Enterprise Linux® 8 Certified Engineer
Enterprise Linux® 8 Certified Engineer
This course is appropriate for Enterprise Linux® system administrators seeking validation of their skills, or those new to Linux system administration. This course will provide preparation for experienced Linux system administrators who require certification as a Linux Certified Engineer in their job role or based on a mandate, such as DoD 8570 directive. It is also appropriate for IT professionals who are on the path to earn Red Hat® Certified Engineer.
This course is required to prepare for the Red Hat® Certified Engineer Exam (EX300)
Exam Number: EX300

Instructor:
Dan Goodman, Linux+, Network+, Security+
Course Information
Skills Learned
After completing the course, students will have learned how to:
- Understand and use essential tools for handling files, directories, command-line environments, and documentation
- Operate running systems, including booting into different run levels, identifying processes, starting and stopping virtual machines, and controlling services
- Configure local storage using partitions and logical volumes
- Create and configure file systems and file system attributes, such as permissions, encryption, access control lists, and network file systems
- Deploy, configure, and maintain systems, including software installation, update, and core services
- Manage users and groups, including use of a centralized directory for authentication
- Manage security, including basic firewall and SELinux configuration
Who Should Attend This Course
This course is appropriate for Red Hat® Enterprise Linux system administrators seeking validation of their skills. This course will provide preparation for experienced Linux system administrators who require certification as a Linux Certified Engineer in their job role or based on a mandate, such as DoD 8570 directive. It is also appropriate for IT professionals who are on the path to earn a Red Hat® Certified Engineer.
Prerequisites
None required. Enterprise Linux 8 System Administration and Linux OS experience is highly recommended.
Course Outline
Be able to perform all tasks expected of a Red Hat Certified System Administrator
- Understand and use essential tools
- Operate running systems
- Configure local storage
- Create and configure file systems
- Deploy, configure, and maintain systems
- Manage users and groups
- Manage security
Understand core components of Ansible
- Inventories
- Modules
- Variables
- Facts
- Plays
- Playbooks
- Configuration files
- Use provided documentation to look up specific information about Ansible modules and commands
Install and configure an Ansible control node
- Install required packages
- Create a static host inventory file
- Create a configuration file
- Create and use static inventories to define groups of hosts
- Manage parallelism
Configure Ansible managed nodes
- Create and distribute SSH keys to managed nodes
- Configure privilege escalation on managed nodes
- Validate a working configuration using ad hoc Ansible commands
Script administration tasks
- Create simple shell scripts
- Create simple shell scripts that run ad hoc Ansible commands
Create Ansible plays and playbooks
- Know how to work with commonly used Ansible modules
- Use variables to retrieve the results of running a command
- Use conditionals to control play execution
- Configure error handling
- Create playbooks to configure systems to a specified state
Use Ansible modules for system administration tasks that work with:
- Software packages and repositories
- Services
- Firewall rules
- File systems
- Storage devices
- File content
- Archiving
- Scheduled tasks
- Security
- Users and groups
Work with roles
- Create roles
- Download roles from an Ansible Galaxy and use them
Use advanced Ansible features
- Create and use templates to create customized configuration files
- Use Ansible Vault in playbooks to protect sensitive data
- Create and use templates to create customized configuration files
- Work with Ansible variables and facts
- Create and work with roles
- Download roles from an Ansible Galaxy and use them
- Manage parallelism
- Use Ansible Vault in playbooks to protect sensitive data
- Use provided documentation to look up specific information about Ansible modules and commands

COURSE SCHEDULE
November 30, 2020
11:00 am – 3:00 pm ET
Week 1 of 1: Monday – Thursday
January 25, 2021
11:00 am – 3:00 pm ET
Week 1 of 1: Monday – Thursday
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