RHCE Rapid Track Course (and RHCE Exam) Training at AmeriTeach

Red Hat Linux Training AmeriTeach, a Red Hat Training Reseller, offers the latest in Red Hat Linux Training. RHCE Rapid Track Course (and RHCE Exam) Course RH300: Five days; Instructor-Led

RH300 provides intensive hands-on training on Red Hat Linux with focus on the following objectives: Hardware and installation, Configuration and administration, Kernel services and configuration, and user and host security. The RHCE Certification is provided on the final day

Includes:

· 4 days intensive fast-track training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

· Hands-on labs and exercises

· RHCE Exam on day 5

· Catered lunch

· One workstation per student!

· Student materials, pre-assessment questionnaire, study aids, handouts

· Red Hat promotional items!

Audience:

UNIX or Linux system administrators who have significant real-world experience with UNIX or Linux systems administration and some experience setting up key networking services such as HTTP, DNS, NIS, DHCP, and who want a fast-track course to prepare for the RHCE Exam.

Prerequisites:

RH033, RH133, RH253 or equivalent experience with UNIX; LAN/WAN fundamentals Internetworking with TCP/IP, knowledge or experience setting up NFS, HTTP, DNS, FTP, NIS, DHCP, and other networking services, and security.

Price: $2,798

Only $2,798 bundle price for this four-day course plus one-day exam.

Duration:

5 days

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Essentials

· Essential initial topics in system administration, including editors, switching accounts, adding users, using cron, and managing network connections

Unit 2: Kernel Services

· The Linux kernel: variants and modules

· The /proc filesystem and the sysctl command

· Accessing devices using udev

· Exploring hardware

Unit 3: Filesystem Management

· Creating filesystems

· Making filesystem mounts persistent across reboots

· Managing swap space

Unit 4: User Administration

· Modifying and deleting user accounts

· Password aging

· Group administration

· Creating group directories

· Setting disk quotas

Unit 5: Local Security

· Setting up a host-based firewall

· Using access control lists

· The SELinux security layer

· Managing suid and sgid executables

· Controlling access to superuser authority using sudo

Unit 6: Advanced Partitioning

· Understanding and implementing Software RAID

· Understanding Logical Volume Management

· Creating and resizing logical volumes

Unit 7: Installation

· The interactive Anaconda installer

· Kickstart: a hands-free method of installation

Unit 8: System Initialization

· Understanding the boot procedure

· Configuring the GRUB boot loader

· The Initial RAM Disk

· Understanding run levels

· Controlling services

Unit 9: RPM, YUM, RHN

· RPM: The Red Hat Package Manager

· The YUM installer

· Using the Red Hat Network

Unit 10: System Administration Topics

· Configuring the X Server

· The CUPS printing system

· cron and the superuser: the system-wide crontab file

· cron and system reboots: the anacron system

· Authentication Configuration: Pluggable Authentication Modules

Unit 11: Network Configuration

· Understanding network addresses

· Using OpenSSH for network communications

· Using VNC for network communications

· Network Authentication

Unit 12: Network Security

· Protecting services using TCP Wrappers

· Protecting the system using a packet filtering host-based firewall

Unit 13: Network File Sharing Services

· Setting up an NFS server

· Setting up an FTP server

· The Samba Server: networking with Windows systems

Unit 14: Network Infrastructure

· Creating a private repository

· NTP: Coordinating time

· Configuring a DHCP server

· Configuring a DNS server

Unit 15: HTTP Service

· Configuring the Apache web server

· Configuring the Squid web proxy cache

Unit 16: Mail Service

· Understanding e-mail delivery

· Using sendmail and postfix

· Dovecot: an IMAP and POP server

Unit 17: Troubleshooting

· A method for fault analysis

· Things to check

· Understanding recovery run levels

· Using the rescue environment

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