The topics covered include automating installation with Kickstart, intermediate and advanced level command line building blocks and tools, troubleshooting, network file sharing server configuration, connecting to a directory service, managing advanced security settings, maintenance tasks, and kernel tuning.
Module 1: AUTOMATED INSTALLATION WITH KICKSTART
- Kickstart
- Anaconda: An Overview
- Anaconda: Booting the System
- Anaconda: Common Boot Options
- Anaconda: Loading Anaconda and Packages
- Anaconda: Storage Options
- Anaconda: Troubleshooting
Module 2: USE REGULAR EXPRESSIONS WITH GREP
- Searching Inside Files
- The Streaming Editor
- Regular Expression Overview
- Regular Expressions
- RE Character Classes
- Regex Quantifiers
- RE Parenthesis
Module 3: CREATE AND EDIT TEXT FILES WITH VIM
- Text Editing
- vi and Vim
- Learning Vim
- Basic vi
- Intermediate vi
Module 4: SCHEDULE FUTURE LINUX TASKS
- Automating Tasks
- at/batch
- cron
- The crontab Command
- crontab Format
- /etc/cron.*/ Directories
- Anacron
Module 5: MANAGE PRIORITY OF LINUX PROCESSES
- Viewing Processes
- Managing Processes
- Tuning Process Scheduling
Module 6 CONTROL ACCESS TO FILES WITH ACCESS CONTROL LISTS (ACL)
- File and Directory Permissions
- File Access Control Lists
- Manipulating FACLs
- Viewing FACLs
- Backing Up FACLs
Module 7: MANAGE SELINUX SECURITY
- SELinux Security Framework
- SELinux Modes
- SELinux Commands
- Choosing an SELinux Policy
- SELinux Booleans
- Permissive Domains
- SELinux Policy Tools
- SELinux Troubleshooting
- SELinux Troubleshooting Continued
Module 8: CONNECT TO NETWORK-DEFINED USERS AND GROUPS
- RHEL DS Client Configuration
- System Security Services Daemon (SSSD)
Module 9: ADD DISKS, PARTITIONS, AND FILE SYSTEMS TO A LINUX SYSTEM
- Partitioning Disks with fdisk & gdisk
- Resizing a GPT Partition with gdisk
- Partitioning Disks with parted
- Filesystem Creation
- Filesystem Maintenance
- Managing an XFS Filesystem
- Swap
Module 10: MANAGE LOGICAL VOLUME MANAGEMENT (LVM) STORAGE
- Logical Volume Management
- Implementing LVM
- Creating Logical Volumes
- Activating LVM VGs
- Exporting and Importing a VG
- Examining LVM Components
- Changing LVM Components
- Advanced LVM Overview
- Advanced LVM: Components & Object Tags
- Advanced LVM: Automated Storage Tiering
- Advanced LVM: Thin Provisioning
- Advanced LVM: Striping & Mirroring
- Advanced LVM: RAID Volumes
- gnome-disk-utility
Module 11: ACCESS NETWORKED ATTACHED STORAGE WITH NETWORK FILE SYSTEM (NFS)
- File Sharing via NFS
- NFSv4+
- NFS Clients
- NFS
- NFS Server Configuration
Module 12: ACCESS NETWORKED ATTACHED STORAGE WITH SMB
- Accessing Windows/Samba Shares from Linux
- AutoFS
- AutoFS Configuration
Module 13: CONTROL AND TROUBLESHOOT THE RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX BOOT PROCESS
- System Boot Method Overview
- systemd System and Service Manager
- systemd Targets
- Using systemd
- Legacy Support for SysV init
- Booting Linux on PCs
- GRUB 2
- GRUB 2 Configuration
- GRUB 2 Security
- Boot Parameters
- Initial RAM Filesystem
- init
- Linux Runlevels Aliases
- Systemd local-fs.target and sysinit.target
- Systemd basic.target and multi-user.target
- Legacy local bootup script support
- System Configuration Files
- RHEL7 Configuration Utilities
- Shutdown and Reboot
Module 14: LINUX NETWORK COMMUNICATION WITH FIREWALL
- Netfilter: Stateful Packet Filter Firewall
- Netfilter Concepts
- Using the iptables Command
- Netfilter Rule Syntax
- Targets
- Common match_specs
- Connection Tracking
- FirewallD
Module 15 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Completion of or skills equal to the Linux Systems Administration I course.
