Who should attend
- Experienced Linux IT professionals who currently have RHCSA certification and are interested in earning an RHCE certification.
- Experienced Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators seeking validation of their skills.
- Students who have attended the Red Hat System Administration I, II, and III courses or the RHCE Rapid Track course.
- Experienced Linux system administrators who require a certification either by their organization or based on a mandate (DOD 8570 directive).
- An RHCE who is noncurrent and has passed the RHCSA exam.
Prerequisites
- RHCE Rapid Track Course, System Administration I, II, or III or equivalent experience.
- Real-world system administration experience.
Recommended Training Training courses for Windows system administrators (with minimal Linux experience)
- Red Hat System Administration I (RH124)
- Red Hat System Administration II with RHCSA Exam (EX200) (RH135)
- Red Hat System Administration II (RH134)
- Red Hat System Administration III: Data Center Services for RHEL 7 + EX200 & EX300 (RH255)
- !Red Hat System Administration III: Data Center Services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RH254)
Training courses for Linux or UNIX administrators with 1-3 years of experience
Training courses recommended for senior Linux administrators
- !RHCE Certification Lab + EX200 & EX300 (RH300)
- !RHCE Certification Lab (RH299)
Training courses recommended for Solaris administrators
- !RHCE Certification Lab + EX200 & EX300 (RH300)
- !RHCE Certification Lab (RH299)
Course Objectives
You should be able to perform the following tasks:
System configuration and management
- Use network teaming or bonding to configure aggregated network links between two Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems
- Configure IPv6 addresses and perform basic IPv6 troubleshooting
- Route IP traffic and create static routes
- Use firewalld and associated mechanisms such as rich rules, zones and custom rules, to implement packet filtering and configure network address translation (NAT)
- Use /proc/sys and sysctl to modify and set kernel runtime parameters
- Configure a system to authenticate using Kerberos
- Configure a system as either an iSCSI target or initiator that persistently mounts an iSCSI target
- Produce and deliver reports on system utilization (processor, memory, disk, and network)
- Use shell scripting to automate system maintenance tasks
Network services
Network services are an important subset of the exam objectives. RHCE candidates should be capable of meeting the following objectives for each of the network services listed below:
- Install the packages needed to provide the service
- Configure SELinux to support the service
- Use SELinux port labeling to allow services to use non-standard ports
- Configure the service to start when the system is booted
- Configure the service for basic operation
- Configure host-based and user-based security for the service
HTTP/HTTPS
- Configure a virtual host
- Configure private directories
- Deploy a basic CGI application
- Configure group-managed content
- Configure TLS security
DNS
- Configure a caching-only name server
- Troubleshoot DNS client issues
NFS
- Provide network shares to specific clients
- Provide network shares suitable for group collaboration
- Use Kerberos to control access to NFS network shares
SMB
- Provide network shares to specific clients
- Provide network shares suitable for group collaboration
SMTP
- Configure a system to forward all email to a central mail server
SSH
- Configure key-based authentication
- Configure additional options described in documentation
NTP
- Synchronize time using other NTP peers
Database services
- Install and configure MariaDB
- Backup and restore a database
- Create a simple database schema
- Perform simple SQL queries against a database
Course Content
The performance-based Red Hat Certified Engineer exam (EX300) tests to determine if your knowledge, skill, and ability meet those required of a senior system administrator responsible for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems. Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certification is required to earn RHCE certification.