services and daemons that systemd starts.
Describe basic TCP/IP networking concepts and investigate the current network configuration and functionality on a server.
Configure network interfaces and settings on Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.
Protect SSH communication by managing host keys and by implementing key-based authentication for users.
Practice skills learned in Red Hat System Administration I.
