Red Hat System Administration III: Data Center Services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Control services and daemons

• Review how to manage services and the boot-up process using systemctl.

Manage IPv6 networking

• Configure and troubleshoot basic IPv6 networking on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.

Configure link aggregation and bridging

• Configure and troubleshoot advanced network interface functionality including bonding, teaming, and local software bridges.

Control network port security

• Permit and reject access to network services using advanced SELinux and firewalld filtering techniques.

Manage DNS for servers

• Set and verify correct DNS records for systems and configure secure DNS caching.

Configure email delivery

• Relay all email sent by the system to an SMTP gateway for central delivery.

Provide block-based storage

• Provide and use networked iSCSI block devices as remote disks.

Provide file-based storage

• Provide NFS exports and SMB file shares to specific systems and users.

Configure MariaDB databases

• Provide a MariaDB SQL database for use by programs and database administrators.

Provide Apache HTTPD web service

• Configure Apache HTTPD to provide Transport Layer Security (TLS)-enabled websites and virtual hosts.

Write Bash scripts

• Write simple shell scripts using Bash.

Bash conditionals and control structures

• Use Bash conditionals and other control structures to write more sophisticated shell commands and scripts.

Configure the shell environment

• Customize Bash startup and use environment variables, Bash aliases, and Bash functions.

Linux containers preview

• Preview the capabilities of Linux containers, Docker, and other related technologies in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Comprehensive review

• Practice and demonstrate knowledge and skills learned in Red Hat System Administration III.

• RHCSA certification or equivalent experience

• Network port security and link aggregation
• iSCSI initiator and target configuration
• DNS troubleshooting and caching name server
• Providing NFS and SMB file servers
• Apache HTTPD web server management
• MariaDB SQL database configuration
• Postfix SMTP nullclient for servers
• Bash scripting for automation