COURSE 11050 | 5-Day SESSION
Red Hat Linux System Administration & RHCT Exam

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Course outline

Section 1 - System Initialization

• Objectives
  
• Boot Sequence Overview
  
• Boot Loader Components
  
• GRUB and grub.conf
  
• Starting the Boot Process: GRUB
  
• Kernel Initialization
  
• init Initialization
  
• Run Levels
  
• /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
  
• /etc/rc.d/rc
  
• System V run levels
  
• /etc/rc.d/rc.local
  
• Controlling Services
  

Hands-on Lab 1: Managing Startup

Section 2 - Package Management

• RPM Package Manager
  
• Installing and Removing Software
  
• Updating a Kernel RPM
  
• rpm Queries
  
• rpm Verification
  
• About yum
  
• Using yum
  
• Searching packages/files
  
• Configuring Additional Repositories
  
• Creating a private repository
  
• Red Hat Network
  
• Red Hat Network Server
  
• Entitlements
  
• Red Hat Network Client
  

Hands-on Lab 2: Working with packages

Section 3 - Kernel Services

• Objectives
  
• The Linux Kernel
  
• Kernel Images and Variants
  
• Kernel Modules
  
• Kernel Module Utilities
  
• Managing the initrd Image
  
• Accessing Drivers Through /dev
  
• Device Node Examples
  
• Managing /dev With udev
  
• Adding Files Under /dev
  
• Kernel Configuration With /proc
  
• /proc Examples
  
• sysctl : Persistent Kernel Configuration
  
• Exploring Hardware Devices
  
• Monitoring Processes and Resources
  

Hands-on Lab 3: Configuring the kernel

Section 4 - System Services

• Network Time Protocol
  
• System Logging
  
• syslog Configuration
  
• XOrg: The X11 Server
  
• XOrg Server Configuration
  
• XOrg in runlevel 3
  
• XOrg in runlevel 5
  
• Remote X Sessions
  
• SSH: Secure Shell
  
• VNC: Virtual Network Computing
  
• cron
  
• Controlling Access to cron
  
• System crontab Files
  
• Daily Cron Jobs
  
• The anacron System
  
• CUPS
  

Hands-on Lab 4: System Services

Section 5 - User Administration

• Adding a New User Account
  
• User Private Groups
  
• Modifying / Deleting User Accounts
  
• Group Administration
  
• Password Aging Policies
  
• Switching Accounts
  
• sudo
  
• Network Users
  
• Authentication Configuration
  
• Example: NIS Configuration
  
• Example: LDAP Configuration
  
• SUID and SGID Executables
  
• SGID Directories
  
• The Sticky Bit
  
• Default File Permissions
  
• Access Control Lists (ACLs)
  
• SELinux
  
• SELinux: Targeted Policy
  
• SELinux: Management

Section 6 - Filesystem Management

• Objectives
  
• Overview: Adding New Filesystems to the Filesystem Tree
  
• Device Recognition
  
• Disk Partitioning
  
• Managing Partitions
  
• Making Filesystems
  
• Filesystem Labels
  
• tune2fs
  
• Mount Points and /etc/fstab
  
• Mounting Filesystems with mount
  
• Unmounting Filesystems
  
• mount By Example
  
• Handling Swap Files and Partitions
  
• Mounting NFS Filesystems
  
• Automounter
  
• Direct Maps
  
• gnome-mount
  

Hands-on Lab 6: Adding New Filesystems to the Filesystem Tree

Section 7 - Advanced Filesystem Management

• Configuring the Quota System
  
• Setting Quotas for Users
  
• Reporting Quota Status
  
• What is Software RAID?
  
• Software RAID Configuration
  
• Software RAID Testing and Recovery
  
• What is Logical Volume Manager (LVM)?
  
• Creating Logical Volumes
  
• Resizing Logical Volumes
  
• Logical Volume Manager Snapshots
  
• Using LVM Snapshots
  
• Archiving tools: tar
  
• Archiving Tools: dump/restore
  
• Archiving Tools: rsync:
  

Hands-on Lab 7: Advanced Filesystem Mangement

Section 8 - Network Configuration

• Objectives
  
• Network Inferfaces
  
• Driver Selection
  
• Speed and Duplex Settings
  
• IPv4 Addresses
  
• Dynamic IPv4 Configuration
  
• Static IPv4 Configuration
  
• Device Aliases
  
• Routing Table
  
• Default Gateway
  
• Configuring Routes
  
• Verify IP Connectivity
  
• Defining the Local Host Name
  
• Local Resolver
  
• Remote Resolvers
  
• Verify DNS Connectivity
  
• Network Configuration Utilities
  
• Transparent Dynamic Configuration
  
• Implementing IPv6
  
• IPv6: Dynamic Interface Configuration
  
• IPv6: StaticInterface Configuration
  
• IPv6: Routing Configuration
  
• New and Modified Utilities
  

Hands-on Lab 8: Manage Network Settings

Section 9 - Installation

• Anaconda, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installer
  
• First Stage: Starting the Installation
  
• First Stage: Boot Media
  
• Accessing the Installer
  
• First Stage: Installation Method
  
• Network Installation Server
  
• Second Stage: Installation Overview
  
• Configuring File Systems
  
• Advanced Partitioning
  
• Package Selection
  
• First Boot: Post-Install Configuration
  
• Kickstart
  
• Starting a Kickstart Installation
  
• Anatomy of a Kickstart File
  
• Kickstart: Commands Section
  
• Kickstart: Commands section
  
• Kickstart: Packages Section
  
• Kickstart: %pre, %post
  

Hands-on Lab 9: Installation and System-Initialization

Section 10 - Virtualization with Xen

• Virtualization with Xen
  
• Hardware Considerations
  
• Preparing Domain-0
  
• Virtual Resources
  
• Domain-U Configuration
  
• Installing a new Domain-U
  
• Domain Management with xm
  
• Activating Domains on boot
  

Hands-on Lab 10: Exploring Virtualization

Section XI - Troubleshooting

• Method of Fault Analysis
  
• Fault Analysis: Gathering Data
  
• Things to Check: X
  
• Things to Check: Networking
  
• Order of the Boot Process
  
• Filesystem Corruption
  
• Filesystem Recovery
  
• Recovery Run-levels
  
• Rescue Environment
  
• Rescue Environment Utilities
  
• Rescue Environment Details
  

Hands-on Lab 11: System Rescue and Troubleshooting