Course Description
RH133 focuses on skills in systems administration on CentOS Linux, to a level where you can attach and configure a workstation on an existing network. This 4.5-day course provides intensive hands-on training on Community Enterprise Linux, and includes the RH202 RHCT Certification Lab Exam on the last day.
Prerequisites
RH033 CentOS Linux Essentials or equivalent experience with CentOS Linux.
Goal
Upon successful completion of this course, students will possess basic Linux system administrator knowledge which can be proved by passing the RHCT Exam. The exam is a performance-based lab exam that tests actual ability to install, configure, and attach a new CentOS Linux system to an existing production network.
Audience
Linux or UNIX users who understand the basics of CentOS Linux and desire further technical training to begin the process of becoming a system administrator.
Course Objectives
- Install CentOS Linux interactively and with Kickstart
- Control common system hardware; administer Linux printing subsystem
- Create and maintain the Linux filesystem
- Perform user and group administration
- Integrate a workstation with an existing network
- Configure a workstation as a client to NIS, DNS, and DHCP services
- Automate tasks with at, cron, and anacron
- Back up filesystems to tape and tar archive
- Manipulate software packages with RPM
- Configure the X Window System and the GNOME d.e.
- Perform performance, memory, and process mgmt.
- Configure basic host security
Follow-on Courses
RH253 CentOS Linux Net. and Sec. Admin. (p. 9)