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Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) EX200 Study Guide
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 8 (RHEL 8) officially launched on the 7th of May 2019, and with it come an updated list of objectives for the Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) exam. The resources provided on this page will help you study for the exam by learning the objectives through a number of examples.
This page is currently a work in progress, check back as I will be adding to it over time.
RHCSA Study Guide
The following directory links to posts that I have created that cover the official objectives for the Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) 8 exam, based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8). If you need detailed information and examples on any of the RHCSA exam objectives, simply click the appropriate link below for further information.
The official objectives for the RHCSA 8 exam can be found here, and are also listed below:
Understand and use essential tools
Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax
Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.)
Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text
Access remote systems using SSH
Log in and switch users in multiuser targets
Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2
List, set, and change standard ugo/rwx permissions
Locate, read, and use system documentation including man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc
Operate running systems
Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally
Boot systems into different targets manually
Interrupt the boot process in order to gain access to a system
Identify CPU/memory intensive processes and kill processes
Adjust process scheduling
Locate and interpret system log files and journals
Preserve system journals
Start, stop, and check the status of network services
Securely transfer files between systems
Configure local storage
List, create, delete partitions on MBR and GPT disks
Create and remove physical volumes
Assign physical volumes to volume groups
Create and delete logical volumes
Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by universally unique ID (UUID) or label
Add new partitions and logical volumes, and swap to a system non-destructively
Create and configure file systems
Create, mount, unmount, and use vfat, ext4, and xfs file systems
Mount and unmount network file systems using NFS
Extend existing logical volumes
Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration
Configure disk compression
Manage layered storage
Diagnose and correct file permission problems
Deploy, configure, and maintain systems
Schedule tasks using at and cron
Start and stop services and configure services to start automatically at boot
Configure systems to boot into a specific target automatically
Configure time service clients
Install and update software packages from Red Hat Network, a remote repository, or from the local file system
Work with package module streams
Modify the system bootloader
Manage basic networking
Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
Configure hostname resolution
Configure network services to start automatically at boot
Restrict network access using firewall-cmd/firewall
Manage users and groups
Create, delete, and modify local user accounts
Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user accounts
Create, delete, and modify local groups and group memberships
Configure superuser access
Manage security
Configure firewall settings using firewall-config, firewall-cmd, or iptables
Configure key-based authentication for SSH
Set enforcing and permissive modes for SELinux
List and identify SELinux file and process context
Restore default file contexts
Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux settings
Diagnose and address routine SELinux policy violations
Red Hat, RHCSA, RHEL, Red Hat Certified Engineer and RHCE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc. These videos, guides, and creator are not affiliated with the trademark owner.
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) EX200 Study Guide
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 8 (RHEL 8) officially launched on the 7th of May 2019, and with it come an updated list of objectives for the Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) exam. The resources provided on this page will help you study for the exam by learning the objectives through a number of examples.
This page is currently a work in progress, check back as I will be adding to it over time.
RHCSA Study Guide
The following directory links to posts that I have created that cover the official objectives for the Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) 8 exam, based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8). If you need detailed information and examples on any of the RHCSA exam objectives, simply click the appropriate link below for further information.
The official objectives for the RHCSA 8 exam can be found here, and are also listed below:
Understand and use essential tools
Operate running systems
Configure local storage
Create and configure file systems
Deploy, configure, and maintain systems
Manage basic networking
Manage users and groups
Manage security
Red Hat, RHCSA, RHEL, Red Hat Certified Engineer and RHCE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc. These videos, guides, and creator are not affiliated with the trademark owner.