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 RH300 RHCE Rapid Track Course

Unit 1 – Automated Installation and Virtualization

• Perform an automated installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Create a para-virtualized user domain under Xen.

Unit 2 – Package Management

• Manage software on system using yum, Red Hat Network, and rpm.

Unit 3 – Administrative Access and System Services

• Configure and access various consoles.
• Escalate privileges.
• Secure OpenSSH service with keys.
• Manage system logging, printers, task automation and time synchronization.

Unit 4 – System Initialization and Troubleshooting

• Define boot process, recover system, and manage service startup.
• Utilize the rescue environment of anaconda.

Unit 5 – Kernel and Network Configuration

• Explore kernel modules and variants, tune kernel parameters, and manage devices.
• Configure dynamic and static network settings for IPv4.

Unit 6 – Filesystem Management

• Expand storage by adding new filesystems and swap space.
• Configure autofs for on-demand network storage.
• Manage filesystems using Software RAID and Logical Volume Management.

Unit 7 – User Administration

• Create, modify and delete users, groups, and policy.
• Establish collaborative group directories.
• Protect users and groups through ACLs and quotas.

Unit 8 – Advanced Account Management

• Revisit user administration by connecting to network directory services like NIS and LDAP.
• Manage local system security utilizing Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM).

Unit 9 – Securing Data and SELinux

• Review digital certificates and OpenSSH.
• Implement and troubleshoot Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux).

Unit 10 – Network-level Access Controls: Netfilter

• Protect the system using a packet filtering host-based firewall.

Unit 11 – Service-level Access Controls: TCP Wrappers

• Protect services using TCP Wrappers.

Unit 12 – Web Services

• Configure the Apache web server.
• Extend web server utilizing virtual hosting.
• Configure the Squid web proxy cache.

Unit 13 – Network Infrastructure Services

• Centralize logging.
• Distribute network addresses with a DHCP server.
• Establish name resolution through caching and slave DNS server utilizing BIND.

Unit 14 – Network File Sharing Services

• Set up an FTP server with vsftpd.
• Share files with an NFS server.
• Network with Windows systems utilizing Samba.

Unit 15 – Mail Services

• Switch MTAs.
• Configure an MTA utlizing postfix.
• Implement mail retrieval using POP3/POP3S/IMAP/IMAPS through dovecot.