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Red Hat Certified Engineer Rapid Track

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The Red Hat Certified Engineer™ course is designed for UNIX- and Linux-experienced users, networking specialists, and system administrators. Once participants have completed the training and exam, they will then be able to: install and configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux; understand limitations of hardware; configure networking and file systems; configure the X Window System; configure security, set up common network (IP) services, carry out diagnostics and troubleshooting, and perform essential Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administration.

This 5-day course provides intensive hands-on training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and includes the RHCE Certification Lab Exam on day 5.

Please visit www.redhat.com for course pre-requisites and the exam study guide.

You Will Learn

Package Management

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

System Initialization and Kernel Services

Define boot process, recover system and manage service startup
Explore kernel modules and variants, tune kernel parameter and manage devices

System Services and Security

Configure and access various consoles to manage system logging, printer and task automation
Manage local system security utilizing Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) and Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux)

Filesystem Management

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

User Administration

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

Installation and Virtualization

Perform both interactive and automated installations of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Install the xen environment and create a para-virtualized user domain running Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Network Configuration

Configure dynamic and static network settings for both IPv4 and IPv6
Secure OpenSSH service keys
Revisit user administration by connecting to network directory services like NIS and LDAP

Network Security

Protecting services using TCP Wrappers
Protecting the system using a packet filtering host-based firewall

Network Infrastructure Services

Centralize logging
Distribute network addresses with a DHCP server
Maintain time synchronization with NTP
Establish name resolution through caching and slave DNS server utilizing BIND

Web Services

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

Network File Sharing Services

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

Mail Services

Switch MTAs
Configure an MTA with sendmail and postfix
Implement mail retrieval using POP3/POP2S/IMAP/IMAPS through dovecot

Troubleshooting

Explore troubleshooting methodologies while defining standard things to check. Maintain system from different runlevels. Utilize the rescue environment to anaconda.

Who Should Attend

UNIX or Linux system administrators who have significant real-world experience with UNIX or Linux systems administration and some experience setting up key networking services such as HTTP, DNS, NIS, DHCP, and who want a fast-track course to prepare for the RHCE Exam.

Life Cycle Institute and Red Hat

Be prepared to be an active learner. When you invest in training with the Life Cycle Institute, you will gain knowledge and learn skills that you will be able to apply immediately. Our courses are designed to teach by doing. Your training with the Life Cycle Institute is different because we offer:

Facilitators who practice what they teach and teach what they practice
Course content that is constantly updated with the latest proven tools and methods
Adult learning methods that minimize lecture and emphasize learning by doing
Classrooms that are specifically designed to facilitate learning

RHCE Certification

The certification exam consists of two parts conducted on the last day of class. The exam is performance-based, meaning that candidates must perform tasks on a live system, rather than answering questions about how one might perform those tasks.

The two parts of the RHCE Exam consist of:
Section I: Troubleshooting and System Maintenance (2.5 hours)
Section II: Installation and Configuration (3 hours)

In order to pass the Red Hat Certified Engineer exam, you must meet all of the following requirements:

a score of 80 or higher on Section I, consisting of compulsory and optional problems;
successful completion of the Section I compulsory troubleshooting problems within one hour of that section's start time;
70 percent or more on the RHCT-level skills in Section II;
70 percent or more on the RHCE-level skills in Section II.

These last two requirements enable RHCEs to demonstrate that they possess both RHCT-level and RHCE-level skills, as well as enabling a person who only has RHCT level skills to earn RHCT if they pass the required competencies.
Candidates will be emailed exam results within three business days following the exam.