Independent Red Hat Linux Training
Red Hat Linux 7 for Experienced Red Hat Linux 6 Administrators
Overview
This is a fast paced instructor led Red Hat Linux 7 for Experienced Red Hat Linux 6 Administrators training course. It is designed to give the delegates practical experience in the administration of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL7) system. With a strong emphasis on practical hands on training, this course will teach administrative tasks required to successfully administer a Red Hat Linux 7 system.
Targeted to closely follow the official Red Hat certification curriculum, this course along with existing knowledge will enable the delegate to work towards achieving the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) and/or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification.
The course assumes that the delegate will have a good knowledge of all the topics covered in the RHSA1, RHSA2 and RHSA3 courses for RHEL6.
Prerequisites
This is a fast paced course therefore a good knowledge of all the content covered in the RHSA1, RHSA2 and RHSA3 courses for RHEL6 is essential.
Objectives
On completion of the Red Hat Linux 7 for Experienced Red Hat Linux 6 Administrators course the delegate will have gained practical experience of the major differences between RHEL6 and RHEL7 on the topics covered in the RHSA1V7, RHSA2V7 and RHSA3V7 courses.
Outline
Course Contents - DAY 1
Course Introduction
- Administration and Course Materials
- Course Structure and Agenda
- Delegate and Trainer Introductions
Session 1: UPGRADE CONSIDERATIONS
- Which types of systems can be upgraded
- Implications of Upgrading
- Preupgrade Assistant
- Red Hat Upgrade Tool
- New root filesystem layout
- ifconfig output changes
- Changes to login.defs
- RPM changes
- Changes effecting httpd
- Initiating a kickstart at RHELv7
- New Backup Commands for XFS
- New Desktops - Gnome Classic, Gnome3 and KDE Plasma
- Deprecated and Removed software
- Exercise
Session 2: USING SYSTEMD AND CONTROLLING SERVICES
- The systemd deamon
- Control Services using systemctl etc.
- System Shutdown and Reboot management
- Exercise
Session 3: USING XFS FILESYSTEMS
- What is XFS
- Features of XFS
- Creating, extending and mounting XFS
- Repairing XFS filesystems
- Exercise
Session 4: CONFIGURING A RHELv7 FIREWALL
- Limiting network access through a firewall
- The firewalld program
- Basic configuration using the GUI interface firewall-config
- Packet Filtering using firewalld
- Command line tool firewall-cmd
- Rule Targets
- Basic Rules and their Operation
- Connection Tracking
- Source and Destination NAT Configuration
- Exercise
Course Contents - DAY 2
Session 5: BOOTING INTO RECOVERY MODE
- The Rescue Environment
- Booting into Single User Mode
- Recovery from lost root password
- Exercise
Session 6: NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND IPV6
- IP suite of tools
- IPV6 Addressing
- Local Network Bridges
- Configure Ethernet Bonding (Link aggregation, teaming)
- Exercise
Session 7: CENTRALISED AND SECURE STORAGE
- What is ISCSI
- Setting up ISCSI Target and Initiator
- Accessing Centralised Storage
- Exercise
Session 8: CONFIGURING A MARIADB DATABASE
- Install and configure MariaDB
- Backup and Restore a database
- Create a simple database schema
- Perform simple SQL queries on the database
- Exercise
Session 9: OVERVIEW OF LINUX CONTAINERS
- What is a Linux Container
- What are the advantages of Containers
- Overview of Docker