Administering Red Hat Linux - Part I

This highly practical instructor led Administering Red Hat Linux - Part I training course introduces the delegate to the main concepts of the Red Hat Linux operating system and basic systems administration.  Targeted to closely follow the Red Hat courses, this course together with the follow on Administering Red Hat Linux - Part II course will enable the delegate to work towards achieving the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) qualification. Exams are not included as part of the course.

Commonly used commands are described in detail as well as GUI tools.  The attendee will also gain basic administration techniques used in the workplace.

On completion of this course, the delegate will be able to:

• Be capable of using the graphical desktop and manage files graphically
• Be able to access help and documentation facilities both locally and online
• Be capable of using basic Bash Shell commands and be able to run basic job control
• Understand the file system and managing files from the command line
• Edit files using gedit
• Listing and changing access permissions on files both from a GUI and also the command line
• Understand basic virtualisation concepts
• Use the graphical interface to install the Linux Operating system with virtualisation and then configure the first boot
• Understand run levels and change run levels
• Manage users and groups
• Be able to configure printers, print files and manage print queues
• Deploy an FTP server and a web server
• Understand disk organisation and Logical Volume Manager
• Manage file system attributes and swap space
• Manage memory and processes
• Manage system software locally and also using Red Hat Network (RHN)
• Understand basic networking concepts
• Manage and test networks.
• Use basic network commands to access remote systems using ssh and rsync
• Manage a firewall and understand basic SELinux concepts