This course runs for a duration of 5 Days.
The class will run daily from 9 AM MT to 5 PM MT.
Class Location: Virtual LIVE Instructor Led - Virtual Live Classroom.
Accelerate your Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam preparation with this intensive, hands-on course aligned to the EX200 exam objectives on RHEL 9. Designed for experienced Linux users, the course moves at a rapid pace across all RHCSA domains, helping you identify and close gaps in your systems administration skills before exam day.
Topics cover every core RHCSA exam domain in depth: command-line proficiency with Bash and essential tools, user and group administration with password aging, security hardening through standard permissions, FACLs, and SELinux policy management, service control with systemd, boot process management with GRUB2 and dracut, network configuration with NetworkManager and nmcli, and storage administration with LVM, XFS, and /etc/fstab. The course also covers system logging with rsyslog and journalctl, task scheduling with cron and systemd timers, network file systems with NFS and AutoFS, firewall management with firewalld and nftables, and container deployment with Podman, Buildah, and Skopeo. Appendices provide additional coverage of KVM virtualization, Kickstart automated installation, essential command-line tools, regular expressions, and text editing with vim.
With 46 lab exercises across 17 chapters on live RHEL 9 systems, the course builds the performance-based proficiency the RHCSA exam demands. Every chapter pairs focused instruction with hands-on practice, reinforcing real-world administration skills that translate directly to exam scenarios and production environments.
Audience:
Linux system administrators, IT professionals, and support engineers preparing for the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam (EX200) who have existing Linux command-line experience and want to rapidly close knowledge gaps across all RHCSA domains on RHEL 9.
Access and navigate the command line, switch user contexts with su and sudo, and use essential documentation tools
Manage files, directories, hard links, and symbolic links, and configure standard permissions, special permissions, and file access control lists
Configure and secure OpenSSH for remote access, file transfer, and key-based authentication
Create and administer local user and group accounts with password aging policies
Configure SELinux enforcing and permissive modes, manage file contexts and booleans, and troubleshoot policy violations
Monitor and manage processes using ps, top, kill, and nice, and analyze CPU, memory, and I/O utilization
Install, update, and manage RPM packages, dnf repositories, and kernel updates
Control systemd services and boot targets, configure GRUB2, and recover the boot process
Configure network interfaces, routing, and hostname resolution using nmcli and the ip command
Analyze system logs with rsyslog and journalctl, and schedule recurring tasks with cron and systemd timers
Partition disks, create and maintain filesystems, manage LVM volumes and swap, and mount NFS and CIFS network file systems
Deploy, inspect, and manage rootless containers, images, and pods using Podman
Familiarity with basic Linux command-line usage, file management, and text editing. Prior experience administering Linux systems is expected. GL120 (Linux Fundamentals) or equivalent hands-on experience recommended. This is not a beginner course.
Course Comments
Also See RHCSA Rapid Track course